Paste attributes UI question
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Hi again
One of the features of Affinity I really like is the "Just copy, paste whatever" approach. It really makes the workflow faster, much much faster.
In VS I have to copy appearance to paste appearance. Is a similar usability approach not possible? That whatever I copied with the regular copy command, I can paste parts of (appearance, shape, whatever). It would make the UI much cleaner and intuitive. I use many programs so remembering all these things is next to impossible.
I just returned from a task in CorelDRAW, a program I will retire ASAP. The tedious and archaic workflow in CorelDRAW simply slows my workflow down to a crawl and that hurts when you work on something with many, many details and objects. I will retire CorelDRAW for that very reason after years.
A thing I really noticed with the younger generations of designers and graphicians I work with is that they buy the simple, easy to use tools with less features but maximum usability and fast workflows. They got used to them being available. I really understand them after using Affinity Designer (that has sub-standard vector algorithms) where finishing a recent job (bitmap output though) was faster using less advanced features but a much faster workflow than CorelDRAW and Illustrator.
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@Ingolf I can relate to some of what you are saying. Using illustrator for so long, it was nice to be able to easily give another object to text the same attributes as the original by clicking on the new object/text and then clicking "i" and using the eyedropper to click on the object/text to change and have it be done quickly and efficiently. I would love that efficiency to be in VS, though I also know VS offers more copy/paste options than Illustrator or Affinity does... one small but important thing VS does that Illustrator does not, I can change the color of a fill or stroke by sampling a color in the design that may be used for the opposite in that sampled case. So if I want to make a stroke blue and the sample I am using has a blue fill, so long as the stroke box is active in the color panel, just clicking on that color fill will turn the stroke the same color. This was not possible in Illustrator because it automatically changed everything about the new selection to match the sample. You had to go use the swatches for that part.
I admittedly have not done enough to learn the options available; I know there's the click solo option, and the shift-click option, etc.. I think if I can assign shortcuts to them and better understand what they control, I'd prefer it over the all attributes and blanket change option of Illustrator.
If anyone has a good workflow or setup for doing this, I'm all ears
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@Ingolf So to clarify a bit:
- copy an object using regular Edit->Copy
- use different Paste commands (Attribute, Character Style, Shape, Effect) to paste the corresponding attribute.
I think this is doable, I add it to the backlog
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@vectoradmin
Yes, as simple as that.
- Copy (Edit -> Copy, control + c, whatever OS shortcut)
- Paste Attrib (keyboard shortcut)
- Paste Effect (keyboard shortcut)
- Etc
As long as keyboard shortcuts can be set and/or customized, everything will be perfect.
Once you and your muscles remember this simple way of reusing attributes, your workflow is sped up considerably. And happiness
As I mentioned it also cleans up the user interface quite a bit.
THANK YOU for considering.
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@Ingolf I'm glad you brought this up because I had assumed this was already within VS. As I had mentioned earlier I had not yet examined what keyboard shortcut went with which. One universal copy command on an object with multiple paste options is ideal and offers much more control to the user than illustrator does while still retaining that muscle memory
