Recolor woes
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As you know I have been experimenting a bit with recolor, using various ways to achieve this.
I ran into quite some problems, especially where colour swaps seemed to happen randomly, and where undo resulted in a greater chaos.
The design used is quite simple and I did not need to use these tools to achieve my goals as making clones of the tiles, and selecting by fill in this simple duo-tone design is way faster.
Here is a video of the issues I ran into with Effects > Replace Color > Color from Palette : https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cTVOiBnfUi3
I also had issues with Replace Color > Replace Color where undo was not always returning to previous state, and even where I opened the dialog and it changed to 'Color Harmony' and pressing cancel changed my design still. Sometimes even with part of my design being moved from their location, or new colours not existing in my palette were introduced.
I am not sure if this has to do with designs being grouped or not, but I also tried in ungrouped state and things still randomly changed.
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@syllie Send me that file by email to csraba at vectorstyler.com I will try to replicate the error.
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Apparently I made a recording of this test too. I thought it had failed but I found it sitting in my account. Sorry for the length, it was my rudimentary attempt to show all objects in the file were ungrouped, and that there were no other colours than the few shown. As the filter shows more colours than there should be, I cancelled, and then partial recolour happened anyways and the pattern broke. Just skip a bit to the end (1:15).
https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cTne6pnfMevAnd the next set of issues. This is with Replace Colors > Replace Colors. Sometimes it simply does not work at all. In this file I have groups. It picks up the 4 colors that are used in the palette. I set the output to exact, and preview on. But it does nothing. And at other times it does. In this case, changing them with Replace Colors > Color from Palette works fine.
https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cTne6wnfMVyAnd a request: I have been recolouring with Replace Colors > Color from Palette as that mostly works. But the panel closes after accepting the change. Can it stay open? I want to run through some options and ideally I would change the colour set, export the resulting artboard, and tinker with the next colour set (rinse, repeat). Reopening the panel is tedious.
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@syllie said in Recolor woes:
I will try to replicate and fix these issues.
But the panel closes after accepting the change. Can it stay open?
These are "modal" views, and when confirmed, they close. There should be a "Preview" checkbox.
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@VectorStyler said in Recolor woes:
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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@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?
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@VectorStyler By the way, when can version 1.3 be released?
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@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.
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@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.
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@syllie I understand, you just need to be able to change selection without closing the dialog.
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@syllie The recolor view has been improved, it is still a dialog but it should behave better with the patterns.