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Downloaded latest version (7/1/2016) - No problems.
Uninstalled older version - no problems
Installed new version - no problems
 
Still using Windows 7 Pro x64
 
Booting - no problems
Version 1.5.0.4
 
File->New
 
Artboard Tool
 
1. Selected
2. Drew small Artboard - no problems. Labeled Artboard1.
3. Drew second small Artboard - no problems. Labeled Artboard2.
 
Fountain Pen Tool :
 
1. Selected
2. Clicked in Artboard1 - created point - no problem.
3. Clicked several more times creating more points - no problem.
4. Selected white arrow (Node Tool)
5. Single-Left Clicked on point/node. Node selected but no handles appear.
6. Double-left clicked on point/node. Node selected but no handles appear.
7. Tried other points/nodes with same result.
8. Single-right clicked point/node - menu popped up but no handles appeared.
9. Selected black arrow (Move Tool)
10. Tried left and right single and double clicking on points/nodes. Although selected - no handles appear.
11. Decided to try moving a line segment between two points/nodes. When I did that the handles appeared - but only one handle on each of the points/nodes.
 
The Move Tool (black arrow) and Node Tool (white arrow) appear to do the same thing on a line drawn with the Fountain Pen. At least I can grab the line segment between two points/nodes and move it. When I move the line segment, the two handles that are between the two points/nodes now show up rather than like before when the two handles associated with a point showed up. Also, the two handles now act independent of each other.  That is to say - before if you moved one handle the other tried to remain 180 degrees opposite of the first handle. Now they ignore each other and simply move independently of the other handle.  I am not sure which way they are supposed to work - but this is how they work now.
 
File->Close
File->New
 
Fountain Pen Tool - Attempted to draw a freehand line with the pen tool. (Remember  just checking to see how the tool works)
 
Selected the black arrow (Move Tool). The entire set of points was selected. The problem with this option is that in order to edit the item you somehow have to be able to click directly onto the pre-existing item. Thus, if you used the Pen Tool to create a line drawing - it can be very hard to click on (or double-click on) the line. Don't know if this can be fixed or not but it is hard to select what you want to work with.  Once selected - no problems. But hitting the line is a problem.
 
1. Double-left click'd and got the object.
2. All of the points/nodes show up as small circles.
3. Double-left click'd on a point. This time I got four handles. Two on the point/node I selected and one on the point/node to the left and one on the point/node to the right (unlike before where I got nothing).
4. These handles act like before.  If I grab one of the two handles on the point/node with two handles and move it - the opposite handle rotates with it to remain at 180 degrees.  Alt key causes the two handles to act independently of each other.
 
I have no idea why they acted one way the first time and another the second time but the points and handles should act in the same way each time.
 
Vector Brush Tool
 
Works as expected. However, holding down the control button causes the last brush stroke to be selected (the points/nodes along the line selected) and Control+A simply selects the last line in a different way.  The actual "Select All" feature will not work (ie: Control+A).  You can not select all of the lines you have drawn.
 
File->Close
File->New
 
Fill Tool
 
Tried to fill the entire page with a given color - does not work.
Used Vector Brush Tool to create crude square
Then tried to fill it with Fill Tool - does not work
When I accidentally held down the left mouse button while moving the Fill Tool, it drew a line across a rectangle I had drawn and immediately filled it green->to->red. It took me a few moments to figure out how to delete the fill request but it also deleted the rectangle I had drawn. When I re-created the rectangle it was automatically filled with green->to->red. Should not the Fill Tool be turned off if you are trying to draw a new rectangle?  (Or maybe not. Unknown which outlook on this is used.)
 
The problem with the Fill Tool is that I created a rectangle and then clicked on the Fill Tool. When I selected a color from the color wheel it automatically made the rectangle that color. The question that comes up is - if the rectangle is going to be colored anyway - why have a Fill Tool?  Or - If you have a Fill Tool - why automatically apply a color selection?  If, as the help says, "The Fill Tool allows you to adjust the fill and line colours applied to vector and text objects" - they they should not be automatically applied when you select them as that usurps the Fill Tool's purpose.  OR - you may want to just change the Help's documentation and say it is only used to do gradients and such and everything else is automatically applied.
 
