Bo Lovenhjelm Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 In last update, 1.9 of Affinity Photo, there's no difference between icons for stroke and fill color making it very hard to know which one you're selecting color for, stroke or fill. This bug is only present in Photo, not in Designer or publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 4, 2021 Staff Share Posted February 4, 2021 Hi @Bo Lovenhjelm, It was like that in previous versions too. Stroke and Fill make more sense on design, publishing apps apps whereas in photo editing apps you usually have foreground and background colors (not fill and stroke). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Lovenhjelm Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 But when there is a stroke tool, would it have any negative impact showing icon for this as in Publisher or Designer? I would think not. Only benefits. No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Lovenhjelm Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 The way this tool works now, half of the time I'm selecting the wrong icon resulting in frustration and time loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 4, 2021 Staff Share Posted February 4, 2021 When you have a vector tool selected you can also change the stroke and fill in the context toolbar (which is probably less confusing). Eventually we could change/improve this but currently it's working as intended and as it always worked before - it's certainly not a bug - that's what i'm trying to point out. This thread would be better placed in the Feature Requests & Suggestions section to be considered for future versions. I can move it if you want. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Lovenhjelm Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 Consistency.. All I'm saying.. Consistency. Photo has no reason to have the color selector tool working differently than other software in this software trilology. Maybe this issue is intended, maybe overlooked. BUT all designers (users of your software) would benefit from this tiny issue being looked at and changed. Like I've said, I tend to choose wrong tool frequently due to this issue, thus loosing time and getting frustrated. Surely I can not be the only one. Is there any downside to change this little icon to be consistent to the SAME one in Publisher and Designer? I think not, ONLY benefits. Small request, small change, HUGE benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Lovenhjelm Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 Excellent though that my request as a Beta tester some years ago. Asking to be able to set color to bleed line finally has been addressed. All in all, I've abandoned Adobes suite long ago for Affinitys Triology of software which is excellent We just have to continously strive for even better software. So let's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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