Mandu

From what I understand, when opening and editing a file it is enough to just press CTRL+S, no need to export. I did like that successfully with jpeg images created elsewhere. But anyway, clicking on "save as" button or clicking on "export" does the exact same thing. Export button is just a bit lower on the menu.

So right now I was performing some color to black/white image conversion with the batch job in AP, and after I clicked ok I realized I forgot to specify the file save location. Needles to say, my original images have started to be overwritten by the black and white version, and unfortunately I just couldn't find a way to stop the process. I pressed esc, delete, backspace, I tried to turn off the program..but nothing worked. At the end, I force stopped the application from the task manager. Fortunately I have a backup so there was no permanent damage. What I am proposing is to either make AP automatically create a new folder (like Photoshop) without overwriting existing images, or to make some stop button...Or to have both options in the checkbox style, to create a new folder in the same location, or to overwrite existing files. Or maybe the simplest solution could be for AP to create some sort of name/number extension if the file is saved in the same location where another file with the same name already exists.

Sure, I can edit placed nodes, one by one....I illustrated that situation in the images, I have free hand drawings with hundreds if not thousand nodes, and I can't edit all of them manually.

Bumped. I would like more people to see this. So far, all tutorials regarding use of AD are regarding pen tool and it's typical click by click (straight lines) kind of workflow. I haven't seen anything like what I'm doing. Maybe there is already a way to achieve organic look.

Like I said in the title, what is the difference between the two programs regarding painting. They look exactly the same, have the same brushes, brush properties and options. Is there something I'm missing or not realising? I personally love the AD for its combination of vector and pixel, so I'm looking forward to paint in Designer as opposed to Photo which would be a traditional choice.

The way I see it, 'Texturizer' already exists is AD. Since AP is already a pixel based program it works with textures....obviously. AP also supports curves which could be filled with images like the user above me already said. AD in the other hand also has the pixel layer support which could be filled with pixel images and painted on, which is exactly what Texturizer in Illustrator is doing.

All the praises and salutations to Serif for marvelous software. From my point of view, editing paths (curves) while drawing with pencil tool is a must! In the same category, editing the drawing sensibility (fidelity) goes hand-to-hand with that request. In conclusion, it is not possible to illustrate organic (complex) shapes without editing the path. Below are the examples of my work from Illustrator. I had to edit the illustration tens of times before reaching the final shape. Needles to say, it wouldn't be possible without editing the selected path.