Martin Huber wrote:Hoogo wrote:Herbert123 wrote:When I put objects in groups and sub-groups I cannot select multiple items residing in different groups.
Now that you mention it, also I wonder about the benefit of that restriction.
Selection across groups makes many things a lot more difficult. What happens, if a group and a layer inside that group is selected. This is problematic for most functions.
Martin
In what way would this be problematic? I see so many incredible advantages:
- with multiple selected layers (not groups) rotating, scaling, skewing, and moving affects each object individually (this would actually be tremendously useful behaviour: imagine selecting 10 layers, and rotating one rotates all the other in the same manner (respecting the pivot point set for each layer, of course). Scale one layer, and all the other selected layers scale the same relative amount. Move one layer, and they all move the same amount.
- the group takes precedence when moving, rotating, scaling, skewing, etc. Selected inner objects are ignored in that case.
- layer effects can be applied simultaneously to all selected layers and groups. This can already be done one by one, but would speed up things incredibly when working with many objects that require the same settings.
- Adjustment layers can be applied simultaneously to all selected layers and groups. Probably best that groups take precedence here again.
- Layer properties alignment, type, label, anti-alias, align pattern, print, angle, scaling, size, and position can be set simultaneously for all selected layers. It would allow users to resize multiple objects to identical settings in one step, for example. Or place them all on the same x /y coordinates. Or convert multiple layers from rgb to greyscale in one step. Again tremendously useful, efficient, and fast.
- with multiple selected vector objects, irrespective of their place in the layer hierarchy, the fill and stroke settings can be changed simultaneously. If non-vector objects are included in the selection just ignore those.
- multiple selected layers and groups could all add to or subtract from a selection
- multiple selected layers can be exported as individual layers, irrespective of the layer groups. When a layer group is included, if layers inside are selected, again ignore that, and the group takes precedence.
- many other effects can be applied simultaneously too then: mirroring,
I really believe (and I am fairly certain I am not the only one to see the potential here) that these changes would improve Photoline's usability beyond recognition. It would become amazingly more flexible and tremendously faster to operate in.