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  Can SHIFT + Arrow Key movement increment be adjusted?
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  @Victor-Vector I add this to the backlog, it is not a hard thing to do.
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  Is there a way to more easily select to different node handles so both can be moved together?
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  @Boldline Or just Shift+click on the control nodes.
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  Grouping styles for organization ( accumulated )
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  @vectoradmin I see. Groups would be more convenient I think. It would be nice if either styles from object references would appear in a group in the styles panel automatically if they are in an object group, the name being fetched from the group object groups could be applied a "Style Group" role, that would accomplish the same
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  How to scale symbol definitions.. ( accumulated )
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  For anyone encountering this issue, here's a workaround workflow that abandons symbols and uses styled groups, object markers and transform each: Instead of making a symbol out of a deeply nested group mark the group open the "Selections" panel click on the hamburger menu select "Setup Markers" create a marker select the group Select Menu > Markers > Object Marker > Choose marker either clone it ( currently to be avoided until bugs are fixed by @vectoradmin ) just make copies of it and rely on the nested styles for uniformity Select Menu > Markers > Select Marker > Choose marker all marked objects are selected Object Menu > Transform > Scale > check "Transform Each" > select reference point > scale The benefit here is, as discussed above with @vectoradmin, that you now have symbol-like capabilities ( although using more memory as a disadvantage ) and can also use not only this better scaling, but make targeted overrides to some of multiple uses of the same style in deeply nested, styled groups.
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  How to get a repetition of shapes with a displacement and a rotation ?
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  @PatrickM Things seem to be a bit easier than I thought after all. As I found out in the meantime, every Blend is is already on Curve/Path, dont know this before. All you have to do is select the blended shapes and switch to the "Shape Editor Tool" and you can bend your curve. Blend to Curve 3
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  What is "Recent Fonts" pulling it's list from?
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  @vectoradmin you are right. I know that way and i like it. What I mentioned for @Boldline is only meant as a temporary workaround.
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  Opacity (0-9 keys)
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  @Jayanta-Das You're welcome
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  Can pop up percentage display remain within the selected object
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  I would prefer centered on screen as now - it just covers many coding/use case scenarios elegantly. But great idea with the visual feedback.
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  Switching out of this moving and scaling mode? (not sure what it's called)
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  @Boldline More info on this one: there is an extra fill content on the groups inside the moved group. This should be fine, but due to a bug, it is not rendered correctly while moving. Workaround: in this case that group fill is not needed, so it could be removed in the Appearance panel.
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  Understanding pen tool
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  @vectoradmin Here is a video of pen tool drawing two curve. First Curve: First node is simple click and second node is drag Second Curve: First node is drag and second node is click Should not those be same(mirror)?. If I create this in other program the two curve are same(mirror). As I already discussed about first node created in VS with pen tool in this thread. What would you say about this? I would really want to know.
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  Options for exporting VS customized effects such as gradients
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  @Boldline Only Linear and Concentric gradients without gradient shape adjustment can be exported as vectors. PDF or SVG should work. All other gradient types are flattened to images when exporting.
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  Imported vectors have some node designations that are off - causing interesting results
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  @Boldline Was this imported from a PDF file? if there is a file I could take a look at, please send it to me.
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  Disabling automatic transform shape effect?
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  @vectoradmin said in Disabling automatic transform shape effect?: The Transform Content only affects the stroke if it was explicitly selected on the stroke content. It will not affect it if it is selected on other things (that is done by Transform Stroke, which in this case should be unchecked). So I would leave these at default settings (and Transform Stroke is off in Document Setup -> General). Well yes, but remember that I was trying to use this as a workaround for the transform shape effect displacement bugs ( I have just posted a topic with gif to show that it still does occur, will post another for the applying shape ). So in the case of an open path the stroke is the only content to select in order to enable "Transform content" and avoid the shape effect.
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  Any way to have a shortcut to switch between canvases reliably? ( accumulated )
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  @vectoradmin For now I resorted to having the canvas panel always visible, so I can click to navigat there. Some keyboard shortcuts analogous to this would be nice.
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  How to customize keyboard shortcuts on Windows?
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  How do you turn a referenced object into its own unique object?
  • Victor Vector  

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  @b77 Yay! Thank you!
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  Making sense of measurement locations and how altered properties affect existing open files
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  @vectoradmin I'm going to amend my earlier comment because for some reason I had not ever noticed the "document setup" option under the File menu. That's my fault. Knowing now about that, I would expect to be able to change the individual settings of an existing document within that "document setup" panel, including stroke unit info, etc. Just my 2 cents
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  "Pucker and Bloat" equivalent in VS
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  @Boldline In build 1.1.024: Node Bump shape filter.
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  Printing lower opacity object as a halftone seems not to work
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  @Dazmondo The repeater has been improved in 1.1.024 to work better with large number of objects.
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  Is there a way to re-select just the base shape that was used to clip to?
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  @Boldline There is now a new shape selection action: Object -> Shape -> Select Shape. It will select the shape from the first selected object on the other selected objects.