Brush/Outline Bug?

[Nostaw]

Anyone ever experienced this?

[gwpriester]

Hmm?

I would not group the shapes. But this is not what is causing the problem. Just my observation about brushes.

Gary

[Soquili]

Hi Nostaw,

I cannot duplicate the problem using your .xar file or one that I created.

Try the attached .xar file to see if you get the same behaviour on your machine.

Created in Xtreme Pro 3.2.1

[Nostaw]

Hi Nostaw,

I cannot duplicate the problem using your .xar file or one that I created.

Try the attached .xar file to see if you get the same behaviour on your machine.

Created in Xtreme Pro 3.2.1

Yes, same thing. I use version 3.2.1 too.

1) Open the document from your post.
2) Select the rectangle with the brush applied (the large rectangle).
3) Press CTRL+F7 to use the the countour tool.
4) In the contour tool enable "insert path".
5) Increase the countour of the rectangle: BUG, the brush has been reset to a black outline.

Garry, you are right, it doesn't need to have the shapes group for the bug to appear.

[Nostaw]

Can someone else confirm this problem or is it just on my and Gary's machine?

[Xhris]

I'm pretty sure it is not a bug. It occurs on my machine and is explained in my previous post.

[Xhris]

Anyone ever experienced this?

Oh I know what the problem is. When contouring, it is technically blending to a quasi-object. This quasi-object has no brush, and so when blending, half way through the blend, the brush changes.

You can see this if you keep your original brushed rectangle, and blend it to a larger encompassing one with a solid black outline.

There are limitations to the blend tool. You can't for example blend gracefully from an object with a non-repeating fill and one with a repeating fill (see pic below). Half way along, it switches. It's not a fully-fledged morph tool. This is therefore not a bug really, but an (expected) limitation of the blend tool.