Am I missing something? - freevito

Markus:
Sounds like you might be missing something. I just installed v2.9.1 and launched it. The app opened with the same set of inspectors that was open the last time I used the previous version...that is, the workspace was exactly the same way it looked the last time I used version 2.9. I clicked on the rectangle tool, drew a rectangle, and it appeared with white fill. That makes sense; white was the last fill color I used, so it was still the color selected in the Fill inspector. (Black is the default.) I clicked on Color in the Fill inspector, and then clicked on red in the color wheel; my rectangle fill color changed to red. Then I clicked on blue, and it changed to blue. Then I dragged a gradient from the gradients page in my Library and dropped it onto the rectangle; the rectangle fill changed to that gradient pattern. As far as I can tell, Intaglio v2.9.1 is doing exactly what it's supposed to do.

I'm not sure what is the cause for the difficulty you've experienced. This is just a guess: Did you click anywhere else after you drew your rectangle but before you tried to set the fill color? If so, it's possible that you unselected the rectangle by clicking elsewhere. The object whose fill color you want to change must be selected in the drawing window. Otherwise, you can click on colors all day, but they won't apply to anything.

I dunno whether that's any help. All I can tell you is to play with Intaglio for a while. If all else fails, contact Purgatory Design support. I've found them to be very responsive and helpful. In every case but one (when I had a licensing question), the answers to the questions I've asked already existed in Intaglio Help. Check the version history; this is an actively developed and well supported application.

If you read my review (below), you'll see that it took me a while to become convinced. I don't need to use Intaglio every day, but when I do need to draw something, it has become my go-to drawing application.

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Friday, September 22 2006 @ 07:50 AM PDT

Am I missing something? - MarkusWinter

Thanks for the answer but you are missing the point - try to select a PATTERN, and not just another colour. In that case the pattern is not drawn in the selected colour (which it should be).

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Tuesday, September 26 2006 @ 06:51 AM PDT

Am I missing something? - MarkusWinter

P.S. FILL PATTERN and STROKE PATTERN - not fill gradient.

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Tuesday, September 26 2006 @ 06:53 AM PDT

Am I missing something? - Purgatory Design

The patterns in Intaglio are somewhat different than patterns in classic drawing apps (e.g., ClarisDraw). In ClarisDraw a pattern is a 8x8 array of black and white pixels. When you set the fill or pen pattern of an object it sets the black pattern pixels to the fill or pen color of the object.

Intaglio's patterns are a collection of any vector objects (e.g., lines, rectangles, circles, etc.). These objects can all have their own colors (both fill and stroke). For example, you could have a pattern containing a flower with different colored petals and leaves. Therefore Intaglio can't just grab the color of the object and use that to colorize the pattern. However using the pattern editor (Window > Pattern) you can set the colors (or other properties) of a pattern used for a particular object.

The pattern menus in the toolbar all contain black and white patterns because its impossible to know how they will be used. However they're easy to colorize. For example, select a rectangle and choose a pattern in the fill pattern menu. Now click in the fill color well on the left side of the toolbar to open the pattern editor. In the pattern editor click on the "Foreground" color well and choose a color from the color picker. The pattern in your rectangle should now use the color you've chosen.

If this doesn't make sense or you'd like to see it do something else, feel free to contact us at Intaglio@PurgatoryDesign.com.

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Tuesday, September 26 2006 @ 09:34 AM PDT

Thanks! - MarkusWinter

Thanks for the explanation

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Monday, July 16 2007 @ 08:09 AM PDT