Decided to try creating letters.
 
Selected Artistic Text
1. Typed in some mumbo-jumbo.
2. Looked under Text->Size->Bigger. It says Control+> will make the letters bigger.
3. Tried the menu option - nothing happened.
4. Tried Control+> (not using the shift key) - nothing happened.
5. Tried Control+> (with shift key) - nothing happened.
6. Selected the Move Tool
7. Tried Control+> (+SHIFT) - letters got bigger
8. Tried Control+> (no SHIFT) - nothing happened.
 
There is some kind of disconnect between creating the text via the Artistic Text option and controlling the size of the letters.  Also, shouldn't the Control+>(no SHIFT) also work to increase the size of the letters?  Otherwise, shouldn't the menu option actually say "Control+SHIFT+>" so people know they have to hold down the shift key?  Just a thought.
 
I next tried not using and using the shift key with the "Control+<" to reduce the size of the letters. WITHOUT the shift key I get the preferences. WITH the shift key I get smaller letters. So the menu should reflect that it actually is Control+SHIFT+< as some people (myself included) take it that just hitting that key is the equivalent of Control+<.
 
The program also froze when I hit the Control+SHIFT+< key several times and then hit the Control+SHIFT+> key combination. The program did not respond to anything for about a minute and then began responding to my asking it to shrink down the letters.  Not sure why it did this.
 
Next I tried to set the color of the Artistic Text. First I tried just clicking on a color - did not work. Then I tried the Fill Tool - did not work. Then I tried using the Move Tool to re-select the text to see if that would allow me to apply color. Just clicking on a color did not work again nor did selecting the Fill Tool and then selecting a color work. Nor did using the Fill Tool cursor to select the text do anything. Dragging the Fill Tool across the letters also did not do anything.
 
That's all for tonight. :-)
 
 
 
Help
 
I decided to read the help about the Fill Tool because I kept getting strange results. In very dark letters the help screen says "Click Here to Search" - this should be a lot more noticable (like in white letters).  I typed in "Fill Tool".  About forty entries showed up. The very last entry was "Fill Tool".  It should be the first.
 
 
 

Downloaded latest version (7/1/2016) - No problems.
Uninstalled older version - no problems
Installed new version - no problems
 
Still using Windows 7 Pro x64
 
Booting - no problems
Version 1.5.0.4
 
File->New
 
Artboard Tool
 
1. Selected
2. Drew small Artboard - no problems. Labeled Artboard1.
3. Drew second small Artboard - no problems. Labeled Artboard2.
 
Fountain Pen Tool :
 
1. Selected
2. Clicked in Artboard1 - created point - no problem.
3. Clicked several more times creating more points - no problem.
4. Selected white arrow (Node Tool)
5. Single-Left Clicked on point/node. Node selected but no handles appear.
6. Double-left clicked on point/node. Node selected but no handles appear.
7. Tried other points/nodes with same result.
8. Single-right clicked point/node - menu popped up but no handles appeared.
9. Selected black arrow (Move Tool)
10. Tried left and right single and double clicking on points/nodes. Although selected - no handles appear.
11. Decided to try moving a line segment between two points/nodes. When I did that the handles appeared - but only one handle on each of the points/nodes.
 
The Move Tool (black arrow) and Node Tool (white arrow) appear to do the same thing on a line drawn with the Fountain Pen. At least I can grab the line segment between two points/nodes and move it. When I move the line segment, the two handles that are between the two points/nodes now show up rather than like before when the two handles associated with a point showed up. Also, the two handles now act independent of each other.  That is to say - before if you moved one handle the other tried to remain 180 degrees opposite of the first handle. Now they ignore each other and simply move independently of the other handle.  I am not sure which way they are supposed to work - but this is how they work now.
 
File->Close
File->New
 
Fountain Pen Tool - Attempted to draw a freehand line with the pen tool. (Remember  just checking to see how the tool works)
 
Selected the black arrow (Move Tool). The entire set of points was selected. The problem with this option is that in order to edit the item you somehow have to be able to click directly onto the pre-existing item. Thus, if you used the Pen Tool to create a line drawing - it can be very hard to click on (or double-click on) the line. Don't know if this can be fixed or not but it is hard to select what you want to work with.  Once selected - no problems. But hitting the line is a problem.
 
