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  Help needed.The position of objects relative to the last selected obejct
  13 Sept 2021, 17:45 • encart   13 Sept 2021, 18:25

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  13 Sept 2021, 18:25

  @encart For this, you must align to a key object, and specify the key object by clicking: steps from the video: https://recordit.co/R83pZ7gBOA select the objects select key object mode (second in the left group at the panel bottom). click on the key object, in this case object 3 on your picture. click the alignment buttons.
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  Copy attributes
  13 Sept 2021, 17:00 • Boldline   13 Sept 2021, 17:05

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  13 Sept 2021, 17:05

  @Boldline There is no eyedropper tool for character style, but the Copy / Paste Character Style in the Edit -> Attributes menu should help with this. For other attributes (like fill, outline, etc) the eyedropper tool should work.
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  Toggling pressure setting for eraser brush
  13 Sept 2021, 16:34 • Boldline   13 Sept 2021, 17:04

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  13 Sept 2021, 17:04

  @vectoradmin Wow! I love it! I was not even thinking about an eraser options panel pop up - I love the control and settings it has. thank you
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  Constrain VS to Available screen space?
  13 Sept 2021, 16:37 • Boldline   13 Sept 2021, 17:03

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  13 Sept 2021, 17:03

  @Boldline This probably works only on the Mac, but horizontal swiping while hovering over the context panel should scroll the content of it.
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  1.0.047 Custom Character Styles disappear when you exit VS
  10 Sept 2021, 20:48 • encart   10 Sept 2021, 21:28

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  10 Sept 2021, 21:28

  @encart Character styles are stored in the document. There are multiple ways to reuse character styles between documents: create and use a document template containing the styles. export the character styles to a file and import into another document. use character style presets (instead of styles), but these are not linked. link an other document containing the character styles using the Styles -> Document Links command.
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  Vertical Type Options
  8 Sept 2021, 01:32 • Boldline   9 Sept 2021, 04:00

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  @Boldline I will have to find a better default for the "Auto Vertical Roman".
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  Keeping layers closed when editing hierarchy
  8 Sept 2021, 17:59 • Boldline   8 Sept 2021, 18:49

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  8 Sept 2021, 18:49

  @b77 awesome! thank you
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  Trial - Extension?
  7 Sept 2021, 18:09 • mspacemedia   8 Sept 2021, 12:39

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  I can confirm that performance is far better in the latest version of the app - thanks @vectoradmin Just did a little test on a 1.5m wide banner gradient background… and the responsiveness of the canvas and artboards was great. Brilliant!! Video example
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  Could Stroke panel and Stroke Width Panel be combined?
  5 Sept 2021, 20:18 • Boldline   6 Sept 2021, 04:52

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  @Boldline I'm not sure about this one. The Stroke panel is large as it is. The Stroke Width panel contains options used only when editing the width profiles. But these can be docked into one column.
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  Control-V to paste image copied from web into document
  5 Sept 2021, 20:26 • Boldline   6 Sept 2021, 04:50

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  6 Sept 2021, 04:50

  @Boldline Added this to the backlog.
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  Import (or Link) a file without specifying the area.
  5 Sept 2021, 04:57 • 861475_VctSt   6 Sept 2021, 04:48

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  @861475_VctSt I added these to the backlog.
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  Nodes and Handle flicker when cursor is near them
  5 Sept 2021, 19:57 • Boldline   5 Sept 2021, 20:08

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  5 Sept 2021, 20:08

  @Boldline Try the Preferences -> Performance -> Hovering Selection check box (first column). You must close and reopen the document after this settings is changed to take effect.
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  Splashscreen
  4 Jul 2021, 03:09 • 861475_VctSt   3 Sept 2021, 07:18

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  @861475_VctSt It is a mistake.
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  Blend tool revolve option
  3 Sept 2021, 02:42 • STEVED   3 Sept 2021, 04:28

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  @STEVED I could not replicate this issue. The Revolve options should work with any blended shapes, with or without a blend spine. If there is a small example file with a blend using a revolve with no effect, please send it to me: csraba at vectorstyler.com Thanks!
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  Node behavior versus other vector apps
  1 Sept 2021, 16:35 • Boldline   2 Sept 2021, 09:44

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  @Boldline said in Node behavior versus other vector apps: Here I am trying to fill in a section of this butterfly that union-ing it missed. You can see me deleting nodes at the bottom of the negative space that i want to get rid of to close up the hole. As I delete them, the path more or less retains the shape, even though there are no longer nodes there to support it doing so. I would expect it would close the section quickly instead... Yes, I rewatched the butterfly video and what VS is doing upon node deletion compared to AI is trying to keep the resulting segment as similar as possible with the general shape of the previous two segments. If you just want that hole gone quickly, indeed it feels like it's not happening because the app tries to keep the shape similar until the last node is deleted. But as I explained previously, in other situations this is preferable and it also makes sense for manually simplifying a path. ……… I copied the original over to illustrator to see how it handled things - and as I expected, as I deleted each node starting in the same place, there was not a path resembling where the old nodes were anymore. Yes, Illustrator doesn't bother to retain the original shape — it just retracts the Bézier handles under the remaining nodes, resulting in a straight segment replacing the previous two segments. ……… I would expect VS to handle things the same way Illustrator did - if only because it makes sense logically. If the nodes on each side of the deleted node are not cusp nodes, I wouldn't say it makes sense to change them to cusp nodes. But Shift-Delete could do this special straightening of the resulting segment. Or the other behavior (segment approximation), if most users expect straight segments no matter what. If there is something else I missed regarding node deletion, please write again. ……… I don't use AD, so I didn't suggest anything from them. I asked what is AD's behavior when you delete a node. But I just remembered I have AD on the iPad, went and deleted a node there and it results in a "deflated" segment — something in between a straight segment and a good approximation.
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  Unusable true type font ".ttm"
  13 Jun 2021, 01:12 • 861475_VctSt   1 Sept 2021, 02:45

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  @vectoradmin （1.0.046） Thanks. I don't know exactly when it started, but it's fixed.
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  Viewing Bookmarked Posts on Forum
  31 Aug 2021, 14:38 • Boldline   31 Aug 2021, 15:04

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  @Boldline Go to your profile, click this icon , the menu will contain a bookmarks link.
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  Placing obcjects along the path
  25 Aug 2021, 09:45 • encart   25 Aug 2021, 10:28

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  @encart Or maybe, a proportional pattern brush, created from the small circle and applied on the large one is the best option.
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  Shape builder and outlines works much better
  20 Aug 2021, 19:41 • encart   20 Aug 2021, 19:41

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  Difficulties making a clipping mask
  15 Aug 2021, 15:46 • Boldline   16 Aug 2021, 04:52

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  @Boldline There are two ways to do this. One way: as @b77 said, ungroup all black shapes and them combine with Union to create a single clipping shape. Then paste inside, or drag&drop in the layers panel will do the trick. The other way: if you want to keep all the black part editable, leave it as a single group. select the black group and select Object -> Object Options and given a name for the group, and then click on Role and select the Shape role and confirm with OK. now we have a shape style that we can use for clipping the other group. And the shape is obtained ynamically by combined the shapes from the black group. select the red group and in the context panel Shape drop down select the shape name given to the black group. this selects the shape style as the clipping shape of the red group. BTW: these above steps are very VS specific, I send a basic example by email.