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Painted Flora
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November 29, 2022
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FEATURE REQUEST: Duplicate Draw (similar to symmetry)

  • November 29, 2022
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A duplicate feature would be very useful in my industry where we mostly use photoshop to draw production ready artwork.

 

Similar to Symmetry but instead of mirroring across guides, it duplicates what you're drawing along each guide. User placed x/y guides that can snap to grid/guide lines at any angle without limit (or at least with a high limit) would make certain tedious tasks very efficient.

 

ie. A lot of production work in textiles require repeating artwork from one position to another position that's a specific distance away (the repeat size). If I'm doing this in Illustrator then it's fairly easy because I can just create symbols and in-line edit them right on the canvas. Photoshop's Smart Objects aren't as slick and require I open another canvas to edit them, make it harder to do when I have multiple references and having to match the smart objects near the repeat mark. So I end up having to copy the artwork over to the repeat edge along the guidelines over and over, taking up precious time.

 

Either that or just make smart objects work the same as symbols in Illustrator lol.