Out of curiosity, how does it handle them, assuming that your reason for mentioning it like that means that it doesn't just stick them in with the rest of the layers, which is standard, unless you mean functionally, which still isn't really easy to deviate from normal.

I don't remember it doing anything weird, except possibly changing the fill of the vector shape if I change the active global fill while the vector shape is still selected.

Most programs do that, though.

It's probably nothing too different from other high end programs, but I had only used Paint before switching to PSP, so I wasn't really used to the whole vector and layering concept. But a few of my gripes are:

- Tendency to turn anything you copy/paste into a "Promoted Selection" that can't be merged properly, instead of just sticking it on the same layer as the original.

- If you select and drag something, it duplicates it instead of moving it.

- Instead of asking you what direction you want text that's been shaped to a curve, it does it one way, and if you want it the other you have to start by flipping all the nodes in the vector.

- Too many steps to edit text - even if you open a text box, your changes won't take effect unless the text is selected.

- Holding down shift sometimes forces rectangles to squares and ovals to circles. Other times it turns them into parabolas and hyperbolas for no reason.

That is quite weird. The only one that's normal is the bottom one - holding shift to get a perfect circle is normal, and quite useful sometimes.

Well, at second glance, the first one is standard - each vector layer only contains one vector object - having them on the same layer would result in them being combined into a single vector entity, which causes all sorts of trouble. As for it being a promoted section, there's probably a layer command that converts it to being editable.

But despite all that, you should still make the move to Fireworks, which is awesome. :P

And you accuse me of having obtuse LJ entries!