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VectorStyler 1.3 adds new vector graphics features like complex repeaters and vector halftones, along with new curve drawing tools and numerous other improvements

1.3 Feature List

General Improvements

DWG/DXF importing and exporting

Create gradient colors from multiple selected colors in the Palette panel

Collect extra path combine operations into a dropdown button in the context panel

New panel for object options

Add color scheme selection to fill popover also

Layers panel option for isolate select icon

Enable or disable sections of the context panel

Dynamic shape combine options on groups available in Appearance panel

Create contours as object effects accessible in the Appearance panel

Create groups by detecting overlapping boxes of objects

Convert between shape types

Current width of offset and outline path effect can be adjusted in the Width panel

Copy and Paste commands in the Shape and Image effect panels

Knife tool to snap to guidelines (as a separate option)

Shape Builder tool to merge regions using Box selection mode

Snap to segment midpoint when Snap to Points is enabled

Option to show a highlight around the current artboard

Randomized and noise based functions with user editable options

Define number variable as a function of an other number variable

Show a set of recent colors in the Color panel

Select multiple colors in the Palette panel and iterate over these in the Bucket fill tool

Added support for using number variables to adjust color channels in the color schemes panel

Edit selected gradient color stop position in the Gradient panel

Transform panel menu options to Copy and Paste object sizes

Number variables inside brush content can adapt to brush width and length

Action to clear variable overrides in selected objects

Interactive editing of image filter gradient masks

Repeater Improvements

Interactive on canvas editor for all repeater geometries

Interactive editing of shapes used in repeaters

Random repeater geometry can also be rotated

Discrete steps for angle and radius in random repeater

Repeat objects along any path

Repeat objects on concentric shapes

Repeat objects on parallel offset shapes

Repeat objects using parametric shapes

Repeat objects using concentric parametric shapes

Multiple new random repeater geometry types

Improvements to the original random repeater type

Recursion tiles repeater

Scattering options for repeater along paths

Control repeated object size along path using a width profile

Several new intensity based repeater adjustments: (opacity, tint, corner and path offset)

Option to smooth random repeater positions

Option in path repeater to place objects on nodes only

Add to or replace objects in a repeater from selection

Vector Halftones

Create vector halftones on groups, layers or images

Create and edit vector halftones interactively using the on canvas halftone tool

Create regular halftones using repeater geometries

Define and use custom shapes in regular halftones

Setup regular vector halftones with multiple shapes and use intensities to select shapes

