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brunnjon
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February 4, 2020
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Increase size of Layer Outlines or Symbol Selection boxes?

  • February 4, 2020
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Is there a way to increase the point size of Layer Outlines or Symbol Selection boxes? On my retina display they all appear to be 1 pixel which for me is too small for some tasks. They easily get lost on top of a reference image or a busy screen. Yes, I could use a larger point stroke with no fill and avoid the outline function, but that defeats the purpose of the function.

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n. tilcheff
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February 4, 2020

No. They are always 1px or 'hairline' thin.

 

As a workaround lighten your reference image and choose a darker/more contrasty layer colour for the outline mode.

 

Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
brunnjon
brunnjonAuthor
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February 4, 2020

Unfortunate. With Apple packing more and more pixels into the same physical space 1px is about 400% thinner than it was just a few years ago (probably more like 200%, but still!). One of those, "man, that would be a nice feature" situations. I'll submit a feature request.

n. tilcheff
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February 4, 2020

I fully agree, mate!

It would be nice to be able to customise these settings.

 

Good luck!

 

Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation