How to categorize the Synfig Tools

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Can anybody help me to categorize the current Synfig Studio tools?

Here is the full tool list:

  1. Brush
  2. Circle
  3. Cutout
  4. Draw
  5. Eyedropper
  6. Fill
  7. Gradient
  8. Mirror
  9. Polygon
  10. Rectangle
  11. Rotate
  12. Scale
  13. Skeleton
  14. Sketch
  15. Smooth Move
  16. Spline
  17. Star
  18. Text
  19. Transform
  20. Width
  21. Zoom

My suggestion:

  • Creation tools
  1. Circle
  2. Draw
  3. Gradient
  4. Polygon
  5. Rectangle
  6. Spline
  7. Star
  8. Text
  • Vertex tools
  1. Mirror
  2. Rotate
  3. Scale
  4. Smooth Move
  5. Transform
  • Raster tools
  1. Brush
  2. Sketch
  • ??? tools
  1. Cutout
  2. Eyedropper
  3. Fill
  4. Skeleton
  5. Width
  6. Zoom
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I would remove “Gradient” from “Creation Tools” and add it to the last or nameless tool set. For Vertex tools, I think it makes more sense to call those “Transform Tools” since that is their purpose and "Vertex tools " would imply that you are able to edit vertices, which would be what the creation tools do

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My suggestion:

- select

Transform(select)

- create

Spline
Polygon
Draw-Brush

- generate

Text
Circle
Rectangle
Star
Skeleton
Gradient

- edit

Smooth Move
Scale
Rotate
Mirror
Width
Cutout

- doc

Eyedropper
Fill
Sketch
Zoom

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Thank you, @Khemardi . I proposed “vertex” because it only affects handles, not the “object”/layer itself.

@bjyitu what is the difference between “create” and “generate”? And why skeleton is in “generate”?

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My suggestion:

  • Drawing tools
  1. Circle
  2. Draw
  3. Gradient
  4. Polygon
  5. Rectangle
  6. Spline
  7. Star
  8. Eyedropper
  9. Fill
  • Transformation tools
  1. Mirror
  2. Rotate
  3. Scale
  4. Smooth Move
  5. Transform
  6. Width
  • Raster Drawing tools
  1. Brush
  2. Sketch
  • Special tools
  1. Skeleton
  2. Zoom
  3. Cutout
  4. Text
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Based on what I know:

create

Free create tool,need more operation to get result.

gennerate

The results from preset parameters with very little operation.（extend to: spiral&spring&…)

  • skeleton
    maybe extend to cat & dog & IK etc. as a stand group
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