I’m surprised this isn’t already part of PhotoLab. Can you please progam the bracket keys, [ and ], to work for changing the brush size the way they work in pretty much every photo editing app? Thanks.
Cmd or Ctrl scroll are assigned to those functions
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Those keys are not easily accessible with all localized keyboard layouts.
Editable keyboard shortcuts could help, but that’s a different story.
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But not in the repair tool.
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But yes in the repair tool. Hold down the Cmd or Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel.
No. Look here under “PC version”: Advanced image processing – PhotoLab Guidelines
Oh. That is awful. Yet another Win/Mac difference - and for one of the worst “shortcuts” I have ever encountered.
Do you think Windows users would be happier with the simpler Mac version? It unifies the repair tool with other brush based tool and is a lot easier to remember/use.
I just checked the Mac help popup on that “help” page you linked to and it is no longer accurate - compare it to the screenshot I took.
Agreed, in photo editors the bracket keys are the de-facto standard.
In terms of this tool for sure. I think the overall operation should be consistent. You shouldn’t have to constantly memorize new keyboard shortcuts for similar operations. Mouse operation is much more cumbersome in this case.
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suppose because they are easily to reach on us-layout style keyboard
- and otherwise awkward and very uncomfortable to handle
e.g. < Alt Gr + [ ] >
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Yes, English (American) is the de-facto standard. User definable keys, as available in C1, usually fixes these issues.
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I think the real answer is to allow user customisable keyboard keys.
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[ and ] keys change the brush size in all of my photo editing programs. I use a Wacom pen and tablet on my Mac so no mouse wheel. How can I get the [ and ] keys to do what a scrolling mode wheel does in DxO PhotoLab 8 Elite?
Those are not easy to access on french keyboard.
ALT Gr + ] isn’t easy to do with mouse in right hand without taking eyes off the screen.
So NO ! please !
User assigned keyboard shortcuts should be the way (photolab is the only software I use which does not allow this). And I can’t imagine it would be complicated to develop. Should be very simple.
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