![]() Because you can’t shift-deselect objects from this selection-or, more accurately it some circumstances you can’t but in others it seems you can. I want to shift-deselect certain objects there is no indication that I’ve deselected the right ones.Ĭlicking on a layer-to make it the active layer-should not select everything on the layer. I click a layer all objects on that layer are selected. There is no indication in the Layers palette of what is currently selected. This is very time-consuming when I want to add a new stroke to all objects within the group (or layer), as I did recently. I have to select each individual object within the group. I can’t change the fill/stroke properties of a group (or all objects on a layer) by selecting the group (or layer). I can’t just move the object from Layer 1 onto Layer 2 if Layer 2 is currently empty. ![]() Or I must cut/paste the object onto the new layer. ![]() It seems that I must first either create some temporary object on the new layer, move the desired object onto the layer, then delete the temporary object. I can’t create a new layer and then move an existing object onto that layer. So why, when I group all objects on (for example) layer 3, does it become a group and the layer (3) disappears? It doesn’t make sense. A group is not a layer a group exists on a layer. they are akin to veneers or skins successively laid one on the other. The concept of Layers it seems logical to me, is as layers, i.e. I just cannot figure the logic behind it and therefore, when I want to perform some action that I’ve not done before, it’s sometimes a matter of many minutes of trial and error, rather than a logical thought process-if I do this, then I’ll be able to… This stalls my learning process very considerably I might get the result I want but I’m not sure what I did to get it. Here’s where I have difficulty with the Layers palette. Getting to grips with a new interface and software is largely about trying to tune in to the logic that underlies it. However-yes there is a however-after working through the unfamiliar interface period, there are still some aspects that I find very puzzling. ![]() There are a few features that I still feel I prefer the AI way, but there are many features that I much prefer in AffDes. I made the decision to leave AI behind and embrace AffDes and I’m content with that-there’s no going back. I don’t want to sound like an Illustrator complainer, I really don’t. ![]()
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