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Importing stroke
Posted: 10 Feb 2015, 08:50
by Jerome Boulbes
First of all, this my first post in this forum, so hello everyone !
My question is theorical as I don't have a need for it just now - but I'm exploring some ideas for a future project.
Is it possible to import a shape/bezier curve from some other format and apply it as a stroke with the active tool (or some predefined tool parameters). I'm not talking about importing a vector file image and rasterize it -
If yes, how and from which kind of file ?
If no, would it be theorically possible using george for exemple ?
And, subsidiary question, can I use a recorded path to draw ?
Re: Importing stroke
Posted: 10 Feb 2015, 10:03
by Elodie
Hi Jerome, welcome here !
(Are you the Jerome I met during Hiroshima Festival ?)
Jerome Boulbes wrote:
Is it possible to import a shape/bezier curve from some other format and apply it as a stroke with the active tool (or some predefined tool parameters). I'm not talking about importing a vector file image and rasterize it -
So, you would like to import a path and "apply" a brush of your choice, right ?
As TVPaint cannot read vectorial files, it's not possible. Anyway, with TVPaint Animation 11 Pro, there is a new FX that can change the look of your lines. It's called "Brush spreading" :
- Original stroke
- brushspreading_01.png (15.28 KiB) Viewed 6507 times
Applying other brushes on this stroke :
- brushspreading_02.png (103.48 KiB) Viewed 6507 times
- brushspreading_03.png (79.08 KiB) Viewed 6507 times
- brushspreading_04.png (90.69 KiB) Viewed 6507 times
Anyway, this FX can be very heavy and long to manipulate.
Jerome Boulbes wrote:And, subsidiary question, can I use a recorded path to draw ?
With TVPaint, yes. There is even an FX made for this, called "Auto Paint".
Re: Importing stroke
Posted: 11 Feb 2015, 08:24
by Jerome Boulbes
Elodie wrote:Hi Jerome, welcome here !
(Are you the Jerome I met during Hiroshima Festival ?)
Yes, the same one. We just bought a bunch of academic licenses (unfortunatly not the 11 version...)
Elodie wrote:
So, you would like to import a path and "apply" a brush of your choice, right ?
As TVPaint cannot read vectorial files, it's not possible.
Ok, thanks.
Then, let's imagine I generate a path in another software (3D for exemple, using mocap, simulation, particles, whatever...), adjust it to 2D and export it via a custom script to some kind of custom text or xml file. Would it be theorically possible to write a George script to read it and make it a path ? I guess I should plunge into the Georges Documentation before asking... but well, I'd just like to know if it would be possible (to someone with the required programming knowledge of course)
Elodie wrote:
Jerome Boulbes wrote:And, subsidiary question, can I use a recorded path to draw ?
With TVPaint, yes. There is even an FX made for this, called "Auto Paint".
Ok, thanks, I'll try this.