Create regular halftone positions with concentric or parallel custom shapes

Multiple random positioning halftone types

Setup recursion tiles halftone

Create stippling halftones with custom shapes

Create vector halftones using variable width strokes

Use custom shapes in variable width stroke halftones

Create vector halftones with variable width shape overlays

Turn any user made art into a vector halftone

Distort vector halftones using shape effects

Expand vector halftones into editable shapes

Create voronoi shaped halftones

Live Transform Groups

Create repeated live transforms from any object or group

Edit the transform options in the appearance panel

Expand into individual objects

Restrict transformation options to specific increments

Live Mirror Groups

Create mirror groups from any object or layer

Interactively edit the mirror group axis and rotation

Setup multiple axis mirroring

Select and edit objects inside mirror groups with live preview

Draw new objects inside mirror groups

Align single mirror axis to match endings of open paths

Live Align to Path Group

Align the content of any groups on a path

Alignment is updated as the path changes

Interactive editor to position the objects on the path

Edit alignment options from the Appearance panel

Option to Rotate objects along the path

Distribute objects uniformaly along the path

Use variable width profile to scale objects along the path

Intertwine Effect

Create dynamic intertwine effects from any groups

Locally change stacking order between objects inside the groups

Use the on canvas intertwine editor to create and rearrange regions

Select intertwine regions and rearrange objects in the layers panel

Automatically update intertwine region shapes when the original objects change

Use the node tool to modify the intertwine region shapes

Expand intertwine effect into separate groups

Vector Drop Shadow

Create and edit vector drop shadow effects

Use the on canvas interactive tool to adjust drop shadows

Create vector block shadows

Adjust the size, orientation and perspective of the shadow

New Shape Tools

Use the curvature tool for optimal curved shapes between points

Bezigon tool draw curves

Arc tool (quick pen) to draw continuous arcs

New tool used to extract sections of paths between intersection points

New Parametric Shapes and Tools

Parametric swirling shape with custom sections

Polygonal loop shape

Offset spiral shape with custom base shapes

Live point sequence interpolation shape

Support for multiple interpolation types

B-spline shape of arbitrary degree between points

Cubic spline shape passing through points

Live curvature shape with live update as points are changed

New Effects

Spiraling offset shape effect

Dynamic shape cutting effect, used to create custom stroke effects

Dynamic center line shape effect

Initial offset distance in contour and offset path effects

Add expanded stroke adjustment from the Appearance panel menu

Add any shape effect as an adjustment on object styles in the Appearance panel

The Node Bump effect has an interactive editor

New Options for the Spiral Shape

Regular and approximated

Circular and counter-circular

Fibonacci spirals

Parabolic and counter parabolic

Logarithmic spirals

Involute spirals

Plotted spirals

New Object Selection Features

Select by similar color (expanding spot colors also)

Select shapes based on similar, fewer or more nodes

Select shapes based on shorter, longer or same length

Select shapes based on smaller, larger or same area

Magic wand tool to select shapes based on number of nodes

Create random selection from a set of objects

Capture global selection for global editing mode

Select based on new object effect types (repeaters, halftones, etc)

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Recent Updates

Repeater improvements

Vector halftones

Live transform groups

Live mirror groups

Live align to path objects

Intertwine effect

Vector drop shadows

New curve drawing tools

New options for the spiral shape

New parametric shapes and tools

New shape effects

New object selection features

General improvements

DWG/DXF importing and exporting

Advanced Repeater Tool

The VectorStyler object repeater can be used to create complex object repetitions and style variations across repeated objects. Create complex vector halftone and shape variation effects over images using the Repeater panel.

Repeat objects in complex geometries

Repeat objects along paths

Repeat objects to fill shapes

Adjust symbols based on background

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Vector Halftones

Apply vector halftone effects on objects or images. Use the Halftone panel to select halftone options.

Adjust halftones with the vector halftone tool

Use complex halftone geometries

Create stippling halftone effects

Create color separation halftones

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Mirror Groups

Create non-destructive Mirror Groups from any object or layer. Adjust mirror group options in the Appearance panel

Interactively edit the mirror group axes and direction

Create multiple-axis mirroring of objects

Edit, and draw inside mirror groups

Expand mirror groups into editable objects

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Align Object on Path

Create non-destructive object alignment on path. Align and distribute multiple objects on a path

Interactively adjust position and spacing along the path

Add or remove in alignment group using the Layers panel

Access alignment options in the Appearance panel

Adjust the alignment path using the Node tool

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Intertwine Effect

Create dynamic intertwine effects from multiple objects. Rearrange object order locally in a region. Adjust the objects of an intertwine group with automatic overlap region updates

Use the intertwine tool to rearrange overlapping object regions

Draw custom regions to rearrange objects

Use the Layers panel to rearrange objects in a selected region

Expand intertwine groups into separate clipped objects

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Vector Drop Shadow

Create vector drop shadow effects on objects or groups. Adjust the drop shadow options using the Drop Shadow panel.

Edit drop shadow effects with the drop shadow tool

Create block shadows on groups

Create perspective shadow effects

Expand drop shadow effects into objects

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Path Drawing Tools

Draw smooth shapes with path drawing tools. Create curves just by clicking at points to connect with smooth curves.

Use the Curvature tool to draw smooth curves

Use the Bezigon tool to draw paths

Create shapes with the Path Sketch tool

Draw arcs and lines with the Arc tool

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1.2 Feature List

User Interface

Improved new document setup view.

