Michail

Può descrivere il problema in modo più dettagliato? Che cosa non funziona esattamente per voi? Can you describe the problem in a little more detail? What exactly is not working for you?

You can do it with gradient masks. But the quickest way to do it is with the depth of field filter. The filter can be found in the menu Filter > Blur > Depth of Field, or in the Live Filters:

I agree with you about the use of colours. It is a bit confusing at times. For example, the adoption of the colour model when recording a colour as a colour field is a bit puzzling.

Unlike you, I actually like the principle of integrated masks. What I meant was not masking, but painting with colours, which logically cannot work on a fill layer. Colours are interpreted as greyscales in a mask. I am still not convinced that this coupling is necessary. However, there is one point that could be the reason for the coupling: When you change the colour of a fill layer, you change the primary colour of the colour selectors at the same time. This therefore changes one of the two mask grey values. I have to think about how to get around this. The tool coupling mentioned above will probably not change. I now use the "H" key to switch back and forth.

What difference does it make?! I can't paint in a fill layer anyway!

That is already clear. But if a tool is active, that does not necessarily mean that I want to work on a fill level with it. It may be that I am painting in another layer ("painting brush"). If I now switch briefly to the fill layer to change the colour, this does not work. It is annoying that in these cases I always have to select another tool before I can do this. I am not sure if this coupling is absolutely necessary.

The colour of a fill layer can only be changed if certain tools are selected. For all others, the colour remains unchanged. It works for example with the "Gradient Tool", the selection tools or "Remove Blemishes". It does not work with, for example, the "Paint Brush", "Clone" or "Repair Brush". This also applies to V1.

@thomaso, I just wanted to put the absoluteness of your statements into perspective

Many still believe that if they put an Apple in their room, they will automatically be seen as creative by others.

That is not quite right. An image is opened as it is. If it does not contain a pixel layer, it will not have one after opening. The command "Open" does not create a layer either. It simply opens the picture. And if the image has 100 layers, then it has 100 layers.

Perhaps another app on your computer uses a key combination that includes "ö" or "ä".

I don't know exactly what you want to achieve and whether the Boolean operators are the right means. If your goal is to get a single object on a single layer, here's what you do: In the Layers panel, drag the text layer over the penultimate layer. Select the last two layers and choose Layer > Geometry > Subtract from the menu. Select all remaining layers and choose Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves from the menu.

I can confirm that. If I remember correctly, I or someone else reported this a looong time ago. It seems to work as expected for me. Does this happen with all kinds of layers and masks?

This seems to be the chief accountant among the vultures - because of the many drawers

Welcome to the forums here Does this only happen with the Selective Colour Correction adjustment, or also with the other adjustments? Can you provide us with a screenshot that also shows the layer panel?

Yes @patrick_h_lauke, it is a bug because it works, but not as expected. Either you click once briefly, or you drag a short distance before continuing with the shift key pressed. Neither is acceptable.

I had not read that you had written about the pen tool. But this thread is not about vector tools, but about painting tools!

Can you describe a little more precisely what you mean by the double-click? What are you doing and what do you want to achieve with it?

I don't know. I assume that the connected lines are intentional. Such connecting lines can be useful. So there must be another technique for the unconnected lines. There is still the possibility of the timing of the shift key. This is also how it works in Photoshop.

I agree with you there. Normally it should work like this: If you press the shift key before the mouse button, you get connected lines. If you press the shift key after the mouse key, you get separate lines. Maybe this problem has not yet reached the developers.

@patrick_h_lauke: Draw a line. Without holding down the Shift key, click once on the place where you want the new line to start. Now press the Shift key and drag the line while holding down the mouse button. The procedure takes some getting used to, but it works.

The behaviour has always been like this. The object is placed at the top of the layer stack. If you want to arrange an object above a certain layer, first select this layer and then insert it (Ctrl+V). You do not need any of the paste buttons in the toolbar in this case.

Or you can wait until Serif provides an exe installation file.

Thank you. Scaling works perfectly here. What irritates me most is the connection with the additional keys.

@Maciej_G Welcome here to the forums! I cannot confirm this behaviour here with a new document. Do you mind sharing the document with us? That way, we might be able to see if it's your documents or your technology.