@Boldline In the Colors tab there are the Dimming Color and Opacity options

@Boldline said in Could locking a layer free up VS to only render and focus on active layers?: it will essentially tell VS to see that selection as an image and not try to render and re-render the nodes each time I work on other parts of the file? Yes. Is there a time I should leave it off or turn it off at a given point? It can be too slow if there are only a few vectors in the layer. It works better for large number of (unchanged) vectors, gradients or image effects Should I be adjusting anything with the "rendering thread"? Let that unchecked, so it will use the current number of CPU cores on the system

@richbyte What is the name of the file? Did you try with save as also?

@EricP Thank you, because that's what gave me the idea to try it. Although I thought you'd know it and point it out. As I already wrote, it's quite misleading that the gradient object initially receives a solid color fill and then you have to create the gradient again with the new colors. As I wrote in my thread "Houston, I have a problem...", it's quite often the case that a feature one need is already build in. I always wonder how @vectorstyler knew before hand what I would need. But my suggestions about creating a gradient are still valid.

@VectorStyler Thanks.

@VectorStyler If this is possible, i would plaid for that option because it would make things a bit easier e.g. if you like to use a Palette for colorize

@VectorStyler Great worked. Thanks.

@861475_VctSt お返事にありがとう～　その設定でもう一度見ます。 しかし、IMEでなく英語入力したらある問題もみえるし、リポートすることも必要だと思います。

@VectorStyler It was present in 1.3.010, but it works properly in the latest build. Thank you

@VectorStyler Thanks. Will check it out.

@VectorStyler said in Recently used colors - Is there such thing?: Color Panel has such a feature (should be on by default, panel menu Show Recent Colors) I couldn't find it in the Color Palette Panel; it turns out it's in the Color Panel. The Color Panel offers more space, and it makes more sense to have it there. Thanks

@VectorStyler Thanks. Progress is clearly visible at a glance. It's incredibly useful. It also shows how energetic the developers are.

@VectorStyler I will try to document it better.

@VectorStyler It happens with the "Dim outside the artboard" when switching from the dim color to the dark color. https://icedrive.net/s/QQx7GPw96Bjhh9b7DbffXgPC9SRy

@Honor @vectorstyler This will definitely be a power option to speed up the workflow.

@VectorStyler This works. Thanks

@VectorStyler thanks.

@Subpath Thank you!

@Subpath said in Canva acquired Cavalry: In short, they're moving towards becoming a bigger company and trying to capture the market of newcomers and somewhat experienced users. The fact that they also offer their software for "free" will also make things even more difficult for independent graphics software developers and in this may end in a few big companys. What would be happen with new concepts, alternative innovative ways to develope new graphics software ? Small graphics software developers can still compete with Affinity as long as they create more performant and more feature-rich software. Affinity's performance is very good, but it still doesn't have Illustrator's and VectorStyler's main features yet