ToolHelp: A Button Set
Posted: 04 Feb 2014, 22:10
ToolHelp: a three-button set
Here are three handy buttons that I use when working with custom brush tools.
1. LazyMouse Button: lets you set the smoothing distance (the interval between cursor and brush) for ALL brushes. A shortcut key can be assigned to the ToolHelp/LazyMouse button so the menu pops up at the cursor location.
2. ToolInfo Button: gives you the current ShapeInfo and ToolInfo parameters for the current brush. I use this button to analyze all of the settings for a brush or tool when I work on George scripts. Note that after the ShapeInfo, the ToolInfo is broken down into two parts for easier display.
3. BrushRemix Button: This button can be used to quickly try out different cutbrush or animbrush images to an existing set of tool parameters. This works because the parameters and the brush image can be stored separately.
To use, you must click the BrushRemix button twice…
First, select any existing brush which already has a specific set of parameters assigned to it. Click BrushRemix and choose "Store Brush Parameters", the first menu option which saves the parameters.
Second, load a cutbrush or animbrush that you have created. Press the BrushRemix button again and this time choose "Remix CutBrush with Stored Parameters", the second menu option.
This marries the old tool parameters with the new (cutbrush or animbrush image). Save the result if you like it... or repeatedly select another cutbrush or animbrush and click the second option again until you find a brush tool you do like.
Sven
Here are three handy buttons that I use when working with custom brush tools.
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2. ToolInfo Button: gives you the current ShapeInfo and ToolInfo parameters for the current brush. I use this button to analyze all of the settings for a brush or tool when I work on George scripts. Note that after the ShapeInfo, the ToolInfo is broken down into two parts for easier display.
3. BrushRemix Button: This button can be used to quickly try out different cutbrush or animbrush images to an existing set of tool parameters. This works because the parameters and the brush image can be stored separately.
To use, you must click the BrushRemix button twice…
First, select any existing brush which already has a specific set of parameters assigned to it. Click BrushRemix and choose "Store Brush Parameters", the first menu option which saves the parameters.
Second, load a cutbrush or animbrush that you have created. Press the BrushRemix button again and this time choose "Remix CutBrush with Stored Parameters", the second menu option.
This marries the old tool parameters with the new (cutbrush or animbrush image). Save the result if you like it... or repeatedly select another cutbrush or animbrush and click the second option again until you find a brush tool you do like.
Sven