@VectorStyler said in Inspiration from Inkscape development: @Ingolf BTW: in VS the mouse wheel zooming preference is a single checkbox "Mouse Wheel Zooms". I see that Inkscape can also customize modifier keys now Yes, VS is decades ahead of Inkscape on most counts. However, both programs can work on bringing down the complexity of the user interface. And Inkscape has a long way to go. One thing is the incredibly clumsy way of working with e.g. perspective in Inkscape, another thing is the ultra old fashioned clip path and release clip, which is completely unacceptable when you have used the intuitive method like in VS and Affinity. I simply cannot use Inkscape for real work. Not much has changed since I discovered Inkscape 15+ years ago. But exciting that they are rising to the challenge - with just one annual release, we probably need 5-10 years before Inkscape becomes a real alternative to commercial programs.

@encart Don't know it came up in my mind while working in a project. I think limiting it to a single or compund shape. Rest, you people think about it, is it going to be useful for all or just me thinking some nonsense

@Jayanta-Das said in Snapping panel: I would love to see some visual feedback in snapping for reference this is from inkscape, and more snapping options like in Inkscape. Added this to the features backlog.

@electroplated what does units refer to Units are for the various number fields (stroke width, etc) in the UI, when the document is active. Different documents can have different units. Of course, a specific number field may set its own unit. What does canvas margin actually It is just an additional space around a canvas (not the artboard). Typically this can be left to the default value, but if "Large Canvas" is disabled, it may be useful to set it to something else. (large canvas is also known as infinite canvas in other apps). BTW: the canvas is the workspace on which artboards are placed. And a VS document may contain multiple canvases (here it gets complicated a bit ) text greeking The default greeking is now smaller. Some greeking is needed, if there is a lot of text and zoomed out to is faster to display. keyboard shrtct for show/hide grid Will add one in the next build. BTW: shortcuts can be customized. NO way to show hidden characters I added this to the backlog as a feature request. having problems pasting in a texture Is this on Windows or Mac? One way to get a file into VS is to just drag & drop onto the canvas.

@vectorstyler A small problem is that if I want to mention you in a thread where you didn't post, the 'vectorstyler' name is way down the list: [image: 1652084598016-dzx.png] Maybe capitalizing the name (VectorStyler or VECTORSTYLER) will solve this.

@Victor-Vector The Affinity Designers Symbols drew my attention to symmetry and patterning. Symbols is still the best feature in AD in my eyes. x x I can only recommend to have a look at the possibilities of the Shape Panel in VS. It gives you a much finer control over shapes and everything remains editable! Try Square Star, Gear and Line Grid, you will be amazed at the shapes variety. And all this can be combined with clipping and clones. VS offers really a lot for someone who like to play with symmetrical Designs.

@vectoradmin thanks got it.

@b77 said in Is there any way to organize recordit gifs?: @Subpath On the Mac any file can be tagged. I guess something similar is available on Windows, so I would download them and use tagging. Btw, clicking on the X button in Recordit's list lets you delete those you don't need from their server. Thanks, i know that the x-button delete them. I think i will look if could organize them via Links on Windows.

@vectoradmin Yes, I did but it select all. Here is the recording. When I select lasso tool it works. But when I use Alt modifier it select all the objects.

Its really interesting, Thankyou so much for sharing the link

@Boldline , I'm just trying to be realistic

@Victor-Vector I think the best place would be the tutorials section ultimately. Maybe we go to the build announcement and copy and paste the related sentence line @vectoradmin posted and mention the build number and then be sure we paste the tip in the tutorials section. I'm going to go back in and find some of the ones added over the last few builds that I was a part of and add those to the tutorials section. If we include the build info and quote the related text from @vectoradmin used in that build description, it should be easy to go reference if needed. I'm open to ideas and thoughts for improving it.

@vectoradmin said in Repeat last action (any simpler way?): @PatrickM Panels -> Presets -> Recent Actions Thanks. I didn't look there

@vectoradmin Ah, thanks for teaching me about that proportional option. It would have taken me a while to find that. @b77 I can see how it would be handy for text boxes. Seems like it really shines when the text boxes and images are already lined up in columns or rows and you wish to move the whole gap between a number of elements. Like @vectoradmin said, good for a desktop publishing workflow. Cool! I appreciate your perspectives, thank you.

Also related when speaking of b-spline and spiro, the good old Bezigon tool from Macromedia Freehand: Bezigon demo (YouTube) Can also be found in the free to try Gravit Designer that as I understand is created by former Freehand users: Perhaps the bezigon tool is better explained here: Gravit Designer basics. Bezigon tool (YouTube) Explained in documentation (Gravit Designer homepage) Bezigon tool in Gravit Designer (Facebook video)

@Boldline said in Repeater obession: Most designs I do, we're trying to keep the number of ink colors down to a minimum and so doing patterns is one way to add more with less, so to speak. Great tip