Using the Style Picker in both versions, Windows and Mac

[Gerard Designs]

If you use a picture frame that is empty and put an outline or a shadow on it, then use the style picker to copy it to another picture frame, it works fine. If you use the style picker on a photo box with a photo in the box with an outline and shadow, nothing happens if you click on it with the style picker. The style picker will load but it does not unload.  The only way I've been able to copy a style to a photo picture frame is to make a style and save it the older way in the styles tab.

Thanks Gerard

[MikeTO]

Hi Gerard, I think this is a design flaw that wasn't anticipated. I hadn't tried it on a picture frame before and I don't recall seeing other posts about this so I tested it out a lot.

For those trying this out for the first time, note that the difference between the filled and unfilled mouse pointers is subtle at the normal pointer size but the pointer changes direction when filled.

Tip: press Esc to un-fill the pointer

Tip: when you change tools with the Style Picker pointer filled, it will still be filled when you return to the Style Picker - this can be a bit confusing

Here's how it works. You can pick up (fill) the Style Picker by clicking anywhere on a filled object. For an unfilled object, you must click on the stroke. The pointer will change from unfilled to filled when you've successfully picked up the object's style.

Likewise, you can paste the picked up style by clicking anywhere on a filled object. For an unfilled object, you must click on the stroke. This is logical but I hope Serif lets us click anywhere on unfilled objects in the future because it doesn't feel natural.

For empty picture frames, you can pick up the style by clicking anywhere on it and you can paste the style by clicking anywhere on it. Empty picture frames work the way we wish unfilled shapes worked.

But for picture frames with pictures in them:

• You can pick up the style only by clicking on the stroke or an empty part of the frame (part of the frame would be empty if you moved the picture within the frame). Clicking on the picture will pick up the style of the picture layer, not the style of the frame layer. Since the picture layer presumably has no stroke or fill applied, it will pick up blank values.
• Likewise when pasting a style, you must paste on the stroke or an empty part of the frame. Clicking on the picture will paste the style to the picture layer which is definitely not what you want. Again, this is logical but I hope Serif changes it in the future because this is very confusing.
• Important - Where the stroke overlaps the picture in the frame, you must click on the outer half of the stroke - clicking on the inner half will pick up from or paste to the picture layer, not the frame layer.

Example: for the picture frame on the left, click on the outer half of the blue stroke - don't click anywhere in the yellow shaded area as shown on the right

Example 2: for the picture frame on the left, click anywhere outside of the yellow shaded area

So it works, but it may feel buggy until you understand exactly how it works.

[Gerard Designs]

Hello,  I tried the style picker on a picture frame with a photo inside with an outline and a shadow on it.  I was clicking in the middle of the picture and nothing would happen,

but if I click on the stroke of the picture frame it picks up the shadow and the stroke!

 

Thanks Gerard