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  VS does not load preferences and settings at start-up.
  30 Sept 2022, 11:36 • encart   30 Sept 2022, 17:15

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  Yes, It was running during this incident. Deleting the folder you specified helped. Reinstalling was not required. Thank you.
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  Why does cutting and pasting existing live text change the color and the font?
  23 Sept 2022, 17:32 • Boldline   23 Sept 2022, 19:05

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  @Boldline When copying (cutting) text, two versions of the text should end up in the clipboard. One with styling and one plain. When pasting, the order should be to look for the styled first (if found). Probably this is a bug.
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  Is there an option to align based on live text settings?
  22 Sept 2022, 16:54 • Boldline   22 Sept 2022, 20:57

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  @Boldline said in Is there an option to align based on live text settings?: the horizontal alignment could utilize the end of the baseline in factoring where the live text ends. If some fonts are not set up this way, so be it.... alignment would work like is does currently anyway You're right, I agree and I guess it can be done.
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  Should the shift key restrain the pen tool to a straight line?
  22 Sept 2022, 16:23 • Boldline   22 Sept 2022, 17:20

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  22 Sept 2022, 17:20

  @Boldline The Control key does that (after the mouse is pressed).
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  Keep Shape Selected ?
  21 Sept 2022, 15:36 • Igull   21 Sept 2022, 19:28

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  @VectorStyler said in Keep Shape Selected ?: After drawing a shape, it should stay selected (but there is no highlight indicating this). If you set the fill color the fill should be changed. Ah, that's a bit confusing then I did notice that after the shape had been created, if you hit V for the transform tool, the shape then became selected - which is a really odd arrangement ? It would certainly be good if the method that AI uses was worked out, it's quite intuitive (for my purposes at least, YMMV as they say ) Neil
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  Seeing objects in composite
  20 Sept 2022, 18:13 • Ingolf   20 Sept 2022, 18:25

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  @VectorStyler said in Seeing objects in composite: @Ingolf Not clear what you are looking for. Is this in the Layers panel? I assume the composite group is a group with the Composite shape operation. Yep. My memory perhaps confuse things, I might just have performed a 'Break apart' on the composite but the thumbnails in the layers panel where generic. It looked different. The composite was just two shapes as a composite union.
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  Will VS support Chinese interface in the future?
  20 Sept 2022, 10:00 • Mitchell   20 Sept 2022, 15:42

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  @VectorStyler THANKS!
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  Divide Question
  19 Sept 2022, 11:50 • Igull   19 Sept 2022, 15:43

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  @Boldline Yes, AI divides then removes the trimming path "tool" and groups the resultant parts - all you need to do then is ungroup. TBH, I'm happier the way that VS does it, means you don't have to make a copy of the tool before using it Further, VS doesn't group the resultant parts, so no need to ungroup - win win Neil
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  Flip Horizontal/Vertical Question
  18 Sept 2022, 10:23 • Igull   18 Sept 2022, 16:13

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  @VectorStyler said in Flip Horizontal/Vertical Question: @Ingolf Added this to the backlog. I will try to solve it ASAP. Neil
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  Disclosure triangle on a path
  16 Sept 2022, 18:37 • chillywilly   18 Sept 2022, 05:40

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  Thanks for the solution! I don't have it anymore since I removed it, but next time it happens I'll know what to do.
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  Display Preview Issue
  17 Sept 2022, 15:38 • Igull   17 Sept 2022, 16:49

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  @VectorStyler Ah, I just checked the original AI file and it seems you are correct in what you say - it really didn't click as AI draws the 'outline' (display preview) in black no matter what layer you are on (unless there is an AI preference that has been permanently changed on mine for 40 years ) - it doesn't use the layer colour ? Neil
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  Can the history panel be paused?
  16 Sept 2022, 21:50 • Boldline   17 Sept 2022, 06:24

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  @Boldline If turned off, the history will be still recorded because it is needed for undo / redo, but it will not save it into the file when the document is saved. Besides disabling the store option, also reduce the "History Limit" field to 1, to reduce how much history is recorded.
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  Speeding up the workflow in VS
  16 Sept 2022, 21:07 • Boldline   17 Sept 2022, 06:17

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  @Boldline said in Speeding up the workflow in VS: they all literally take a second or two before they register I think this could be a bug. And the force quit too. The 1.7 - 2 GB RAM usage seems normal on M1. Should start out around 800MB and then gradually accumulates some caches. But this does not affect the performance (caching actually improves it). Some other thing might cause this. I add this to the backlog.
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  add a background shape/color
  16 Sept 2022, 18:45 • chillywilly   16 Sept 2022, 19:01

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  Thank you so much!
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  Document Units
  9 Sept 2022, 10:03 • Igull   16 Sept 2022, 18:20

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  @VectorStyler
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  Option to distort vector and raster?
  16 Sept 2022, 11:18 • Dazmondo   16 Sept 2022, 16:19

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  @Dazmondo said in Option to distort vector and raster?: I'm assuming that would rasterise all the vectors on output? Yes.
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  Transforming multiple objects at once
  13 Sept 2022, 10:47 • tudor   14 Sept 2022, 16:31

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  @b77 said in Transforming multiple objects at once: There's no 'Transform Each' option in the Transform panel I think a Transform Each option would make sense in the Transform panel, but disabled by default. This would solve the problem of selecting the w/h also, not just scaling or rotating that can be done by the modal views. I will try to have this in 1.2
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  EPS file reopens with missing text
  eps text • 10 Sept 2022, 17:31 • black hound   11 Sept 2022, 13:15

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  @VectorStyler I tested with two font types: Times New Roman OTF and Zapfino TTF. Same result with both. Then I loaded the page with a mix of OTF and TTF from various foundries and none of the fonts imported back into VS from the EPS file.
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  Transformed fill
  9 Sept 2022, 20:33 • Ingolf   10 Sept 2022, 14:58

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  @b77 said in Transformed fill: Are you saying that this means another special command is needed for this, or that making 'Transform Content' do this properly is not that easy I think the Shape select tool (context panel buttons when Transform tool is active), that currently only works with composite shapes could be adapted to work with regular shapes also and make all changes on the shape only not the whole object and its content.
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  Editing the Clipping Mask
  9 Sept 2022, 08:40 • William Kansepa   10 Sept 2022, 11:43

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  @b77 said in Editing the Clipping Mask: @Subpath It doesn't at this time, but I suggested in the other thread that it should work for clipping containers. ah, ok have read your post about it