anto Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Layer Effects cannot be applied for Artboards 2023-07-23 15-17-40.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 This isn't a bug as it never worked, not even in version1. Perhaps create a request for what ever purpose you see in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share Posted July 23, 2023 5 хвилин тому Return сказав: This isn't a bug as it never worked, not even in version1. But if this isn't a bug, then bug is that the FX button is active on the Artboards layer. This is misleading, because you can use FX on the Artboards layer. And this is not true. Return and mb69 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 As Return said above, this wasn’t possible in V1 either. We can add Effects to an Artboard – in V1 and V2 – but they don’t have any effect on the Artboard or its contents, as far as I can tell. Also, there’s no indication in the Layers Panel that the Effects have been added to the Artboard. If anything is wrong, as you suggest, it’s probably that we can add effects that have no purpose, so maybe the relevant button and menu item should be disabled when an Artboard is selected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 I think it has to do with the interchangeability between the programs and its formats. Because there are numerous options available that work in situation A but not in situation B. To circumvent any issues that could arise, Serif decided to have those options (visibly) available even when not working. It just needs to be better explained in the documentation. eg. artboards cannot have fx applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 If the Layer Effects, purposefully, have no effect on Artboards then the Layer Effects button in the Layers Panel and the Layer Effects menu item in the Layer menu should be disabled when an Artboard is selected. That would give a good indication that the user cannot apply Layer Effects to Artboards. Giving that indication would be much better than allowing the user to do something which has no actual purpose. People might still ask why it can’t be done, but disabling the user’s ability to do something that’s pointless is better than allowing the user to apparently do something and then wonder why it’s not doing anything. The Paste FX menu item in the Edit menu should also probably be disabled when an Artboard is selected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Would you want that also for all those other options that doesn't work even though visibly available? Strokes have no effect on artboards/pixel layers/Layer or text frames(only its text) or groups of adjustments/filters so lose the strokes panel when an artboard/ pixel layer /text frame is selected? Texture line brushes button has no effect in publisher because there's no brush engine for either vector or raster brushes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, GarryP said: The Paste FX menu item in the Edit menu should also probably be disabled when an Artboard is selected. Artboards can store FXs even if they do not display them So, you can copy the FXs applied to an Artboard then Paste those FXs to any object(s) or copy the FX applied to an object and "Save" it to the artboard if you want to play around with changing the objects original FX Also, the Fill Opacity setting in FX does affect the Artboard, which may or may not be useful in some workflows Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb69 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 i love like people here like to pretend that issues with this dont exist, see my older post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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