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Vector Paint Image Inputs
You can optionally connect images to the Vector Paint image inputs. The
Vector Paint node in the Schematic has two image input tabs. The top-most
tab is the background image input. Connect an image to this input to use as
your canvas background. If left unconnected, your paint shapes will be applied
over a black background.
The bottom-most tab is for clone/reveal image sources. You can connect as
many images as you wish to this tab, and select any one of these sources to
be the clone/reveal source for a paint shape drawn in clone or reveal mode.
If left completely unconnected, the only possible clone/reveal source will be
the background (or black, if the background is also unconnected).
Shape Properties
When you draw using the Vector Paint tool, you are creating shapes on the
canvas. All shapes share basic properties, such as:
■ Translation
■ Pivot Point
■ Rotation
■ Scale
■ Shear
Other shared properties control how the shape is drawn on the canvas, and
are described in the following sections. These properties can be edited and
animated over time. Unless otherwise noted, all shape properties are
animatable.
In Vector Paint, shapes are of two types: Bézier or line strip.
Line strip shapes are also called freehand shapes. These shapes are created
using the freehand tool (if Auto Make Bézier is off). Line strips can have large
numbers of individual points with better performance than a Bézier curve
with the same number of points. The drawback is that individual points in
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