User Guide

The Image Hose346
To create a 3-Rank nozzle:
1 Build or open a 2-Rank file.
2 Determine the number of
elements you want in the third
rank.
3 Choose Window menu > Show
Info to show the Info palette, and
check the height of the current
nozzle file.
4 Multiply the number of items in
the third rank by the height of the
file.
The result you get will be the
height of your 3-Rank Nozzle file.
5 Choose Select menu > Reselect,
and choose Select menu > Float.
6 Choose Edit menu > Copy.
Now you must extend this file
vertically to accommodate the
items in the third rank.
7 Choose Canvas menu > Canvas
Size.
8 Add the correct number of pixels to
set the canvas to the height of your
3-Rank nozzle.
Now you can develop imagery for
each item (set) in the third rank.
9 Choose Edit menu > Paste, and
position the pasted layer in the
area you added.
The images should be centered in
the grid cells.
This nozzle file has three items in Rank 1,
three items in Rank 2 and three items in Rank
3.
10 If necessary, modify the images in
this layer.
11 Choose the Layer Adjuster tool
from the toolbox, and select the
layer.
12 Click the Layer Commands button
, and choose Drop.
13 Choose File menu > Save, and
save the file in RIFF format.
Painting with the 3-Rank Nozzle “Broken
Shells.”
Notes:
•
If this is a new file and you did not
define it as a 1- or 2-Rank nozzle earlier,
refer to “Creating a 2-Rank Nozzle on a
Grid” on page 343.
•
If you previously defined this file as a
nozzle, you must edit the definition to
describe the three ranks you created.
Rank 1 (Variety)
Rank 3 (Shape)
Rank 2 (Size)