Re: any expressions users? 2005-06-15 - By steven_mcq
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Doug,
Can you post to the file or photo rooms any examples of what you
describe? Sounds like a really interesting way to generate textures.
SMcQ
--- In Carrara@(protected), Douglas Alden Peterson
<visualeyes@(protected)> wrote:
> > I haven't used Expression to its fullest, I'm sure -
> > but what does it do that Illustrator does not?
>
>
> I haven't used Illustrator's brush feature, but in
> Expression, you can build a complex image in
> vector paths AND pixel based images and then
> create a brush stroke with it. That brush stroke
> can then be manipulated in a number of ways
> including width (including varying the width along
> its stroke), skew and whether the stroke acts
> like a ribbon or is perpendicular to the stroke's
> path (a fully editable vector path).
>
> I've used Expression for a number of client projects.
> The most successful ones have been where the
> client wanted an illustration to look like a metal
> engraving. It was easy to create a series of brush
> strokes to mimic the look of engraved lines in a
> metal plate and then, when the image was finished,
> if the client wants a few of the lines placed differently,
> you just pick the strokes up and move them individually
> since they are fully editable.
>
> I don't miss polishing down an engraved metal plate
> nor do I miss the incessant cleaning of Rapidograph
> pens at all. :-)
>
>
>
> Doug
> --
> Douglas Alden Peterson
> Graphic & Web Design; Illustration
> Visualeyes
> Brighton, MI USA
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