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There is extreme lag using Rope Smoother while inside the smoothing Radius. When out side the radius the Pen moves correctly.  But inside it can be several seconds behind the actual position of the pen and it will "catch up" to it eventual.  This makes starting new lines annoying and hard turns difficult.

I've included a video of the bug.

youtube.com/watch?v=EQHiXlQR0Ag

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The behavior of he brush slider is rather strange depending on the max size of the brush.  I understand dedicating a portion of the slider to the smaller px sizes allows for more accuracy in selection,  but the amount dedicated to the smaller pixels sizes change in a cumbersome way.

For example,  If I set the max brush size to 50 then move the slider halfway, my brush will be 10.  This changes with the max brush size in a bad way.
  • Max Brush: 050  Halfway Size: 10
  • Max Brush: 100  Halfway Size: 20
  • Max Brush: 150  Halfway Size: 20
  • Max Brush: 200  Halfway Size: 20
  • Max Brush: 205  Halfway Size: 5
  • Max Brush: 225  Halfway Size: 6
  • Max Brush: 250  Halfway Size: 6
  • Max Brush: 300  Halfway Size: 8
  • Max Brush: 400  Halfway Size: 10
  • Max Brush: 800  Halfway Size: 20
So at max brush size 800px, 50% of the slider is dedicated to just 20px while the other 50% is has to cover 780px. This becomes strange at 205px max brush size when 50% of the slider is dedicated to just 5px.

I propose this be somewhat more user configurable steps.  Dedicate the first 1/3 of the brush slider to an Absolute PX Amount(ex: 20px) set by the user in preferences,  then set 2/3 mark to be a percentage(ex:66%) of the max brush size and simply interpolate between the marks.  If the max brush size isn't atleast 3x greater than the Absolute PX Amount, then just fall back to a linear interpolation over the whole slider.

It seems this kinda what Artstudio is doing now in the <200px range, and at the >200px range is sets the 50% mark to 2.5% of the max brush size.

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I've noticed that my palm sometimes registers a press on the HSB sliders causing the tool to switch to the paint brush when I'm doing something else.

I would like a feature to have an option to dock the HSB sliders to the tool bar.  This would prevent false presses and would allow the use of one hand to change the color and the tools being used. I believe it would improve workflows by not having to move the pen from the spot being worked on.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JKl0HaK0AQi8Yyyo6VwkH-x6BcpjWsoA/view?usp=sharing

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Suggestions, Ideas, Bugs / Resize of export for png, jpg.
on: November 13, 2018, 08:56:44 PM
For me i usually work in resolutions that are 4 or more times higher than what I intend to release.  I’d like to be able to resize during export since the content is already being flattened to a single layer.

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For the Ipad version, if the user has selected layers from a group but not the whole group and layers from another group, there should be a warning that they may have a layer selected they didn’t realize. Happened to me twice already in a recent work that was getting kinda big, caught it both times but i can see this being easy to miss under the right circumstances.


Really this kind of merging doesnt make sense since its behaviour isn't intuitive.

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Suggestions, Ideas, Bugs / About the planned vector tools.
on: September 24, 2018, 12:01:06 PM
For the planned vector tools, I was wondering if you would consider a suggestion for whenever that might happen.  In apps like afinity designer, they have a brush tool were lines can have their line weight adjusted after the fact.  I think this would be a fantastic feature for cartoonist.

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Suggestions, Ideas, Bugs / 2 Feature from other apps
on: September 03, 2018, 06:44:57 PM
There are 2 features from other apps that I think are worth considering adding to Artstudio Pro.

The first is a dedicated Rotation Handle for transformations. Here is a video showing it from Affinity Designer.
https://youtu.be/ugC4f8cMrhQ
A dedicated move Handle might also be a good idea, since sometimes I want to stay zoomed out and the controls are to close together to easily move and rotate without switching to those modes.


Second is from Paintstorm Pro.  They call it "Disable transformation", but really it's just manipulating the transformation box so that you can tranform in a way that easier to work with.
https://youtu.be/YMGDgJYeGo8
This was extremely useful for me in the past when I needed to make a wall texture from a photo where the wall was in perspective and at an angle.  This feature did it in seconds, when the normal transform tool would have taken many attempts of trial and error.

Edit: Here is a better example of Disable Transformation.
https://youtu.be/de-nrkLqsvw

Thanks for your consideration.

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I've been using Artstudio Pro for iPad for a while now, and I have some requests I hope you would consider. Ordered in what I consider importance and ease to implement.

1:  Fully Locking Layers, sometimes I can accidentally paint on layers I don’t intend to. It would be nice if I could protect them.

2: When a Selection tool is set to Subtract, and there is nothing selected, it should still create a new selection.

3: The Elastify filter should have a Temporary restore so you can compare the changes you made.

4: Onscreen modifier button. A button when held changes the current tool in a contextual way.  For example if using a paint brush tool, the mod button should switch to the eraser. If using the selection tool, the mod button should switch between Add and Subtract. Eye dropper should switch between current layer and all layers. Burn and Dodge should switch between each other.

5: Option to use Google Drive like how iCloud is being used.  iCloud is removing the 5GB for free option, I’d like to see Google Drive(or Drop Box) used in the same way iCloud is.

6: Warp Tool and Puppet Warp would be fantastic if possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuMvlsJQ3U

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Suggestions, Ideas, Bugs / Psd Export Bug
on: August 09, 2018, 02:43:18 PM
When exporting as a PSD, Masks will correct apply to Layers, but not to Groups.  The group Mask will also disappear.

Thank you for your work.

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Right now bucket fill/magic wand work with either the Current layer or All Layers. I woud like the option to use a reference layer.  For example, if I have my line work on one layer, I’d like to reference only that layer and bucket fill onto a different layer. If I have my flat colors already laid out, i’d like the magic wand to only reference the flat clolor layer, while I work on a different layer.

Currently, I have to disable ALL other layers to do this.

I’d also like the option for the bucket fill to overfill by some number pixels, like how selections can expanded.

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