Hints, tips and undocumented features

you can copy and paste components if you already have one component of that type open. simply right click on the component and hit copy. then right click on the grid/workspace and pick paste. you'll get an exact copy of your component. this also works for whole sub-trees. it will copy the entire sub-tree to the workspace.

there is a 'lock preview' checkbox in the upper left of the editor side. you can also lock a given component's preview by simply double right clicking ON the component itself.

in the Results component there is a white box attached to the component that says 'Filter Controls'. if you click on this you can see ALL of the controls currently connected to the filter and adjust them as desired. this is very handy for seeing the previews you want to view and for setting the default switch setup.

feel free to add your own hints and tips here.

craig

An image can be used as a gradient.

You can now use the "Image" button to insert images into your forum posts

For hexagons and triangles that are as close to 'perfect' as possible use these values in Rhomb 2...

Repeat H: 97
Repeat V: 56

H = V * sqrt(3)

Just remember to add a zoom somewhere down the line.

Saving 1 blend component in 2 occasions:

Add 2 'Profile Gradient (PG)' (1st 0º and 2nd rotate 90º):

1st occasion: Get the 1st PG output and connect to Color1 in the 2nd PG, you will get the same as you've used a Blend component as Screen/Opacity 100%.

2nd occasion: Get the 1st PG output and connect to Color2 in the 2nd PG, you will get the same as you've used a Blend component as Multiply/Opacity 100%.

here's a tip for those wishing to update all their presets by downloading all the filters over again.

when you go into the filter library download and you see all those filter categories on the left side and the number of filters to download next to that, open any category and click on the first filter. then, scroll down to the bottom of that list and hold down the shift key and left click again. this will highlight ALL the filters. then, over to the right of that there is a button that says something like 'add to downloads'. click on that. then, underneath that the 'download' button shld become highlighted. click on that and you'll then download all those filters without having to check each one separately. do this with all the categories and it makes downloading all 600+ filters a LOT easier.

and, something to try if you're advenurous; try clicking on the first category in the category list so it's highlighted and then hold down the shift key and click on the last category. if they all highlight you might be able to then just click on 'add to downloads' and then 'download' without having to even open up the individual categories. i have NOT tried this myself this way, but in theory, it might work and be even faster than the first way i mentioned.

craig

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Mike Blackney wrote: Select a category, then press Ctrl+A to select all the filters in that category and then Insert to add them all to downloads. Tongue

You can also press Enter. Actually, all these hotkeys are documented -- they are shown in the main menu

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: Holding Alt temporarily inverts the current Move Subtree setting

Sadly, this is no longer working in 1.004 it seems. I found this molto conveniente.