Q: I bought Stencil a few years ago.
My shortest opinion and advice to those who hesitate: it's totally worth the money. Now the question: could you please say more about your future plans? Especially, do we get layers?
Adam_Stencil
May 14, 2024A: Great to hear you grabbed Stencil previously and have been enjoying it! Our roadmap isn't public at the moment, so I can't share anything specific with you I'm afraid. Layers are likely not in the cards for the near future. We've intentionally avoided layers to keep Stencil as approachable as possible. A ton of research has led us to learn that layers are the very thing that scares most people from using other tools like Photoshop. We'll definitely keep exploring this though, but I'd say if you're looking to create a graphic that requires a layer palette with many different layers, there might be a more appropriate tool for the job other than Stencil.
AlbertPLUSHi Adam,
Thank you for the reply, although it is a bit confusing. I mean, avoiding Photoshop - isn't because of the price rather? More importantly, a "hidden" roadmap does not seem to encourage people to buy your stuff, I am afraid.
Best,
What we found was that people not only avoid Photoshop because of price (and lack of built-in assets that are inclusive to the price), but the main reason is that they are intimidated by the complexity of the tool. That's why we built Stencil, to create a simpler experience...much simpler. And as we continued to investigate this, the main thing people felt hesitation around was the concept of Layers. Go figure, it was interesting for us to learn too! :)
I appreciate that about the roadmap, but it's just a decision we've made to not have it public at this time. Sorry about that!
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Verified purchaser
Even Paint has layers now, that sounds like a development cop-out NOT a customer usability issue...
It needs layers. At least an up/down arrow to move assets forward and backwards in the stack. If you don't want to call it layers, call it a stack. Move items from the top -> bottom of the stack, etc.. then no one would be scared of layers.
That along with a real copy/paste feature. I cannot get it to copy/paste assets, only text and then it doesn't remember the text size and settings when I copy it. :(
I was so excited to see your product originally when I bought it, now without some kind of layers or at least the ability to copy something and paste it over something else I don't see it being really that usable, probably going to do a refund if these are no items in the very near future.