1. Double-left click'd and got the object.
2. All of the points/nodes show up as small circles.
3. Double-left click'd on a point. This time I got four handles. Two on the point/node I selected and one on the point/node to the left and one on the point/node to the right (unlike before where I got nothing).
4. These handles act like before.  If I grab one of the two handles on the point/node with two handles and move it - the opposite handle rotates with it to remain at 180 degrees.  Alt key causes the two handles to act independently of each other.
 
I have no idea why they acted one way the first time and another the second time but the points and handles should act in the same way each time.
 
Vector Brush Tool
 
Works as expected. However, holding down the control button causes the last brush stroke to be selected (the points/nodes along the line selected) and Control+A simply selects the last line in a different way.  The actual "Select All" feature will not work (ie: Control+A).  You can not select all of the lines you have drawn.
 
File->Close
File->New
 
Fill Tool
 
Tried to fill the entire page with a given color - does not work.
Used Vector Brush Tool to create crude square
Then tried to fill it with Fill Tool - does not work
When I accidentally held down the left mouse button while moving the Fill Tool, it drew a line across a rectangle I had drawn and immediately filled it green->to->red. It took me a few moments to figure out how to delete the fill request but it also deleted the rectangle I had drawn. When I re-created the rectangle it was automatically filled with green->to->red. Should not the Fill Tool be turned off if you are trying to draw a new rectangle?  (Or maybe not. Unknown which outlook on this is used.)
 
The problem with the Fill Tool is that I created a rectangle and then clicked on the Fill Tool. When I selected a color from the color wheel it automatically made the rectangle that color. The question that comes up is - if the rectangle is going to be colored anyway - why have a Fill Tool?  Or - If you have a Fill Tool - why automatically apply a color selection?  If, as the help says, "The Fill Tool allows you to adjust the fill and line colours applied to vector and text objects" - they they should not be automatically applied when you select them as that usurps the Fill Tool's purpose.  OR - you may want to just change the Help's documentation and say it is only used to do gradients and such and everything else is automatically applied.
 
Decided to try creating letters.
 
Selected Artistic Text
1. Typed in some mumbo-jumbo.
2. Looked under Text->Size->Bigger. It says Control+> will make the letters bigger.
3. Tried the menu option - nothing happened.
4. Tried Control+> (not using the shift key) - nothing happened.
5. Tried Control+> (with shift key) - nothing happened.
6. Selected the Move Tool
7. Tried Control+> (+SHIFT) - letters got bigger
8. Tried Control+> (no SHIFT) - nothing happened.
 
There is some kind of disconnect between creating the text via the Artistic Text option and controlling the size of the letters.  Also, shouldn't the Control+>(no SHIFT) also work to increase the size of the letters?  Otherwise, shouldn't the menu option actually say "Control+SHIFT+>" so people know they have to hold down the shift key?  Just a thought.
 
I next tried not using and using the shift key with the "Control+<" to reduce the size of the letters. WITHOUT the shift key I get the preferences. WITH the shift key I get smaller letters. So the menu should reflect that it actually is Control+SHIFT+< as some people (myself included) take it that just hitting that key is the equivalent of Control+<.
 
The program also froze when I hit the Control+SHIFT+< key several times and then hit the Control+SHIFT+> key combination. The program did not respond to anything for about a minute and then began responding to my asking it to shrink down the letters.  Not sure why it did this.
 
Next I tried to set the color of the Artistic Text. First I tried just clicking on a color - did not work. Then I tried the Fill Tool - did not work. Then I tried using the Move Tool to re-select the text to see if that would allow me to apply color. Just clicking on a color did not work again nor did selecting the Fill Tool and then selecting a color work. Nor did using the Fill Tool cursor to select the text do anything. Dragging the Fill Tool across the letters also did not do anything.
 
That's all for tonight. :-)
 
 
 
Help
 
I decided to read the help about the Fill Tool because I kept getting strange results. In very dark letters the help screen says "Click Here to Search" - this should be a lot more noticable (like in white letters).  I typed in "Fill Tool".  About forty entries showed up. The very last entry was "Fill Tool".  It should be the first.