They had actually posted an intro course of sorts, so I thought I would share it. It's pretty decent for new users and is well-paced:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyzePU3XlRw

It's better than stalled projects like Affinity at the moment, where in the 21st century there are still no basic text warping or tracing options and we wait for no idea what, many bugs and features which do not work.

In my opinion VS should be revamped a bit in terms of UI, but when I finish my week-long test I'll have the full picture. Currently I'm writing down what I like, what doesn't work and weaving it into a workflow.

So regardless of how long ago I used VectorStyler, and what was improved since then, its lack of readiness gave me the impression that it started too early. Bugs happen, and I don't expect all to be gone, but I feel that a program needs to at least have a reasonable amount of fixes before being released for customers. And I don't mean to sound harsh, but you asked, and so I am just giving you my honesty. But I see that many others are enjoyable your product, so congratulations to that.

Also I created the 1st T-shirt design and it's already on the market. I used VS only for text transformations,

Cool! Where are you selling your shirts?

Subpath: "But I'm quite in doubt if this should be called a Review.
Maybe "First Look" would fit better."

I understand, and your feedback makes sense. So as I made clear in the video, the result did not meet my original intentions. Part of the problem is that in today's modern age, people are constantly on the go, and do not spend enough time watching videos if the length is too long. That's why for the most part, I now try to limit my videos to a 15-minute minimum. I originally had different sections planned such as "Interface, Tools, Layers, Cartoon Drawing, and Performance," and there is a lot of footage (7 hours) I had to leave out. Similar to how WatchMojo reviews movies on YouTube, they keep the same running time, still manage to go over the key points, but they cannot get into every little detail since that would risk losing a following.

Ingolf: But I myself would end the video with "Try for yourself and judge for yourself", AND mention that neither Amadine nor Affinity have a twentieth of the advanced features Vectorstyler offers, and by the way are aimed at a different type of customers/designers

So I personally have a very competitive spirit, and I like to tell it as I see it. It is not meant to be taken at heart, but just part of the fun, in the same way people compete in sports but are still cool with each other afterwards. But of course, I do frown to "brutal" competition, because we all need good sportsmanship. Plus, I am in agreement that different programs serve different purposes, and I was actually planning on making a video on that too eventually.

Ingolf: Speaking of reviews. When I was young, and started to get interested in graphics on computers, I used to buy THICK paper magazines about software, and a review was a long detailed analysis and review of many features and sometimes took up 1/4 of the magazine. Partly because of the comparison with competitors. The world seems to have lost the ability to stay focused for so long, so I simply have to try and "review" everything myself. Psst: No offense to you @Prevalent-Arts - thank you for your video. As I said, we are in reasonable agreement.

No offense whatsoever. There is nothing wrong if we only "talk" about our differences.

To add to your point, I see both perspectives. Just like when writing a job plan, the traditional method used lots and lots of pages, whereas a modern one is a whole lot more simplified and only pull out key factors. Now as someone who is a traditionalist myself, there are a whole lot of past review guidelines that I admittingly find to be much more helpful. I have a really hard time finding a good review, myself, since I am quite picky. Haha. But like my point to Subpath, we do live in a modern world, and runtime is still important while still trying to cover all the expectations. So what I try to do is to stick to the traditional expectations, but apply a modern approach. Being brief, to the point, direct, but still pull out the facts. That's my style.

Compared to Amadine and Affinity, VS is a supplement, if anything.

Not sure how VS is relegated to a supplemental role to affinity or amadine since neither offer a tenth of what VS does.

well said

@Prevalent-Arts I must say, though, that I recognize many of your observations, and don't disagree with very much. If anything. However, I actually use VS despite all the bumps, because VS is competent and easy to use. Even though I have Illustrator and CorelDRAW etc.

But I myself would end the video with "Try for yourself and judge for yourself", AND mention that neither Amadine nor Affinity have a twentieth of the advanced features Vectorstyler offers, and by the way are aimed at a different type of customers/designers, so if you are looking for an alternative to Illustrator and CorelDRAW due to economy, VS is worth trying out. Compared to Amadine and Affinity, VS is a supplement, if anything. Serif's manager has also openly stated that Affinity may not replace programs, but complement them.

Speaking of reviews. When I was young, and started to get interested in graphics on computers, I used to buy THICK paper magazines about software, and a review was a long detailed analysis and review of many features and sometimes took up 1/4 of the magazine. Partly because of the comparison with competitors. The world seems to have lost the ability to stay focused for so long, so I simply have to try and "review" everything myself. Psst: No offense to you @Prevalent-Arts - thank you for your video. As I said, we are in reasonable agreement.

First of all, found it nice that you took the time and effort to look
into VS and present it in one of your videos, appreciate your work.

I have no problem with your verdict. That is your opinion and so
far ok. But your opinion would not stop me from buying VS, which
I did a while ago, after all, everyone can make up his own mind.

But I'm quite in doubt if this should be called a Review.
Maybe "First Look" would fit better. I would have liked to see a
more detailed descriptions. The Warp Features, Blend, Symbols and
many other Features were not shown at all.

As mentioned in the video, I do plan on keeping a close eye on the product and watch the progress. Even though I mentioned that I would not be purchasing it at this time, you have my encouragement!

...but some are a bit overcomplicated IMO. Well, I'm just a 2 day old user of VS;)...

yes, VS often has an unusual approach, but the sky will clear up
you just have to have some willingness to forget old approaches sometimes

and we still have this forum, to improve the user friendliness of VS in the long run

I'm about to use VS in t-shirt production

Very cool - I design t-shirts full time myself and use VS for most of that. Will be great to see what you like about VS and how you use it for thie shirt design purposes

of course it is training
but VS Features are endless as you will see

I see some bugs and inconvenient things like a bit laggy UI, but for now I'm using it for the 1st day.

Please post the bugs on this forum, and let me know also about where the UI is laggy!

... So far it's fantastic and I've been testing it all day instead of working...

recommend to go back to work
i own VS since 9.2021 still testing/play with the feature
sometimes it is my favorite RPG Game to play

This made me think maybe the lock on the panels should be "on" by default? I know I went in and locked them on my copy of VS and haven't given it thought since then.

Locked panels by default can make new users think this is a limitation of the app. And it's not something most people want.

Somebody should comment on YouTube that the Contour panel can be displayed from the Effects menu > Contour, or from Panels menu > Effects > Contour.

I can't get my comments on YouTube to show up after I type them. Maybe they are there as the comment counter seems to include it in the tally, but i don't see it displayed below.