User`s guide

Chapter 10 Using Spline Media
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Brush images can be created in any standard graphics format.
Photoshop (.psd) files allow you to create layered brush image files, where each layer,
beginning with the bottom layer, is applied in turn.
256 x 256 pixels is the suggested size for brush images. Larger sizes can slow painting down.
When the Paint track is selected, the Paint tab and Transform tab appear in the Controls
window. The parameters in these tabs are global and affect all of the strokes in a paint effect.
Parameter Description
Paint track Select to turn on the Brush stroke.
Stroke Begin, Stroke
End
Adjust the percentage of the spline that is visible at each frame in
the timeline to create animated writing effects. For example,
animate Strokes End from 0 to 100 to create a “write on” effect.
Opacity Determines the opacity of the brush stroke. A value of 100 makes
the stroke opaque.
Canvas Mode Modify or Apply.
• Modify is the default. Brush strokes are not altered based on
the other material in the timeline.
• Apply lets you specify how the brush stroke depends on the
material below it in the timeline.
Apply Mode Available only when the Canvas Mode menu is set to Modify. Lets
you select from a menu how the brush stroke is composited over
objects below it in the timeline.
Transform
Position X, Position
Y, Scale X Scale Y,
Rotate Z
Use Position X, Position Y, Scale X, Scale Y and Rotate Z to
animate the 2D transformation of the paint strokes.
Paint Path track