• Apple Motion

  Pixels and Shapes

  Posted by Blaise on March 28, 2006 at 6:33 pm

  Is there a way to have pixel level control over simple shapes like rectangles and oval? I can only find a way to control these with scale, which does not do me much good unless I know the initial size. The ability to create a simple 100px x 100px square would be killer.

  Arnie Schlissel replied 20 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Noah Kadner

  March 28, 2006 at 8:22 pm

  Create them as bitmaps in photoshop. In motion they are sized relatively not exactly.

  Noah
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  Jim Kanter

  March 28, 2006 at 9:20 pm

  Turn on rulers, add guides, turn on snapping and draw within guides.

  You can also go to user preferences and turn on coordinates display in the status bar to help you find your pixel positions.

  Jim Kanter,
  Digital Film Institute
  http://www.dfilminst.com
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  Arnie Schlissel

  March 29, 2006 at 4:43 pm

  Vector shapes are not really made up of pixels. They’re described by angles (vectors) & other mathematical formulae. That’s what makes them so flexible.

  Arnie
  https://www.arniepix.com

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