Transform tool actions cause paint tool to stop responding.

[Dorothyfan1]

Was doing a drawing when I decided to use the transform tool to move an object. After moving the object with the transform tool and selecting the paint tool again…I couldn’t continue drawing because ASP wasn’t allowing me to continue drawing. I tried making sure the paint tool was active but it still wouldn’t respond to my clicks and wouldn’t let me make any drawings with the pen. I don’t know what I was doing wrong.

I shouldn’t have to do anything else to get back to drawing after using the transform tool. Now I can’t continue doing the drawing. All because I decided to use the transform tool. There’s something wrong. I just don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or if this is a serious bug.

[Lucky Clan]

I tried to repeat that, but everything looks fine.
Could you give me all steps to reproduce the issue?

One more idea:
Maybe you have a small selection active? you can choose Select > Deselect to make sure there is no selection.

[Dorothyfan1]

I tried to repeat that, but everything looks fine.
Could you give me all steps to reproduce the issue?

One more idea:
Maybe you have a small selection active? you can choose Select > Deselect to make sure there is no selection.

Thank’s for this response. I need to try this immediately to see if this fixes my issues. But this shouldn’t be happening in the first place. Why can’t this action be automatic when using the paint tools? Like, after using the Transform tool…and then switching to the paint tool shouldn’t require this action of “deselecting” using a menu action. I don’t even know if Procreate does this.

New problem…when selecting my tool to continue sketching…the color of the tool doesn’t correspond to the color I want…even though it’s listed in the toolbar. It’s selecting my favorites but doesn’t let me choose the color. It uses the last color I had selected before I changed the color again when making my selection. So when I use the tool…I can’t get ASP to use the new color.

The problem is the transform tool. Apparently even if I try deselecting the transform tool…it still stays active. It doesn’t deselect when I try deselecting the tool. This is why I can’t get the color changed. Because the selection tool is still selecting the area that has the old color. It doesn’t let me deselect it to let me change the color. So when I draw something else the transform tool is using that color even though I’m trying to deselect from the transform tool to draw something else. The transform tool is not properly deselecting from the action to let me continue drawing. This needs a fix.

[Lucky Clan]

Could you give me all steps to reprodcue the color issue?

[Dorothyfan1]

Could you give me all steps to reprodcue the color issue?

Draw something with the draw tool with one color. Draw a separate object with the same tool and same color. Now use the transform tool to move the second object to someplace different. After deselecting the object…try drawing again with the paint tool. Your paint tool won’t respond to clicks because it’s still being selected by the transform tool. Even though you’re supposed to be deselected from the transform tool. It’s still active. So if you try changing the color it doesn’t respond because the transform tool is holding the color selection hostage because it’s not releasing the hold on the object.

[Lucky Clan]

I cannot repeat that, probably i'm doing something in a different way, could you record that on video and send me it to [email protected] ?

[Dorothyfan1]

I cannot repeat that, probably i'm doing something in a different way, could you record that on video and send me it to [email protected] ?

I’ll try replicating this using a different sample file. In the meantime all of this means I can’t use the drawing tools if I use the transform selection tool. Because it won’t deselect from the object and holds my color selection choices hostage to the transform tool. This is clearly a problem because I wasn’t aware of this issue before. The fact I’m telling you right now about this issue should tell you there’s a problem with the transform tool holding selections hostage and not releasing objects when being deselected.

[Lucky Clan]

I really need a video to understand what is exactly happening there.

[Dorothyfan1]

I really need a video to understand what is exactly happening there.

Can’t you in the meantime put an option in the settings to allow the transform tool actions completed to be immediately released to the next tool selected? That would help a great deal. Since I wouldn’t have to remember to deselect after using the transform tool because I’d forget I need to consciously remember to deselect an object from the transform tool. Now I don’t believe Procreate even does this since it automatically lets you perform actions to an object immediately after using the transform tool in the background. This way it’s seamless and lets you continue working on the object without having to recall to manually deselect from the transform tool.

[Lucky Clan]

Do you mean this option:
"Deselect After Transform"
?

[Dorothyfan1]

Do you mean this option:
"Deselect After Transform"
?

Yes.

[Lucky Clan]

I will think about it in the future. I didn't see such option in any similar app. I know there is something like that in procreate, but in procreate select tool and transform are "associated", and ending transform is also deselecting...