n0rmand0

Starting with 1.5, this works with the shape tools (where I have no use for it), but still doesn't with the marquee tool (where it is absolutely essential to me). I'm now somewhat disappointed … is this just an oversight?

Hi,
 
I am new to AD but used PS/AI a lot and I have problem in work efficiency / speed when it comes to select objects.
 
Normally I press "V" and I can be sure that I am in the move tool and start to click-drag a marquee selection. Unfortunately in AD I'm not. Because if the move tool is already active "V" toggles to the last used tool. And if I start my click-drag action to create the marquee selection - something other happens, e.g. I paint or what tool is ever active then.
 
I couldn't find a setting option in the preferences to prevent that behavior. Is there something I overlooked?
 
 
Thanks.
 
Also thanks, for that great software package.

Awesome!  This will be so useful, thank you!
Not to be greedy or anything, but it would work great with the marquee/selection tools also.

Yeah, I got the flood fill to work ok.  
I was looking for something like AP has in the menu (Which can be accessed by shortcut keys): Edit > Fill 

It seems like the text tool is not working over Pixel Layers. It wants to select the layer rather than create a Text element.
 
The text tool works as expected over vector layers or no layers.

Hi n0rmand0,
 
I think I've just fixed your crash - but it's not in the new beta build (build 6 that has just gone live). It'll hopefully be in build 7. Sorry about that...
 
Thanks,
Matt

The "Apply to selection" option would be more obvious if the selected object displays as being selected. Currently when you select an object then click on the colour picker tool the objects bounding box disappears. It's still selected but there is no user feedback as the bounds do not appear...

So - I tried allowing editing of Export Options with a whole slice selected.  It works ok - you still have full undo/redo control to remedy mistakes.  A slice with multiple formats will allow you to set a preset for all formats, or tweak individual properties where the union of file types allows for it.
 
Future improvements - I'll look at making Resampler and Matte a common property of raster types so that you can change them across slices with different raster formats.

The new Export Persona was a balance of power over complexity... and perhaps needs refinement.  While the UI/UX can be tweaked, the underlying data structures will need to stay the same.
 
The new hierarchy allows for a slice to be customised fully.  A slice can now export multiple file types, and each file type can include multiple resolutions (unless it is a vector type or PSD).
 
I carried on with the Export Options panel being used to edit the file export setup for a single file format. Admittedly, the most common scenario is to have a slice only export one file type, possibly with multiple resolutions. But, in order to add power of choice, slices can now have multiple export format setups.
 
The Export Options panel can only deal with one file format at a time since the UI has to be changed to reflect the top level file type.  It would be a nightmare to somehow reflect two or more different file types simultaneously in this panel.
 
So, I had to have the concept of being able to select single formats within a slice as a sub-selection, so that the settings for that format can then be shown in the Export Options panel.
 
On top of this there are the presets.  These define the whole slice settings, and could be used to save a preset for a slice that has multiple files types (for example, PNG, JPEG, SVG).  Again, the presets have been picked for common scenarios and currently only deal with one file type, but they could have more.  So, to apply a preset (that could include multiple file formats) the slice has to be selectable.
 
My ambition was to have a good set of presets so that people really just need to select the slices and apply a preset, or take time to define their own slice presets.  In the end you then wouldn't have to delve into the settings very often and just rely on applying a preset to a whole slice.
 
A possible UX improvement could be to allow the Export Options panel to be populated if a slice is selected that has one (and only one) file format.  Or, if the slice is selected, then the Export Options panel shows the common properties of all the formats within that slice - that is already what happens if you select multiple formats within one or more slices.  I guess that could allow you to edit the settings for a slice that has two JPEG formats with otherwise different settings.
 
Beyond that, power comes at a price of UI/UX complexity.

I really like the new features in the Export persona. 
I feel like the multiple export presets could use a little more polish UX wise though. 
 
If I select a slice, I can no longer edit the options in the Export Options panel.  It took me a while to figure out I need to expand each slice in order to edit them.  This adds a bit more work for the user when you only want to set 1 preset (especially for multiple selections).  Before you could select multiple slices and edit all of them in the Export options panel.
 
I think a better UX would keep edit options in the Export Options panel only.
 
See attachment where you cant change options to these 3 slices at once anymore.

I really like the new features in the Export persona. 
I feel like the multiple export presets could use a little more polish UX wise though. 
 
If I select a slice, I can no longer edit the options in the Export Options panel.  It took me a while to figure out I need to expand each slice in order to edit them.  This adds a bit more work for the user when you only want to set 1 preset (especially for multiple selections).  Before you could select multiple slices and edit all of them in the Export options panel.
 
I think a better UX would keep edit options in the Export Options panel only.
 
See attachment where you cant change options to these 3 slices at once anymore.