spidermurph Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 We could really benefit from a smart fill tool. Like the 'Flood Tool' in Serif DrawPlus. This is a very useful tool and features in many vector apps. PaulEC, jc4d and Glicky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc4d Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Bumping this old topic. I just checked a video from the 'Flood Tool' in Serif DrawPlus, and I don't think that there is any equivalent to it in Designer. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Cheers, Juan lepr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 That video shows many functions of the Flood Tool in DrawPlus. The tool most like it in Designer is the Fill Tool: Is there some specific function of the Flood Tool in DrawPlus that you're looking for that the Fill Tool doesn't provide? 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...
Bri-Toon Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Is there some specific function of the Flood Tool in DrawPlus that you're looking for that the Fill Tool doesn't provide? I believe that DrawPlus' Flood Tool's main approach was for coloring in artwork that was done in open paths. If someone draws more freely with strokes intersecting, it drops color filling up the enclosed regions without having to join or close any curves. The Flood Tool was neat in all, but you do get that gap space when editing the strokes. I would personally like an equivalent to Illustrator's Live Paint Bucket Tool; whereas the fill updates depending on how the strokes are edited. Quote The website is still a work in progress. The "Comics" and "Shop" sections are not yet ready. Feel free to connect with me and let me know what you like or what can be improved. You can contact me here, on my contact page, YouTube channel, or Twitter account. Thanks and have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc4d Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 14 hours ago, walt.farrell said: That video shows many functions of the Flood Tool in DrawPlus. The tool most like it in Designer is the Fill Tool: Is there some specific function of the Flood Tool in DrawPlus that you're looking for that the Fill Tool doesn't provide? As I can see in the video, the Flood Tool creates a new vector object which is the missing part in the Fill Tool. Sometimes getting a huge complex PDF from a client, I just need to use (like the Flood Tool) to create a new vector layer to make needed changes on it and leave the original pdf untouched, since the tool seems to read all layers and not only the selected one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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