Random selection
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I would find very useful to have a way to randomly select objects, setting the percentage of selected objects and having the ability to combine this random selection with other selection (select inside current selection).
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Nothing against your wish.
Just like to mention a way thats maybe helpful as a workaround and offers
a lot of interesting side effects, in my eyes.The Magicwand allows to select colors. The Colorize Feature in VS on the
other Hand offers to color Shapes and Outline randomly.
You could even create a kind of Pattern selection this way.
( Menu > Effects > Replace Colors > Colorize )Here two threads of mine which shows some possibilities.
https://www.vectorstyler.com/forum/topic/5080/kind-of-pattern-selection-using-the-colorize-feature
https://www.vectorstyler.com/forum/topic/4827/unusual-use-of-shapebuilder-for-colorizing-in-vs
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@EricP I added this to the backlog of features.
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@Subpath thanks a lot for the suggestion. Always good to have creative workarounds. That often leads to interesting un-expected results.
That may suit some parts of my workflow (the early stages) where color is not final, but I'd like to random select objects after color has been applied and using this coloring trick would not be easy.
In fact, coming back to your palette/repeater trick, I think it would be very beneficial to have both random/noise and pattern select.
By pattern select, I mean select n object every m objects, sorted by various dimensions such as create order, layer order, horizontal/vertical position axis ...
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@EricP said in Random selection:
That may suit some parts of my workflow (the early stages) where color is not final, but I'd like to random select objects after color has been applied and using this coloring trick would not be easy.
Understand that.
In case you dont know, Colorize allows also to randomize
Outlines or Fills only. Take a look in the "Options" Button
in Colorize Panel.
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@Subpath said in Random selection:
In case you dont know, Colorize allows also to randomize
Outlines or Fills only.That's a good idea. I did not think of using stroke color for this. Smart !
I will try
Thanks
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Smart ? Thats not me
Found this by Accident.
I am just curious and like to experiment.@VectorStyler is the smart guy