Improved Settings view.

Button to iconify panels.

Allow multi-stroke shortcuts.

Search for a shortcut key by pressing keys.

New full screen modes.

Show and hide all panels using the Tab key.

Save viewpoint presets in the Navigator panel.

Customize all application icons.

Set large and small nudging multiplier values in settings.

Show brush names as tool tips when hovering over brush presets.

Node radius sensitivity in settings.

Better file name display in alert views.

Shortcuts for selecting the next or previous blend mode.

Improved workspace management.

Context panel button to save and reload workspace and settings files.

Allow ruler font customization.

Show guidelines when dragging a new guideline from the ruler.

Create new action presets from repeat actions.

Layers panel

Improved Layers panel design.

Option for outlined layers.

Template layers option.

Collect objects in a new layer.

Zoom to layer when double clicking the preview icon.

Automatically open a layer when hovering with drag and drop.

Pressing shortcuts while in the layers panel will do the action on the layers panel selection.

Hide or lock other layers using key modifier.

Show isolated layer with Option(Alt) hovering over the layer name.

Option for paste to remember layer (Layers panel menu).

Send objects to current layer.

Add or remove composite shape content in the Layers panel.

Lock all Others in the Layers panel.

Drop files on the Layers panel to import into a layer.

Selecting Objects

Select neighboring objects in selection search.

Select objects inside an existing shape.

Select objects intersecting an existing shape.

Option to keep image effects for new objects.

Isolate inside symbol instates for editing.

Option to allow click selection of locked objects.

Isolate into shape paint object when double clicking.

Settings for direction dependent selection mode (intersecting or inside).

Select drawing place from a menu opened with a single context panel button.

New magic wand selection mode for boxed and lasso selection.

Use Escape key to exit from isolation mode.

Transforming Objects

Numeric editing of transform pivot point.

Move selected objects by an amount from the transform panel.

Show or hide selection while dragging objects (option in context panel).

Transform each object separately in the transform tool (option in context panel).

Transform box rotation (option in context panel).

Keep transform box rotation when changing selections (option in context panel).

Snap and cycle transform box rotation between significant angles (option in context panel).

Distributed scaling and rotation inside first level groups.

Flip object width and height from transform panel menu.

Show nearby points when snapping to points.

Option for transform panel proportional lock to constrain on canvas scaling also.

Modifier key to rotate around the opposite corner.

Objects

Group overlapping objects.

Keep relative position of overlapping objects in alignment.

Slab type alignment presets.

Rename selected objects or artboards from clipboard.

Layer and object option for named layer exporting in PDF.

Use pivot location when click clearing a shape.

Modifier key in Gap tool to snap to equal sizes.

Option to show hidden objects as a gray wire frame on top.

Object option to expand group clipping by stroke width.

Tangential snapping mode.

Snap to path extrema locations.

Improved snapping panel options.

Use shapes from a guide reference canvas for snapping.

Content crop tool to adjust image clipping.

Object Styling

Settings for keeping default styles when changing selection.

Improved Appearance panel (single style list mode).

Add image effects to brush styles and presets.

Select style picker tool option by double clicking on tool icon.

Brush transparency mask.

Blend ranges transparency mask.

Create new concentric gradient with Option(Alt) dragging in the gradient tool.

Create new empty palette.

Create new color palette using selected objects.

Create new color palette using the selected image.

Merge spot or globals colors.

Automatically update a color palette opened from a file if the file changes.

Better handling of objects with multiple roles.

Option to use layer hierarchy to create style folders from reference canvases.

Ignore selected objects in a reference canvas (Skip Style Listing role).

Deep object styling (mirror object style of member objects).

Tiling pattern content variable and style overrides.

Vector brush content variable and style overrides.

Use noise based randomization in scatter brush.

Separate color picker tool to pick colors from document pixels.

Image and Shape Effects

Clear edge blur image effect.

Adaptive dilute tone image effect.

Edge extraction image effect (Tracing Guide).

Select envelope shape from the context panel.

