An Addition To Line Smoothing and/or Guides
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 15:07
In Autodesk Sketchbook Pro they have a function called "Predictive Stroke".
This Predictive Stroke function is especially useful for drawing freehand Circles/Ovals/Ellipses . Sometimes even when you try to be very accurate drawing a freehand circle or ellipse you will miss connecting the end of the line to the start of the line. With Predictive Stroke it "snaps" the end of your line to the starting point of the line , so you get a more or less perfect freehand ellipse or circle.
This seems to me like it might be related to whatever it is that makes Line Smoothing work ... you can almost do this with the TVPaint Line Smoothing, but current version of Line Smoothing does not have the magnetic "snap to" function where the end of the freehand stroke snaps to the start of the freehand troke. Is something like this possible with TVPaint ?
I emphasize freehand stroke because it is true that we have the ability draw a perfect circle or ellipse with the Ellipse and Circle tools (and Guides) that currently exist in TVPaint , but those ellipses necessarily look mechanical . They are perfect. Sometimes you don't want "too perfect" , but "almost perfect", if that makes sense ? (so it still looks hand drawn , not computer drawn) . Also, the Predictive Stroke works without having to go through steps to open up a Guidelines panel and setting the guide , then draw the ellipse or circle, then close out of the Guidelines panel.
This screen capture video shows the use of the predictive stroke . From 0:00 - 0:20 I draw a series of quick ellipses , some more precise where the ends of the stroke meet , some purposely sloppier. Then I enable Predictive Stroke and draw another series of ellipses . Notice the differences in the precision of the ellipses with Predictive Stroke enabled as the ends of the stroke snap to each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUqHCK1uKQM
This video from Autodesk goes into much more detail showing the usefulness of this Predictive Stroke tool -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ngo5lSQnVQ
.
This Predictive Stroke function is especially useful for drawing freehand Circles/Ovals/Ellipses . Sometimes even when you try to be very accurate drawing a freehand circle or ellipse you will miss connecting the end of the line to the start of the line. With Predictive Stroke it "snaps" the end of your line to the starting point of the line , so you get a more or less perfect freehand ellipse or circle.
This seems to me like it might be related to whatever it is that makes Line Smoothing work ... you can almost do this with the TVPaint Line Smoothing, but current version of Line Smoothing does not have the magnetic "snap to" function where the end of the freehand stroke snaps to the start of the freehand troke. Is something like this possible with TVPaint ?
I emphasize freehand stroke because it is true that we have the ability draw a perfect circle or ellipse with the Ellipse and Circle tools (and Guides) that currently exist in TVPaint , but those ellipses necessarily look mechanical . They are perfect. Sometimes you don't want "too perfect" , but "almost perfect", if that makes sense ? (so it still looks hand drawn , not computer drawn) . Also, the Predictive Stroke works without having to go through steps to open up a Guidelines panel and setting the guide , then draw the ellipse or circle, then close out of the Guidelines panel.
This screen capture video shows the use of the predictive stroke . From 0:00 - 0:20 I draw a series of quick ellipses , some more precise where the ends of the stroke meet , some purposely sloppier. Then I enable Predictive Stroke and draw another series of ellipses . Notice the differences in the precision of the ellipses with Predictive Stroke enabled as the ends of the stroke snap to each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUqHCK1uKQM
This video from Autodesk goes into much more detail showing the usefulness of this Predictive Stroke tool -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ngo5lSQnVQ
.