Layer Trail Line Thickness

DK · Post by DK » Tue May 06, 2008 1:23 am

I am REALLY stuck here! I am trying to create a handwriting effect in AS using the layer trail script. How do I set the line thickness for the layer trail before the script is run??? I've tried to adjust the line thickness afterwards but I get crazy results. Is there anyway to set the line thickness before I run the script?

Thanks
D.K

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Tue May 06, 2008 2:39 am

viewtopic.php?t=5816&highlight=layer+trail

Check this out. It says you need to 'draw' a circle that will work as your 'brush'.

DK · Post by DK » Tue May 06, 2008 2:52 am

Thanks synthsin75. That's actually the tutorial I followed.

The problem is that there is no way to set the line thickness of the layer trail in the layer trail script settings.....

HEY!I wonder if someone on the forum can improve this script???

I did find a workaround though....if you reduce the size of the vector layer before you run the script the line thickness will increase...but this is all a bit of guesswork but good enough to get me out of trouble.....thanks for responding.

Cheers
D.K

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Tue May 06, 2008 3:09 am

Mmm, that's an odd script. The first time I tried it I just happened to increase my line size to 5 before I created my circle brush. This actually made a size 5 trace, but testing it I found that if you change the line size after creation, only the initial size is traced.

Also, is there any way to change the trace color?

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Tue May 06, 2008 3:17 am

Okay, here's the deal. For both color and size you need to either set them up on your default style before creating your circle 'brush', or create the 'trace' style and apply it before creating the brush.

Fun stuff once you get it figured out! Hope that helps.

DK · Post by DK » Tue May 06, 2008 3:30 am

Yaay!!!....Thanks Synthsin75!!

Cheers
D.K

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Tue May 06, 2008 3:34 am

Even though I'm having trouble completing a real project, I seem to have a knack for figuring these little things out. Hopefully they eventually add up to me finishing something.

DK · Post by DK » Tue May 06, 2008 4:12 am

Yes...I have noticed! You have been very helpfull to the whole forum and my own questions too and I thank you very much for that indeed.

Re that layer trail script: It would be helpfull to be able to set the line thickness from the layer trail settings dialogue box I think. Wonder how difficult that would be to implement scriptwise?

D.K