Center point for Warp effects.

Additional rigid shape options in shape effects.

Curvature smoothing shape effect.

Improved blending effect, with new shape blending schemes and object positioning for blending groups.

Blended shapes: create a shape as a blend of two shapes (linking to originals).

Blended objects: create an object as a blend of two objects (linking to originals).

Path Editing Tools

Split object shape.

Offset Path tool.

Extend path tool: extend paths along curvature or a shape profile.

Reposition nodes along the path curvature with the extend path tool.

Add new nodes to a path using various node position schemes.

Reshape tool.

Join paths in Trim and Join tool by holding Option(Alt).

Cut stroke profile in Trim and Join tool.

Join paths using curvature extension in Trim and Join tool.

Duplicate a section of a path using the Node tool.

Rotate and stretch a section of a path using the Node tool.

Deleting a segment with the Node tool will cut the path.

Curvature path smoothing in pencil tool.

Path eraser tool: erase sections of a path.

Single Corner mode option for the corner tool.

Copy paste single nodes.

Use custom shapes in the eraser tool.

Show next segment option for pen tool in context panel.

Turn off path autoclosing for pencil tool in context panel.

Shape and Path

Image Trace tool: extract shapes from images with options from the Trace Guide panel.

Vector bucket fill tool.

Union of regions delimited by open or closed paths.

Coverage intersection mode to extract overlapping parts of multiple shapes.

Close gaps option for divide, trim and merge operators.

New expand stroke command to keep crossing paths.

Convert flat curves to lines.

Convert curves to lines.

Convert dashes to curves.

Additional square start shape parameters.

Polygon sections.

Skew option for star shape tool.

Merge stroke width profile when joining nodes.

Close single path with curvature extension.

Extend path along curvature to nearest intersection.

Connect two paths using curvature extensions.

Add new nodes at path extrema locations.

Align control point angles of selected nodes.

Join multiple paths at overlapping nodes.

Variables and Styles

Number variables: used in numeric attributes.

Selector variables: make variables out of multiple choice attributes.

Condition variables: use condition in dual choice attributes.

Expressions for numeric attributes.

Number variable override generator for repeaters.

Color variable override generator for repeaters.

Adjust number variables in repeaters using expressions.

New repeater attributes for grid, concentric and random modes.

Set corner content for pattern brushes.

New simplified color filter to replace colors from a color palette.

Measurement number generators (shape area, length, etc).

Data sources and data merge.

Use a data source in repeater to style repeated objects.

Use a data source to create multiple artboards on a canvas.

Symbol parameters.

Color generator schemes: create new colors from existing ones using a toning scheme.

Blend mode variables.

Link transparency mask to the mask of an other object (with an object role).

Link opacity to the opacity of an other object (extracting number variable from object).

Merge presets of a kind from multiple files.

Drag and drop preset files into the preset panels to import and merge presets.

Fonts and Text

Insert number variables into text.

Document specific favorite fonts collection (stored in the document).

Change tracking without highlighting text.

Reverse text lines direction in a text frame.

Clear character transformations.

Allow single word overflowing.

Show hidden characters in text frames.

Adjust text frame size to text flow size.

Align to text inside text frame.

Alternate font manager view to assign fonts to collections.

Single text wrap distance value mode in text wrap panel.

Document Options

Display CMYK blacks as rich blacks (Display Options).

Allow template canvases from linked documents.

Import multiple files with interactive placing.

Options for multiple page PDF importing.

Compressed image mode in document options.

Options to distort content of linked vector graphics.

Relink multiple files from a common folder.

Show options to select which recovery file to open.

Incremental export again.

Create artboards from selected object bounding box.

Scale selected objects to fit to artboard bounds.

Resize artboard to fit its content.

Crop atboard to selection.

Generate artboard guidelines using columns and rows settings.

Set artboard margin as columns and rows.

Option to show artboard size in artboard label.

Link bleed and margin values.

Go to artboard by name.

List opened documents as document options presets.

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