photoken hat geschrieben:Herbert123 hat geschrieben:I think he means that objects, when snapped to a particular guide, will move together with that guide when the guide itself is moved.
That still sounds like a bad idea. The objects and guides should be independent of each other, or else what's the purpose of having guides? You can already select those objects (or group them) and move them as a unit. Redundant "feature".
Herbert123 hat geschrieben:Actually, it would be an awesome feature - no other design tool I know of can do this.
Definitely not "awesome". Other design tools probably don't do that for a very good reason.
I think it really is very useful to have, but of course that is only the case if you use Photoline for more complicated design work (such as mockups for GUIs, web pages, print layouts) - and InDesign, for example, also has such features built-in (way more, actually). It is not rare at all - more modern design apps all have these type features.
Suppose I create a bunch of buttons in a menu - dragging the guide moves all the snapped buttons plus other related elements - that is gold. That saves a lot of time, and makes it very simple to repurpose your designs for different screen sizes. Sure, I could use groups, select layers, and so on - but it is a great time saver.
I still think everyone can benefit from such tools. Yes, I agree we also need improvements in the image editing part of Photoline: for example, a refine edge option like PH, a more refined hue/saturation filter, some RAW refinements, etc. We can all benefit from an improved guide system, in my opinion.
And looking at new tools like Affinity from Serif, those tools also include these types of more forward-thinking functionality. Because of Adobe's CC subscription only model, more and more users are looking for viable alternatives, and a number of companies have taken note of this. The competition in this market segment will become fierce, if you ask me. Photoline could be part of it, or be left behind.
An image editor is not merely used for photographic editing only, but for much, much more. Otherwise 90% of web designers and GUI creators would not be using Photoshop. Besides, Photoline traditionally has had features that are clearly defined towards layout design, and with a couple more things (better guides, addition of a simple page template system, symbols panel based on virtual instances, option to switch states for easily for layers) it would be able to grab a very important niche in the market.
Of course, this is my opinion as a web dev, game dev, and graphic designer with 20 years of experience. This is exactly why Photoline proved such an incredibly attractive proposition to me: I do not think anyone's intention here is to plan to layout books or magazines in Photoline; however, but for a couple of missing features, it could be the perfect fit for anyone wanting to do professional image editing and general layout work as well.
But yes, I do understand where you are coming from as well: we all have our pet peeves and wishes for Photoline, and we all come from different backgrounds. And there are definitely enough features to be added to last into the next decade
ps I am aware I contradicted myself before - What I meant to say was that no other general purpose image editing tool I know of has similar tools built-in.