Hi Creators,
Weโre excited to share some updates that make interacting with key features in the Design Tool easier and more intuitive! ๐ These enhancements focus on improving the management of Backgrounds, Collaboration, Orientation and Layering to streamline not only your creative workflow, but our customersโ too! Letโs explore whatโs new:
Just Added!
๐ Key Updates for Layers/ Design Areas
Weโve noticed that customers had difficulties understanding how to switch to different sides or pages of a product, so weโve moved them out of the layers panel into a new thumbnail display. This will also help customers visually see if areas are blank and need attention.
- Switching design areas:
- Up to 6 design areas are shown as thumbnails on the left side of the canvas.
- A scrollbar appears if more than 6 areas are available.
- Each thumbnail is labeled with the design area name.
- Clicking a thumbnail selects the corresponding area.
- Layers panel updates:
- When a design area is selected, only that areaโs layers are visible in the layers tab.
- Right-clicking on a layer now gives you action options (copy, paste, send to back, etc.)
๐ Quicker Access to Orientation
- We've moved the orientation setting to the top of the design tool, so you can adjust it effortlessly while designing!
๐ Key Updates for Backgrounds
- Right-Click Context Menu:
- Remove background: Clears both the background image and area fill at once.
- Add background: Opens the background tab if no background is present.
- Edit background: Opens the background tab if a background image or fill exists.
- Layers Panel: The background layer is now positioned near the bottom of the layers list, just above the "Design Placement" layer. Please note it cannot be reordered as itโs the background.
- Text Labels:
- โNoneโ: No background
- Hex code (e.g., "#XXXXXX"): Fill color only.
- Image file name: Image only.
- โImage + #XXXXXXโ: Image and fill color combined.
- Visual Thumbnails:
- Clickable background layer thumbnail opens the background tab.
- The thumbnail displays:
- No background: checkerboard pattern
- Background: Fill color, Image, or both (Image over the fill color if image has transparency)
- Quick Remove:
- Hovering over the background layer reveals a floating trash can icon.
- Click to remove both the background image and fill instantly.
๐ฌ Design Collaboration features
Weโve found that thereโs been some confusion around the share button as customers do not expect sharing to mean collaboration.
- Key changes:
- Share Button: No longer associated with collaboration, but opens the standard sharing function, similar to the product page.
- Collaboration Button:
- Clicking on the circle + button will open the collaboration invitation so you can invite someone to collaborate.
- Group Call Button:
- When in a collaboration, the "Chat" button is now labeled as "Group Call".
These updates are designed to help you and customers work faster and collaborate more efficiently, ensuring a smoother design experience. We hope you enjoy these improvementsโhappy designing!
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