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Click Append: This is the default option when creating a polyline stroke. It works more
like a Bézier pen drawing tool than a paintbrush tool. Clicking sets a control point and
appends the next control point when you click again in a different location.
Draw Append: This is a freehand drawing tool. It paints a stroke similar to drawing with
a pencil on paper.You can create a new Polyline Stroke or Copy Polyline Stroke using
the Draw tool, or you can extend a Stroke style after clicking the Make Editable button
in the Inspector.
Insert: Insert adds a new control point along the paint stroke spline.
Modify: Modify allows you to safely move or smooth any exiting point along a spline
without worrying about adding a new point accidentally.
Done: Prevents any point along the spline from being moved or modified. Also, new
points cannot be added. You can, however, move and rotate the entire spline.
Closed: Closes an open polyline.
Smooth: Changes the selected stroke or control point from a linear to a smooth curve.
Linear: Changes the selected stroke or control point from a smooth curve to linear.
Select All: Selects all the control points on the polyline.
Keys: Shows or hides the control points along the polyline.
Handles: Shows or hides the Bézier handles along the polyline.
Shape: Places a reshape rectangle around the selected polyline control points. Using
the reshape rectangle, you can deform groups of polyline control points or entire
shapes much easier than modifying each point.
Delete: Deletes the selected control point(s).
Reduce: Opens a Freehand precision window that can be used to reduce the number
of control points on a polyline. This can make the paint stroke easier to modify,
especially if it has been created using the Draw tool.
Publish: You can use the Publish menu to either publish control points or the path.
Publishing is a form of parameter linking. It makes the selected item available for use by
other controls, or to attach a control point to a tracker.
Follow Points: Allows a selected point to follow the path of a published point. The point
follows the published point using an offset position.
Roto Assist: Enable the Roto Assist button when you begin painting with the Polyline
Stroke tool. The polyline points snap to the closest edge as you click to add points to
the shape. A cyan outline indicates the points that have snapped to an edge. There are
three main Roto Assist options selectable through the drop-down menu:
Multiple Points: When enabled, a single click on a high-contrast edge will add
multiple points to define the entire edge, instead of having to add each point
individually. This is a one time only click. The second click reverts to single point
edge detection.
Distance 8: Opens a dialog where you can set the pixel range within which
searching for an edge will take place.
Reset: Used for resetting the snap attribute of all snapped points. After resetting, the
points will become unavailable for tracking.
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