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Ever since I started making use of Clip Studio Paint's excellent vector layers for inking my linework, one of the biggest gripes I've had with it is that it won't let you select a single vector and perform the kind of transformations on it that you can do on selections in raster layers. The moment you try, it immediately deselects the vector and selects everything on the entire vector layer. This makes otherwise very useful options like changing the centre of rotation/scaling/perspective for a single vector practically impossible. And so, I've created a set of auto actions for getting around this (hopefully temporary) oversight on Celsys's part.

In a nutshell, what they do is take the vector or vectors that you've selected and transfer them temporarily to a new vector layer, activate the free transformation function, and then drop them back down to the original layer again when you're done. It's that simple.

There are three auto actions in the set. Here's what they do.

1) Vector Free Trans: Use the Operation tool to select a vector or vectors. Now run this action. It will cut your selected vectors, create a new vector layer, and paste the vectors in place into it. Then it will activate the Free Transform function. Now you can change the centre for the transformations you run, and even change the transformation type during the process (under Edit > Transform). When you're done, click OK or hit Enter, and the action will merge the temporary layer and its contents back down into the original layer.

2) Area Group Trans: This does pretty much the same thing as Vector Free Trans, except your selection method is different. Here, you make your selection by using one of the Selection tools (like Lasso, say) or the Selection Pen. When you run this action, it will run Select Vectors Within Area, and all the vectors that are completely within the enclosed area will be selected, cut, and pasted into the new vector layer.

3) Overlapping Group Trans: Essentially the same as Area Group Trans, except that this action runs Select Overlapping Vectors, which will select any vector found within the selection area, even if part of most of it lies outside the selection.

Description
Ever since I started making use of Clip Studio Paint's excellent vector layers for inking my linework, one of the biggest gripes I've had with it is that it won't let you select a single vector and perform the kind of transformations on it that you can do on selections in raster layers. The moment you try, it immediately deselects the vector and selects everything on the entire vector layer. This makes otherwise very useful options like changing the centre of rotation/scaling/perspective for a single vector practically impossible. And so, I've created a set of auto actions for getting around this (hopefully temporary) oversight on Celsys's part.

In a nutshell, what they do is take the vector or vectors that you've selected and transfer them temporarily to a new vector layer, activate the free transformation function, and then drop them back down to the original layer again when you're done. It's that simple.

There are three auto actions in the set. Here's what they do.

1) Vector Free Trans: Use the Operation tool to select a vector or vectors. Now run this action. It will cut your selected vectors, create a new vector layer, and paste the vectors in place into it. Then it will activate the Free Transform function. Now you can change the centre for the transformations you run, and even change the transformation type during the process (under Edit > Transform). When you're done, click OK or hit Enter, and the action will merge the temporary layer and its contents back down into the original layer.

2) Area Group Trans: This does pretty much the same thing as Vector Free Trans, except your selection method is different. Here, you make your selection by using one of the Selection tools (like Lasso, say) or the Selection Pen. When you run this action, it will run Select Vectors Within Area, and all the vectors that are completely within the enclosed area will be selected, cut, and pasted into the new vector layer.

3) Overlapping Group Trans: Essentially the same as Area Group Trans, except that this action runs Select Overlapping Vectors, which will select any vector found within the selection area, even if part of most of it lies outside the selection.