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1 - Regarding tint image for a simple dual tone png you can also use Map Image Colors (see composition joined).

2 - Not sure I understand what you mean with "Color Wells" but since you mentioned "Published Colors" I guess you want to have control over the colors and change them over time ? Otherwise if not of course one would export only 1 image with all the elements from AI with the correct colors, and 1 extra image with the rotating propeller, and you'd have only 2 layers to place & 1 to rotate.

3 - "if it was possible to adjust the standard increment in preferences" would make a great feature request yes ! And a way to replace sliders (right click on port ?) with wheels too (I know what you mean giving a long arm for a more precise adjustment).

4 - If you want to manually place a layer either with mouse drags or custom arrow keys increments, copy & paste the magenta nodes from the joined "Move Layer" composition, connect them as shown, give your layers some name and adjust them (don't forget to change the corresponding layer name on the "Receive Mouse Drags on Layer" node (this will be easier in Vuo 2) & connect the "fire on start" or "allow first event" to the layers themselves as shown).
When all placed, remove all the magenta nodes and your layers are placed and if the composition is running when deleting, all the values will be saved & stored.

Yep :)

I gave up on this because positioning each of the eight elements was taking about 5 minutes each and it did my head in. And if I find the last one doesn't have room I have to move them all over again one by one. It's just so frustrating, @teamVuo.

QC has dials for adjusting number inputs (which can be replaced with an Input Splitter with a set range if desired but not compelled to use). Vuo has decided to put range bars with a very small pixel range for adjusting these standard input values. As if nobody would ever care about any kind of precision.

Using the slider is impossible to get the accuracy I need. Using the up and down arrows are too big in the jumps. If there were some modifier keys for making the up and down arrows move in smaller and larger increments or if it was possible to adjust the standard increment in preferences there would be other ways to do this. As it is it's insanely problematic and not the first time I've thought so and given up using Vuo for a project. I'm forced to manually keep trying numbers (trial and error) and unlike the standard macOS interface default that "enter" updates the number with the typed input but keeps the highlight on that input it "Tabs" to the next one. So I have to enter a number and then tab forward then "shift" + "tab" back to enter another number, over and over and over again. It's a bit dispiriting for a designer trying to line up a few objects visually.

Most of my PNG file sizes are the same so I should be able to give them all the same position and they sit in place but that isn't working for me either, and in any case sometimes you need quick and precise manual adjustments in visual design without the frustration of typing in 30 values until you get the right one.

In QC you can grab the adjustment dial for an input and drag the cursor away from the dial half a screen length and then get very tiny increments per 10 pixels of movement of the cursor, like a wretch with a very long arm. THere's no way to do this in Vuo and this is not the first time I've given up using it for some UI frustration.

I said a monospaced font but actually testing it with a non-monospaced font (ex AvenirNext) it still looks pretty good IMO.

Yeah, because of how you produced and positioned the layers. Make Text Layer makes each letter's layer only as wide as the letter. Arrange Layers in Row tightly packs the layers (unlike Arrange Layers in Grid which evenly spaces them). So you get a linotype effect, no overlaps between letters, but depending on the font it might not look too out of place.