Vector Drawing Tools need to be consolidated

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JoelMayer
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Vector Drawing Tools need to be consolidated

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Recently came across a post by a Toon Boom User trying out Moho. I'm not saying that makes anything this person sais automatically right but it's good to sometimes see things with objective eyes.

Here's a quote from said post:
Compared to Toon Boom, Moho's outdated, strangely unintuitive UX makes it clunky to animate and manage your shapes and keyframes. For example, Moho has three separate tools that all replicate Toon Boom's select tool, and unnecessarily switching tools adds mental load. You need external (free and open source) Moho scripts to make animating in Moho feel less tedious. Managing styles and color palettes is also a pain.
I actually very much agree with this. Moho's drawing tools are spread across too many sub-tools. Imo, you should consolidate it all down to a white arrow (individual nodes), black arrow (shapes), Pen tool Freehand stuff and then maybe something like Line Width and Stroke exposure. I think some of the tools could be changed to tool properties. It might be worth thinking about a vertical property panel which you can easily open and close in the long run.
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