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    Default Re: The controversial eraser tool

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    but it must do
    No.
    illustrator has one - right ?
    So?
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    Default Re: The controversial eraser tool

    sorry John, but if illustrator has an eraser then it has to fit the vector approach one way or another, almost by definition

    still it's good to know it is on the wishlist, thanks
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    Default Re: The controversial eraser tool

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    it has to fit the vector approach one way or another
    It's "another" in this case.
    Vector eraser IS a vector tool. But with some drawbacks.
    Imagine you have drawn lots of quick strokes. They are all lines. Now you trim them a little bit with eraser. Let's say half of them were affected by eraser. They were converted to shapes. But the rest are still lines. You can still change line width, pattern, profile, even apply brush to them. But not to those that were affected by the eraser. Surely, they are all vector, but the result is not quite consistent or predictable.
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    Default Re: The controversial eraser tool

    ok - is there not a way to trim vector lines with an eraser without converting to shape?
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    Default Re: The controversial eraser tool

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    ok - is there not a way to trim vector lines with an eraser without converting to shape?
    Of course there is. It's not a barrier for other developers.

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    well I thought so Paul, but I am trying to get head around John's argument by asking him for clarification [edit: reply to post 20]
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    Default Re: The controversial eraser tool

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    ok - is there not a way to trim vector lines with an eraser without converting to shape?
    But then you wouldn't get that workflow. You see, all the freehand strokes are lines. And they all have some width. If we just trim the path, the end of the line will not match the actual erased area.
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    Default Re: The controversial eraser tool

    right

    so what you are saying is that the line would need to be converted to shape in order for there to be nodes to define the outline that was left after erase?

    yes I can see that John, if you are erasing a line's width and not just it's length
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    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    so what you are saying is that the line would need to be converted to shape in order for there to be nodes to define the outline that was left after erase?
    Yes, exactly. This is not a huge problem, all objects still remain vector. So the tool is vector obviously. But we lose some of the vector advantages here.
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    Default Re: The controversial eraser tool

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    right

    so what you are saying is that the line would need to be converted to shape in order for there to be nodes to define the outline that was left after erase?

    yes I can see that John, if you are erasing a line's width and not just it's length
    Really?
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