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recording the strokes. You can, however, change or animate these parameters after you finish recording and
before you play back the strokes.
TIP You can also play paint strokes created by converting objects (write-ons).
To record a series of brush strokes:
1 Click AutoPaint and select User from the AutoPaint Mode box.
2 Set the brush characteristics so that you can see the recorded brush strokes on your image.
NOTE The strokes you paint are recorded as a series of points or stamps of the brush. The number of strokes
is determined by dividing the number of points by the number of frames. The quality of the rendered strokes
depends on the number of recorded points. To record a larger number of points, select a small brush size.
3 Enable Record.
4 Begin painting on the image.
The position of each brush stroke is recorded, and the stroke count appears in the message bar.
5 To stop recording, click below the timebar.
All paint strokes applied to the image while recording are removed from the image and the number
of strokes is recorded.
NOTE AutoPaint stores only one set of recorded paint strokes at a time. If you record another set of paint
strokes, you lose your previously recorded strokes.
Tracking with AutoPaint
You can apply tracking data to the painted strokes.
(a) Tracking box
To apply tracking data to recorded strokes:
1 Enable Animation.
2 Select Front, Back, or Result from the Tracking box and click Stabilizer to track a point and apply the
offset information to the recorded strokes.
NOTE You can only track after you record paint strokes.
3 Use the X and Y field to offset the painted strokes.
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