Recolor woes

syllie

There should be a "Preview" checkbox.

Yes there is. But then, after I have saved my new colour choice, I want to work on the next, export, and work on the next, next, next... (and yes I understand the difference between dialog and modal.. I wish it was a modal).

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VectorStyler

@syllie There is a plan to improve this in 1.3, not much can be done earlier.

Are you saving "presets" of the recoloring filter?

monsterfox

@VectorStyler By the way, when can version 1.3 be released?

VectorStyler

@monsterfox said in Recolor woes:

@VectorStyler By the way, when can version 1.3 be released?

No official date yet, but it will be sometimes this year (maybe after the summer).
I will try to solve some of the language issue first, and there are still a number of bugs.

syllie

@VectorStyler said in Recolor woes:

Are you saving "presets" of the recoloring filter?

No. I just reopen the dialog and it retains my last used settings. Which is the starting point for the next combination. So I try a few iterations of browns (earlier range of colours of the palette) with randomization, and then move the index up to a next group of 4 (as there are 4 colours in this design), the blues, the greens, and so on ending with the yellows. It also means that ordering of the palette in a way that more attractive (harmonious) combinations can be found is useful. Remember that for my purpose I stay within a limited palette of selected colours.

VectorStyler

@syllie I understand, you just need to be able to change selection without closing the dialog.

VectorStyler

@syllie The recolor view has been improved, it is still a dialog but it should behave better with the patterns.

syllie

@VectorStyler The issues with Replace Color > Color from Palette seem resolved. Still testing through but the files that were misbehaving before now get recoloured as expected. And cancel is indeed understood as cancel. Very happy with that!

Tiny inconvenience: if you click repeatedly on the 'Starting' counter, it occasionally skips numbers. https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cTnljynhrb5

Subpath

@syllie

Numbers changing is also possible and works
better on the left side of Number fields

Set your mouse pointer upon the "Starting" Text
press left mouse button and move the mouse
up or down. That should also change the numbers
and is more precise.

Subpath

@VectorStyler

That number skipping by using that little arrows
is often the case, which make them more or less useless.

I often use the drag Mouse methode on the left side
because of that.

VectorStyler

@Subpath I will find a solution for this.

syllie

@Subpath Thanks for your input, and also the follow up with the other counters where you noticed skipping. For my case I just want increments +1/-1 and pressing the up or down arrow is faster and should be more precise than holding down a mouse button and dragging. Happy it is on the list to look into

Subpath

@syllie

Yes, there are different ways to change numbers.
I prefer to work with just the mouse and find using the
arrow keys is indeed helpful but not particularly comfortable
for me, as as a right-handed person you have to leave the
mouse to do so.

@VectorStyler
Using the mouse wheel works pretty precisely too. Unfortunately
not in all fields and not always in the same way. The steps are not
always the same (sometimes 1, sometimes 0.1 or more random)
.
.
It would be nice if changing a Value in a Number field
would work similar in all Number fields.

for me that includes also

up = 1

Shift + up = 10 Steps

Control + up = 0.1

down = -1

Shift + up = -10 Steps

Control + up = - 0.1

VectorStyler

@Subpath said in Recolor woes:

Unfortunately not in all fields and not always in the same way.

I will try to replicate.

Subpath

@VectorStyler

I did a Test in the Transform Panel (Object >Transform > Tranform)
OK, i realize that this may be a case by using the Mouse wheel.
Using the Arrow keys work fine.

will record a video later

Subpath

@VectorStyler

Here the Video, this is the Transform Panel only
Object > Transform > Transform
but the ( Mouse wheel ? ) Problem exist in more
Number fields

Here the video

Subpath

@VectorStyler

There is some Number skipping too, using the Mouse scroll wheel
and i dont understand why 0.? was using in % i am fine
with +1/-1 and using the Control Button if i need smaller steps

VectorStyler

@Subpath said in Recolor woes:

dont understand why 0.? was using in %

Not clear what is the issue here? is it the decimanls in % mode?

Subpath

@VectorStyler

Sorry, my mistake the Skew Number field is in degrees °
but the numbers steps goes like this 2.5 °, 3.8 ° etc. instead
of 1, 2, 3 ... and so on. The same goes for Rotate.

VectorStyler

@Subpath said in Recolor woes:

numbers steps goes like this 2.5 °, 3.8 °

this must be an error in the resources. I will fix it ASAP