

I know it's nothing too serious but I got used to zooming and moving around quickly and now it makes me feel a bit "stuck" Before I just had to hold the mouse button and drag to move around without changing the tool I'm using. The closest way I found was hitting "H" on the keyboard, move around and then go back manually to the tool I was using before, it is quite annoying. But I can't find a way to do the same on illustrator. When using gimp I could use the middle mouse button to move around the image (I ended up binding it on a side button of my mouse, more convenient) it was extremely useful it allowed me to move around very quickly and easily. I am currently learning with a few amazing tutorials, so I'm a beginner making progress, Illustrator is quite amazing but there's one thing that bothers me a lot. Don’t forget to use the trash icon to delete the picture when you don’t need it.I used Gimp a lot (yeah I know it's not the same at all but it was enough before) but now I need a more specialized and powerful software to do various designs. If the size of the reference image is very large (JPEG, PSDs and MDPs with few MB), it may take a long time for FireAlpaca to start. The reference image will be loaded automatically the next time you start FireAlpaca. On the right of the eyedropper icon, there are: This function is useful when you want to use the same color as the reference picture. Eyedropper toolĬlick on eyedropper icon to activate eyedropper tool (press again to cancel).īy using eyedropper tool, you may click on the reference picture to sample the color (set as foreground color). If you want to move the picture, drag it with the mouse (or tablet) inside the window.

How to open file in the reference windowĪnother way to add reference pictures is drag and drop. After that, select the picture you want from the file dialog to use as reference. The first way is to click on the leftmost icon and select a file. There are two ways to add reference picture. Open reference window Add/remove reference picture Select “Reference” from “Window” in the main menu to open it. The reference window is not displayed as default.
