topic Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements in General Zazzle Discussion

Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

James — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:11:00 GMT

Hi Creators,

Have you seen the latest? Group and Masking element editing has just gotten an upgrade. Check out the latest announcement for more details and let us know what you think 🗣️.

Thanks.

The Creator Team.

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

Connie — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:56:49 GMT

I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but these are FANTASTIC changes! SOOOO many times I wanted to be able to edit elements in a group without having to ungroup, edit, and then regroup!

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

KeegansCreation — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 13:09:11 GMT

Thanks for the updates. There are just too many times I forgot to make the placeholder photo into a template or have to fidget with placement. Removing the whole mask>oops>unmask>fix>re-mask step is quite helpful. Same with group>oops>ungroup>fix>re-group.

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

Spark — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:16:07 GMT

😊👍

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

Cherie — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 12:54:17 GMT

😃GREAT!

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

aldercreek — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 21:41:10 GMT

Thank you... these upgrades will be very helpful.

* An opacity tool would be great too!

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

HeatherM — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 02:21:17 GMT

Fantastic! Thank you to the team that made this happen!

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

BiRD — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 08:02:53 GMT

Luvit! Thank you 🙂

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

leartiste67 — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 14:36:11 GMT

Hi,

Wondering if we as creators can upload our own SVG's to the design tool ourselves? it has to be only a solid color & why? It's a cool upgrade btw! ~leartiste67

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

KeegansCreation — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 15:18:00 GMT

We can upload our own SVGs. I have done it for shapes not available in the design tool such as diamonds and arches. It wouldn't work as a mask if it weren't a solid color.

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

Anne — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:58:00 GMT

I don't understand it. Sorry.
"For creating placeholder images in various shapes, we recommend using a solid shape SVG and leveraging the masking feature instead of cutouts. Utilizing cutouts may result in a less seamless personalization experience for the customer. Opting for the “Mask” function provides a smoother integration between the image and the desired SVG shape."
Are we now expecting the customer to go into the advanced editor and know that when they see "mask" they are supposed to double click on it? Why else would it make a difference for the customer?
Sorry, very confused about how this works.

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

Deb — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:54:25 GMT

The one thing I am noticing is - the entire page where we do our layouts is hanging up a lot sine the new tools - getting a lot of errors, stalling, no response etc..

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

KeegansCreation — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:34:34 GMT

The customer doesn't have to go into the design tool anymore to adjust the photo placement. They used to but then a few months ago Zazzle introduced Adjust on the product page. When a customer uploads a photo, an Adjust button appears (not until they upload a photo) that lets them resize the photo and/or move it around without ever going into the design tool. So they will never even know there is a mask.

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

origamiprints — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 01:15:42 GMT

I do love the idea of a masking tool and I'm hoping it can be used on more elements in the future like text for example.

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

Anne — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:28:47 GMT

As the option to edit a comment apparently is not functional any more, I 'd like to add something to my remark. Sorry I seem to be the only one who does not have a clue as to how to turn this into an advantage.
I see the mask sitting on top of the template image. This prevents me from seeing whether I actually made it a template or forgot.
Then I want to add multiple template images and I see multiple layers of "Mask", which prevents me from seeing which image is which.
I had to download Inkscape as none of my software can create SVG files, so that is another burden on the already heavy workload.
Obviously I am missing something.
@James could you please be so kind to offer additional information on this? Maybe an example product that we can see the advanced editor of? Thank you!

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

Anne — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:40:40 GMT

The entire mask area in the advanced editor is now frozen and I cannot change anything in the advanced editor. I also don't get the notifications when someone posts a reply on this thread.

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

Connie — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:46:27 GMT

You don't HAVE to use the mask feature if you don't want to download more software. They have ALWAYS required SVGs for masking- this change merely makes it easier to adjust the masked image without unmasking (when it works, LOL!)

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

KeegansCreation — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:36:31 GMT

You only need to import your own SVGs if you want something beyond the round/square options already in the design tool.

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

Krysanthe — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:49:22 GMT

I used it this week...absolutely love it! Makes it so much easier with masking.

Re: Feedback for Design Tool updates: Editing Mask and Group elements

VivianD117 — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:48:46 GMT

Actually the group editing is pretty amazing . . . thank you!