paths annoyance

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Max
Dec 17, 2003
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It takes some trial an error to cleanly stroke and fill a path. I wonder if there are any tips to do it right the first time?

What I’m talking about is when you stroke – by default it seems to stroke with the pen tool which results in pixilated curves. So you have to select the 1px brush, then stroke, and hope the straight vertical and horizontal lines aren’t smoothed as well. It takes a few tries to get the 1px straight lines. I know making your paths exact pixel sizes helps (200×400 instead of 200.25×400.50), but not always.

-Max (perfectionist)

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RTM
Dec 18, 2003
Max wrote in message
It takes some trial an error to cleanly stroke and fill a path. I wonder
if
there are any tips to do it right the first time?

Practise, practise and er… more practise. Speed and accuracy comes with experience.

What I’m talking about is when you stroke – by default it seems to stroke with the pen tool which results in pixilated curves. So you have to select the 1px brush, then stroke, and hope the straight vertical and horizontal lines aren’t smoothed as well. It takes a few tries to get the 1px
straight
lines. I know making your paths exact pixel sizes helps (200×400 instead
of
200.25×400.50), but not always.

Try stroking with the Pencil instead. Plus, make your own brushes, sized and/or shaped to your particular needs.


Ron.
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Fred
Dec 18, 2003
Max wrote:

It takes some trial an error to cleanly stroke and fill a path. I wonder if there are any tips to do it right the first time?

What I’m talking about is when you stroke – by default it seems to stroke with the pen tool …

I don’t really understand. AFAIK the ‘stroke’ command has no certain ‘default’ brush tip, but always uses the currently active (last selected) brush tip.

Fred


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