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Drawing a line around a shape…
I’ve done this using a particle emitter to trace the outline of a shape (my client’s name – just four letters) – but what would I use if I wanted to trace a pencil or ink line – so that as the shape is being followed, we begin to see the outline of the letters? (These are block letters merged -kerned- just enough for the edges to touch and create a single shape). The end result is this will look like the particle emitter (above) is drawing the line…
thanks!
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Are you saying the text should look like it was written by a pen or pencil?
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Pen, pencil, computer drawn line, quill, just needs to be thin, as opposed to thicker. We’re trying to simulate a process called wire EDM, where a thin, electrically charged wire cuts precision shapes in metal. Very precision stuff – for surgical instruments, etc. So – thru the magic of video – we’re going to cut their logo out of metal.
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Build the shape using the bezier tool (B). Then apply the Write On Behavior under: Behaviors/Shape.
Andy
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I forgot to mention, make sure the shape is set to Outline instead of Fill in the Style section.
Andy
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