Timespider Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Why is the stroke color icon not a Donut like in Designer (Designer image below). I quite have to undo as I've picked the fill color by mistake. Quote Motto - STUPID HURTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 It’s only a stroke colour for the limited set of scenarios where you’re dealing with strokes. The rest of the time the two icons are for foreground and background colours. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timespider Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 Thanks Alfred, I use designer more & have always wondered why Photo is this way, I see your point now, for those of us web developers who do quick web graphics & go into Photo for it, could there not be 3 icons, there seems to be enough real-estate for a dedicated stroke icon? Quote Motto - STUPID HURTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Timespider said: Why is the stroke color icon not a Donut like in Designer See "A": https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Panels/clrPanel.html https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Panels/clrPanel.html Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timespider Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Pšenda said: See "A": Hi Pšenda, I don't quite know what you mean by See "A" (I viewed both links). I do know they are different, if you look at my image it's of designer icon. Alfred if you view this, even if the icons are foreground & background, how do I tell which one it is that's being used? When dealing with lots of shapes & your tired it seems confusing. Quote Motto - STUPID HURTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Timespider said: I don't quite know what you mean by See "A" (I viewed both links). 6 hours ago, Timespider said: how do I tell which one it is that's being used? The one that is selected and drawn in its entirety after clicking on its area. Left image (color selector) - active/used color is red. Right image (color selector) - active/used color is yellow. Alfred 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Timespider said: don't quite know what you mean by See "A" (I viewed both links). I do know they are different, if you look at my image it's of designer icon. I think the point is that, as shown in Designer's Help, you have only considered one of the scenarios in Designer. If you look at the other one, Pixel Persona, it's the same as you see in Photo. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timespider Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 Hi walt.farrell , thanks to all of you, yes I got more enlightened from Alfred's post & understand what you all are saying (I think). But don't you think the Donut is easier to see, use, understand with a stroke? I do. Even in the pixel persona a stroke is still a stroke but not a Donut icon. Wosven 1 Quote Motto - STUPID HURTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Timespider said: a stroke is still a stroke but not a Donut icon. From your previous posts it was not clear, but if I understand correct, so you suggest, that for vector tools working with stroke (Pen Tool, Node Tool, Shape Tool), the Color selector changed to Donut Type. Then +1. P. S. It would be useful if the Color Selector type changed according to the currently used tool for all ASuite applications. Wosven and Timespider 2 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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