I'd like to know before I upgrade ...

[Tomaso Marzano]

Hi everyone, 
before I upgrade to the new versions, I would like to ask if some or any of the following problems/bugs/inconsistencies/"features" were fixed/changed in the new versions.
 

If some of these are just a matter of right settings, please let me know. I could not find it, but it's possible that I overlooked something. Thank you.

UX

• UI scaling - on Mac (M1) is really small
• Cursor stays the same regadless the action - change default cursor to "hand" when hover over interactive elements (buttons, sliders, etc), grabbing layers
• While opening windows/palletes as a user I have no idea something is happening - many times I try to click again just to see the window appear and immediatelly disappear again
• ESC should cancel EVERYTHING - all dialogs, crop, mesh, transformation, everything
• There should be an option to "Rasterize all selected layers"
• Fix/disable "jump to layer starting with [pressed key]" - I'm in the layer window, press "B" --> Brush. When the brush is already selected, pressing "B" jumps (usually) to "Background". Very annoying.
• Sometimes spacebar disable layer visibility, but it doesn't enable it back, why?
• I don't see which brush I have selected at the moment

Tools

• When merging layers (adjustment + pixel layer) inside the folder, result is layer with flatten image of the whole folder.
• I could not find a way how to easily recolor/desaturate layer without the need of the adjustment layer (which causes problems as previously stated)
• It's not possible to "unlink" mask, so when you wanna transform the masked layer you have to manually remove the mask, transform and apply the mask again
• Not possible to permanently disable "Apply to selection" under Color picker tool
• Not possible to transform CROP from the center
• Not possible to move selection during the selecting process with the spacebar (basic function!)
• Effects have maximum 100px range - it's useless for something bigger, why it's not relative or percentage?

Performance

• Sometimes "Merge down" takes really long time with the rainbow wheel even with tiny pixel layers (~40px). Especiall if masked.

EDIT: Typos

Edited December 15, 2022 by Tomaso Marzano

[MikeTO]

Some answers.

UI scaling - no change

Cursor stays the same - I wouldn't say it stayed the same in v1 regardless of the action - when you mouse over a size handle the cursor changes. But no change from v1 if you were looking for more.

"While opening windows/palletes as a user I have no idea something is happening" - I don't know what you mean, it might be best if you provided an example.

Esc should cancel everything - it does although I can't swear I've tried every dialog and panel, there are a lot of them

Rasterize all selected layers - there is in v2, select multiple layers and choose Rasterize and it will rasterize all of them (separately). In v1 it would only rasterize the top layer.

"Fix/disable jump to layer starting with [pressed key]" - I'd never had that issue with v1 but I just tested it in v2 and it works as you want.

 

[Tomaso Marzano]

Thank you for your answer and sorry for the delay

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Cursor stays the same

What I meant was that there is no feedback from the UI. (Almost) no cursor change, no hover state, nothing. As a user you don't see any interaction. It's not a great UX.

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"While opening windows/palletes as a user I have no idea something is happening" - I don't know what you mean, it might be best if you provided an example.

Sometimes when I try to open "Colour" palette in "Layer Effect" dialog window there is a slight delay. But "thanks" to the absence of any kind of visual feedback I don't know if I really clicked or it was a miss. So, where this delay appears I click again and the colour dialog appears and disappear again.

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Esc should cancel everything - it does although I can't swear I've tried every dialog and panel, there are a lot of them

It doesn't. For example Crop or Adjustment layers. Crop is particulary annoying.

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Rasterize all selected layers - there is in v2, select multiple layers and choose Rasterize and it will rasterize all of them (separately). In v1 it would only rasterize the top layer.

"Fix/disable jump to layer starting with [pressed key]" - I'd never had that issue with v1 but I just tested it in v2 and it works as you want.

COOL!

Edited December 17, 2022 by Tomaso Marzano

[R C-R]

10 minutes ago, Tomaso Marzano said:

(Almost) no cursor change, no hover state, nothing. As a user you don't see any interaction.

What cursor do you mean? There is the standard I-beam cursor for text entry but other than that are you talking about the pointer used with the tools or what?

17 minutes ago, Tomaso Marzano said:

Sometimes when I try to open "Colour" palette in "Layer Effect" dialog window there is a slight delay.

I cannot duplicate that on my Mac -- there is never any noticeable delay. What are the specs of your computer?

[Tomaso Marzano]

Regardless the configuration I have M1 Air 16GB. Sometimes when I work with bigger files it happens. I don't mind the slight delay, but the missing visual feedback makes it confusing.

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