Round caps don't display with effects on stroke?

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heyvern
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Round caps don't display with effects on stroke?

Post by heyvern »

Teeny weeny itsy bitzy issue. Not a deal breaker. Just curious if this is a new thing or it's been around a while and I only just noticed it.

if you have a stroke shape with round caps and apply any effect, the round caps stop displaying while editing.
The strokes render perfectly! This is why not a big problem.
The tiny issue is not being able to see the end caps of the stroke while editing for lining things up. I like using variable-width strokes with round caps as "round joints" for the end of limbs. I can make complex limbs quick and easy using strokes.

workarounds:
1. Draw non-filled vector circles that match the width of the stroke at the ends as a placeholder to see where the end caps would be for alignment with other objects.
2. Use a perfectly smooth custom round brush for the stroke. This is also problematic since effects won't display on brushes. Of course, they render fine.

Using latest greatest version of Moho on Mac.
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Re: Round caps don't display with effects on stroke?

Post by Greenlaw »

Good catch!

To add to the notes, I tried this in Moho 13.5, and it didn't appear to be an issue in there.

In Moho 14.3, however, it was a little worse: not only did the end cap not show, but the entire segment also disappeared.

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So, losing only the end cap in Moho 14.4 is actually an improvement! :D

Render was also fine with 14.3. Running Moho on Windows, so the issue is not platform-specific.
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