Unfortunately, though, there are places where, to my mind, revision is still very much required. Since I've come from Photoshop (as probably everybody here)...
Actually, a lot of users come from purely traditional art :p - we do try and make as much of ArtRage compatible with Photoshop as possible (e.g. shortcuts (https://www.artrage.com/manuals/artrage-4/keyboard-commands/), blend modes), but we're not targeting it specifically at a Photoshop audience.
As for the complaints, the thing with space bar is that it's as if it doesn't react sometimes. After I posted this, I paid even more attention to when and how it happens. And it's simply that on some occasions there's either a delay or a complete failure to register the bar being pressed (hence the popup message). Often it happens in combination with Ctrl (when I want to pan and zoom in quick succession), but also when I press and release space too quickly in a row. Again, I must mention that there is nothing wrong with the keyboard I have (although it's even cheaper than the tablet :-)). Also, I checked whether it's in interaction with the tablet, but using "space" with mouse produces the same result.
(BTW, I edited my first message right after I posted it. I'm not sure which version you're responding to).
I've been hammering my space bar since you first posted, and haven't been able to replicate this, but:
1. Do you have the Select tool active when the problems happen? If so, it sounds like you're clicking on the canvas and creating a tiny active selection that you can't see.
If you click before pressing the space bar (e.g. this can happen if you're doing it very quickly), the click will take precedence and ignore the space bar, which means that you can't move the canvas contents around, only the Selection. Hold space, then click.
2. If you press Ctrl + Space at the same time, it will zoom instead. You can see the full range of canvas movement shortcuts in the Modifiers list at the top of https://www.artrage.com/manuals/artrage-4/keyboard-commands/
3. If you're getting a pop up, this means that it IS registering, it's just not allowing. We need more details about where you're clicking, what layer you're on, and what selection(s) you have active. If you don't think you have any selections active, press Ctrl +D to clear all selections and try again.
Actually, rather than try and troubleshoot this here, can you drop us an email at
[email protected]? We'll also need to know which version of ArtRage you're using and what OS you have.
When it comes to preset selections, yes they are helpful, but simply not as quick to use for me as would the shortcut keys be. I figure, since one can attribute shortcut keys to practically everything in ArtRage, why not to types of selection as well?
And as for "Save As" - I simply wish that it behaved as in most other software, where the name of file you opened is readily available for reedit (adding the increment number or so...). I turned the backup on, if it does okay, I'll drop a line. Many thanks!
It is good to get feedback on this sort of thing, and we will pay attention to it while developing new updates, but we also have reasons for not doing them. So definitely noted, but don't get your hopes up, basically.