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[handrawn]

@Mike - sure no problems with bitmaps per se, I love em too - but there are things you can do with vectors you cannot do with bitmaps afterwards

[mwenz]

@Mike - sure no problems with bitmaps per se, I love em too - but there are things you can do with vectors you cannot do with bitmaps afterwards

The same is true of a bitmap--there're things one can do with them that cannot be readily done with vector.

I'm fairly happy with the current progress. It's a bit of live toward the illustration side of things. And as long as there is momentum for the illustration aspects, hopefully it continues into the future.

Mike

[handrawn]

I could say vector to bitmap is an 'eyes-closed' operation, whereas bitmap to vector is often rather fraught.. but hey there is nothing to debate really because yes they both have their 'uses' and this is real progress and very welcome indeed

the implementation is very effective, impressive

[MarcT]

Think about what the art brush does, though, folks... It distorts the shapes and fills in an arbitrary way, so for any fill type other than flat fills, they can't be represented by any existing fill geometry. The only way to capture them is as a bitmap.
Phil

Yes, this is indeed quite an amazing engine while remaining simple.
It didn't occur to me at first that you could use gradients and bitmaps.

At the moment even flat fills return bitmaps from Convert Line to Shape but we hope to be able to return flat filled vector shapes in those cases soon (it's on the list).

This would be most appreciated.

the implementation is very effective, impressive

Agreed !


Using the brush tool made me think that a simple point-based pressure profile editor would complement it very well.

Marc

[gwpriester]

Anything (or any one) can be a brush.

[angelize]

In regards to the vector conversion issue if you simply keep the vector artwork used to create a brush in the file and do this when sharing brushes too then it's always there and can be tweaked and new brushes created from it.

[handrawn]

In regards to the vector conversion issue if you simply keep the vector artwork used to create a brush in the file and do this when sharing brushes too then it's always there and can be tweaked and new brushes created from it.

so how does that help me draw something with an art brush and then break shapes [for example]

I think I know what you mean, but that is not what I was talking about

[Jonopen]

In regards to the vector conversion issue if you simply keep the vector artwork used to create a brush in the file and do this when sharing brushes too then it's always there and can be tweaked and new brushes created from it.

Hi, It also looks like the original vector or bitmap graphic used to create a new brush is retrievable from the Line gallery.