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Can you make a dashed line?

Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:01 pm
by AngryMonster
Hey guys ....


Does anyone know if you can make a 'dashed' line in anime?
like this " - - - - - - - - -"

if so how


thanks!

Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:56 pm
by Nolan Scott
Select the appropriate brush (016) and adjust the spacing to your liking...
draw your “dotted” line.
If you don’t like the square-dots, create your own brush in Photoshop or else...
(128 x 128 pixels, save as PNG and drag it into Anime Studio’s “brushes” folder)

Cheers
Nolan

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:58 am
by AngryMonster
Oh thank goodness for that!

Thanks Nolan and fellow Kiwi! ... you are a champ!

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:09 am
by mkelley
For those playing along at home, be aware this is only possible in AS Pro.

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:50 am
by fracturedray
Thanks for the heads up mkelly. I am learning the basic version and they had the tutorial for these brushes but I couldn't find them anywhere in the program. Perhaps they could highlight stuff like this and say only available in Pro. Would save me time trying to figure out why I can't find stuff. :)

(edit) Found that they did mentioned it at the top of the tutorial. D'oh! (edit)

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:20 pm
by synthsin75
Which features are in Pro only isn't clear in all of the tutorials. If in doubt, check the 'Product Comparision' section of the help. :wink:

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:16 am
by slowtiger
For a very short dashed line you could do without brushes. You just need to insert as many points as you have dashes and gaps. Then you switch off every other outline segment.

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:05 am
by Genete
slowtiger wrote:For a very short dashed line you could do without brushes. You just need to insert as many points as you have dashes and gaps. Then you switch off every other outline segment.
And that can be quickly done with the built in Split curve script ;)
My two cents.
-G

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:02 am
by synthsin75
And that can be quickly done with the built in Split curve script
Except menu scripts aren't available in AS Standard. Unless Mike has ever made them available to use as buttons.

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:35 pm
by AngryMonster
slowtiger : What a brilliantly simple solution ... I am dumb!

Genete: another one!


Thanks guys!!