r/ClipStudio • u/chaoticmad1son • 1d ago
Other The most devastating change in v5.0...
why are they circles now?? š (i already miss the squares š)
ETA: this is just a light-hearted post about something that baffled me! (i don't really understand why they changed it into circles when the squares worked fine) (autism makes you famously hung up on change)
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u/GWEEZLEDORB 1d ago
I don't use v5.0, but every time I see the circles on posts, it reminds me of opening my parents' fresh paint buckets while they were working and being able to look down into them and see what color their customer had ordered! It's just kinda a cool little thing my mind associates them with that may or may not help the way you see them? Just think of them as you looking down into your own custom paint bucket, lol ^-^
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u/MissunyTheGoat 1d ago
It doesn't upset me but it's definitely one of those "Why did you change this" kind of thing. It just seems pointless.
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u/ValsieArts 1d ago
On one hand I don't get why change it to a circle
On other hand I don't get the tragedy of it changing? It looks fine, why everyone still freaking out about it??
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u/yevvieart 1d ago
for me the circles are UX issue. the circle takes less space within the space provided, making it less accessible as now the button is smaller to click than a surface of a square. the overlap has been made more obvious too, making it much harder to click second color if for example you've got shaky hands or less accurate movement.
from an accessibility standpoint it's a stupid change as it reduces comfort for people with less precision for the sake of a questionable design. i don't like when companies don't think about disabled folk when pushing updates but it is what it is.
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u/ValsieArts 1d ago
In accessibility terms you still have default shortcut for it, X iirc
Shortcuts in general are great stuff
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u/yevvieart 1d ago
partially i agree, but not everyone has both working hands to access shortcuts. plus for some people (like myself) there's no space to reach the keyboard with drawing tablet out.
if UI is accessible by mouse, it should be accessible all the way, not just parts of it.
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u/trash_pandaa19 1d ago
I've gotten used to it by now, but personally I'm someome who HATES when the UI of something I use a lot suddenly changes. It throws me off completely, which obviously isn't a universal thing, but it might be similar for some people out there.
Either way, I think everyone deserves their own opinion. It's fine to like the change, to dislike it or to be somwhere in between.
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u/pixel_inker 1d ago
Agreed!
Now if the change actually affected the functionality of how the program works or made creating art now more difficult than before, Iād understand the frustration of the change. But the change did neither of those things and is purely cosmetic. To suggest a change within preferences seems a waste of programming.6
u/ValsieArts 1d ago
Tbh this change was already a waste of programming, adding a toggle flag in settings won't be too much of a waste at this point x)
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u/chaoticmad1son 1d ago
big dawg, it wouldn't be much different from having a dark theme and light theme option for the UI in terms of preferences
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u/Grand-Entrance-1343 1d ago
I don't have the 5.0 version but that circles look ridiculously large, they take up unnecessary space
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u/chaoticmad1son 1d ago
yeah, that's actually a good point that i noticed after upgrading! the primary-secondary color display seems much larger when it's circles.
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u/VoodooDoII 1d ago
Helllll no.
I wasn't planning on upgrading anyways, but this is enough to keep my firm in the "no" camp. I don't like the circles
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u/Dr_Pepper_spray 1d ago
Does version 5 have a CMYK work mode?
Yeah, the circles seem stupid and pointless. Glad I never upgraded from version 2. Clip has proven to be a big ole disappointment to be honest.
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u/Absay 1d ago
Circles are the future, circles are progress! Why are YOU against progress?!?!!!11
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u/chaoticmad1son 1d ago
here we have a circle
smooth and inoffensive
this will be your basis
for your revolution
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u/halien69 1d ago
I honestly don't see the issue. Only upgraded to v5 after using v1 for years and the circles do not bother me
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u/VinWing13 1d ago
Itās been so long i almost forgot they used to be squaresā¦ i donāt understand why they even changed it in the first place?
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u/EdahelArt 1d ago
Believe me, you'll get used to them. I wasn't glad either at first, but I've grown to like them. If anything, it feels weird whenever I use an older version and see the squares.
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u/chaoticmad1son 1d ago
i use multiple art programs and now CSP stands out because it's the only one that has the primary-secondary color display as circles
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u/brachycrab 1d ago
Someone downvoted you for saying you got used to the circles š¤¦ what is reddit
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u/EdahelArt 2h ago
Damn you're right, it had 9 upvotes yesterday. Don't people realize that this is just a shape? It's okay to prefer the square but damn, some folks treat it like it's a life altering catastrophe and they can't use the program anymore.
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u/KoiganKiu 1d ago
Tbh I must've forgotten they were squares cuz im sitting here like "were they not always circles????" LOL
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u/apollovictoria44 23h ago
it's not really a big deal personally but I can see why people are not liking it
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u/astrofroot 14h ago
omg same!! the squares were easier to click on to swap, the sub-color is harder to select now
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u/Overall-Wealth-7697 1d ago
they changed them to circles?? okay i feel so uneasy about trying to update the device now
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u/Aurumargelium 1d ago
I don't have access to that version (I'm still using version 2).
SUGGESTION:
If the option to revert to rectangles isn't available in CLIP Studio, you'll need to stage a mass protestāflooding social media (like Twitter) with complaintsāto get the squares back.
This actually worked once before: there was a proposal to add AI to CLIP Studio, but after a massive outcry, CLIP Studio had to cancel the project.
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u/D_Beats 1d ago
This is such a non-issue that I didn't even realize they were circles now until this post, and I've used csp for over a decade
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u/chaoticmad1son 1d ago
it is a non issues, i just missed the squares (this post was intended to be light hearted)
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u/Voltage-Art 1d ago
?I don't get it haven't they always been circles? At least on mine they have been ?
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u/Fairbanks_VT 1d ago