Staff Patrick Connor Posted October 21 Staff Share Posted October 21 Apps: Designer, Photo and Publisher Platforms: macOS, Windows and iPad Auto Apply (Colour Panel) Colour Picker to Selection Previously when you used the Colour Picker available from the Colour or Stroke Panel it would first add the picked colour to the well next to the picker and then you would be required to apply the colour manually by clicking the well. We are now changing this to automatically apply the picked colour to the selected object, so you’re no longer required to select the colour well. If you would prefer not to apply the selected colour (i.e the previous behaviour) you can hold Alt down whilst picking the colour (note this Alt behaviour is currently only available on Windows). Mithferion, mykee, Sam LaGargouille and 26 others 20 9 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Affinity Info Bot Posted October 21 Staff Share Posted October 21 Known Issues in this feature A list of unresolved issues for this feature, reported by users AF-4761 - Auto Apply colour picker fails for Adjustments AF-4806 - The Colour Pickers's Auto-Apply Colour Fails to Apply Colour Correctly to Text Frames... Released Fixes A list of issues for this feature, available in the current beta build AF-4791 - Applying Color/Swatches panel Sampled Color (Color Picker) to object creates 2 Set Fill History entries AF-4760 - Auto Apply colour picker fails in Colour Chooser on Windows AF-4805 - The Colour Picker's Auto Apply Feature Fails to Apply the Selected Colour for all FX on Windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 20 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: note this Alt behaviour is currently only available on Windows Why this? For me as a Mac user this is a step back. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted October 22 Author Staff Share Posted October 22 4 minutes ago, loukash said: Why this? For me as a Mac user this is a step back Can you explain whether you mean (a) "it is a step back" us not (yet) implementing a way to access the earlier behaviour on mac to match Windows or (b) it is "a step back" that it applies to your selection instantly? Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 21 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: Auto Apply (Colour Panel) Colour Picker to Selection Great thanks. This is how it should have been implemented from the start. 🙂 TonyO, matisso, retrograde and 3 others 6 Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted October 22 Staff Share Posted October 22 29 minutes ago, loukash said: Why this? For me as a Mac user this is a step back. There is an open issue that is preventing that part working on macOS and iPad. It is logged and intended to be fixed (which is why it was phrased with currently). md_germany 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 27 minutes ago, Seneca said: Great thanks. This is how it should have been implemented from the start. 🙂 Right?! Finally…………. TonyO and retrograde 2 Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, macOS Sequoia 15.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 18.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 46 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said: Can you explain whether you mean (a) "it is a step back" us not (yet) implementing a way to access the earlier behaviour on mac to match Windows or (b) it is "a step back" that it applies to your selection instantly? Both. I, for one, like the current behavior, and I like to have options. 23 minutes ago, Sean P said: There is an open issue that is preventing that part working on macOS and iPad. It is logged and intended to be fixed (which is why it was phrased with currently). Ah, thanks. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 It only works for the color panel(like mentioned in title but perhaps state this explicitly) So not in color chooser, swatches, gradient map, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted October 22 Staff Share Posted October 22 14 minutes ago, Return said: It only works for the color panel(like mentioned in title but perhaps state this explicitly) So not in color chooser, swatches, gradient map, etc. Thanks! Are you on macOS or Windows? These should also be working. On Windows I am seeing that behaviour not working in the Colour Chooser dialog and Gradient Map adjustment (but is working on macOS for both), however the one in the Swatches Panel is working. Are you able to expand on the areas you're seeing this in and where you're accessing them from please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Rieger Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 I MUCH prefer the colour picker working this way by default, but I do agree with @loukash in that having the option to use the existing method as an alternate would be useful (when it's available on macOS). Andy05, ronnyb, bures and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 1 minute ago, Sean P said: however the one in the Swatches Panel is working. Also working on Windows for me. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 2 minutes ago, Sean P said: Are you on macOS or Windows? Windows. Must have been a (user) glitch but it also works in the swatches panel 😊 Sean P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 2 hours ago, Bryan Rieger said: I MUCH prefer the colour picker working this way by default, but I do agree with @loukash in that having the option to use the existing method as an alternate would be useful (when it's available on macOS). I would prefer a Preference/Setting for old approach or new one, or possible a setting that allows using the Alt key to get the new approach. One likely issue I see is that if you Sample while you have an object selected, the object's Fill is immediately updated now unless you remember to press Alt. And that is likely to end up surprising users who sample from Image layers, which (unlike Pixel layers) are affected easily by Fill changes. Evaluation complete., RNKLN, Return and 4 others 7 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Like you I feel it should be the opposite, no change when sampling and only use Alt to apply to given item/object/layer. walt.farrell, Gear maker, RNKLN and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.P. Affinity 26.03.2024 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 It's a good change. I am happy its finally here. ronnyb and TonyO 2 Quote Ain’t nobody acquiring us 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evaluation complete. Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 3 hours ago, walt.farrell said: One likely issue I see is that if you Sample while you have an object selected, the object's Fill is immediately updated now unless you remember to press Alt. And that is likely to end up surprising users who sample from Image layers, which (unlike Pixel layers) are affected easily by Fill changes. Yes, Walt is right that there is potential for some confusion here; on the other hand, it conceptually matches how you pick colors for a gradient from, for example, an image - using the option key. I know, I am a regular color thief. 🙂 Not directly comparable. Serif, I think you should prioritize updating the tooltip with the alt-option info so that everyone on desktop is informed about the shortcut. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Th Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Love this, and much prefer this over the old behavior. In my workflow and/or personal preference, the click to sample and click again to apply felt unnecessarily slow and clunky. TonyO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blureogroup Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 This is going to save me so much time. It was probably one of the most frustrating things in terms of UX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy05 Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Maybe adding an option to the settings for convenience reasons would be a good idea? Something like "[X] colour picker: old behaviour (picking the colour fills the well)". That way the user can decide, which is the standard behaviour and which is the [ALT]ernative one. user_0815 and Gear maker 2 Quote »A designer's job is to improve the general quality of life. In fact, it's the only reason for our existence.«Paul Rand (1914-1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyO Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Yes, this is an incredible change! So much faster! If you're working on the color picker, would it be possible to implement the slide-out style color picker on the left tool bar as well on iPad? It's basically the same as what you just implemented from the color pallet, but for right handed people (vast majority), it's so much easier to reach a slide out color picker from the left tool bar than the top right of the screen in a color pallet that needs to be manually opened. Maybe just add a color swatch below the tools that performs this same slide out function? This used to be the default function of the color picker tool on the left panel, but it was axed in 2.1 ronnyb 1 Quote Art director by day, illustrator by night: Check Out My Shutterstock Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPNJ Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 On 10/21/2024 at 9:17 AM, Patrick Connor said: Apps: Designer, Photo and Publisher Platforms: macOS, Windows and iPad Auto Apply (Colour Panel) Colour Picker to Selection Previously when you used the Colour Picker available from the Colour or Stroke Panel it would first add the picked colour to the well next to the picker and then you would be required to apply the colour manually by clicking the well. We are now changing this to automatically apply the picked colour to the selected object, so you’re no longer required to select the colour well. If you would prefer not to apply the selected colour (i.e the previous behaviour) you can hold Alt down whilst picking the colour (note this Alt behaviour is currently only available on Windows). This is a very good quality of life improvement - thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 I have found something unexpected happening with the new Color and Swatches panel Color Picker on Windows. (Does not happen in macOS.) With an object (say, a Rectangle) selected in the Layers panel, click on the sampled-color well in the Color Picker. Expected results: The sampled-color is transferred to the active Fill (or Stroke) color in the panel. The color of the object is changed, and the History panel shows Set Fill as a new History entry. That is what happens in 2.5.5 and in 2.6.0.2805 on macOS. However, in 2.6.0.2805 on Windows, in step 2, the History panel shows 2 Set Fill entries. A single Undo makes no visible change, and the object and the Fill/Stroke in the panel remain unchanged. It takes 2 Undo actions to to restore the Object and panel colors to their values prior to step 1. 2.5.5 (Designer, Windows): 20241023-2010-43.3045492.mp4 2.6.0.2805 (Designer, Windows): 20241023-2026-34.4532800.mp4 Sean P 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 The Colour Pickers' auto-apply colour fails to apply colour correctly to text frames... This one has a knock-on effect because the underlying issue exists in v2.5.5, though I can't see that it's been previously reported... The underlying issue is exaggerated by the new colour auto-apply functionality. Steps to Reproduce Create a Text Frame In the Text Frame Panel click either the Fill or Stroke swatch Drag the Colour Picker horizontally over the Rainbow colour well from Left to Right At around the 75% mark (dark blue), the selected colour is shown by the Colour Picker as White, i.e., R:255 G:255 B:255 for the remaining 25% Subsequently, any colour selected after the ~75% mark turns the Text Frame white This is the same for every colour model Note: On Windows, this works correctly... Text Frame.mp4 EmT, Sean P and GRAFKOM 3 Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.2861 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 The Colour Picker's auto-apply colour function fails to apply colour using all the FX colour swatches in the Layer Effect's panel for all applicable FX on Windows, they all work on Mac. Steps to Reproduce Add a Shape to an Affinity document Add an FX from the Layers panel to the Shape making any appropriate adjustments Click the relevant colour swatch or swatches for the FX Drag the Colour Picker to select a colour The colour is automatically applied on Mac but fails to be applied on Windows Quote Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 Affinity Designer Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.6.0.2861 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.6.0.2861 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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