stacked Transform shape effects should be independent
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I have been exploring the parametric shape effects by reproducing stuff I had from Illustrator. I had an Illustrator action that (destructively) convert objects into isometric top/sides, and I was trying to port it into Shape Effects in VS.
This takes a sequence of three operations, applied one after another:
- scale,
- shear,
- rotate
So I applied three transforms in that order. This, however, doesn't work because the 3rd transform shape effect (rotate) has some interactions with the skew:
I'm not familiar enough with VS to know whether this is by design, but in my opinion, in a stack of Shape Effect, even if they are from the same class, information about other shape effects should not leak in.
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@jkwchui It is a normal behavior, as you have three stacked transform effects (see the Effects panel), and you edit the first one (first one in the list is the first to be applied). So it will rotate that shape and then apply the skew.
The issue here is probably caused by the order of effects in the panel.
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@jkwchui
Is the use of a shape effect mandatory ? Because I use to built my isometric objects with the transform panel. I saved the main transformations as action, so it applies to any shape in one click. See these presets : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_sOmosGTSp4zBlTcmp1lUKkc2i1Rjoo/view?usp=sharing -
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@jkwchui After each transform (well, not necessarily, but it's best) you need to reset the transform. So...
- scale > reset transform
- shear > reset transform
- rotate > reset transform
...and they will work correctly.
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Opps...and that seems to be a bug. As you can see the Transform Panel is missing its title. It was grouped and minimized with another panel. Every time I tried to separate the panel, the Transform panel's title disappeared.
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@pentool said in stacked Transform shape effects should be independent:
Every time I tried to separate the panel, the Transform panel's title disappeared.
What are the steps to replicate this ?
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@VectorStyler Working on it... if I can repro it, will post it in the bug section.
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@VectorStyler Ah - I had been interpreting the order wrong - I thought it's built "base up". Yes, now it works and makes very much sense.
@Devil-Dinosaur I downloaded your preset and now need to find out how to load it
I was thinking about shape effects because this can then be wrapped into a Layer style, so there is some kind of workflow of "switch off layer effect visibility to draw -> turn on effect visibility to see" and keep everything live.
