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Intersecting lines/objects: making intersection ‘soft’? (fillets? chamfers?)
Imagine you’ve created two boxes or thick lines in two different Shape Layers (although it could be anything– footage, text, whathaveyou). One horizontal, one vertical.
How would one make the INTERSECTION of these two layers ‘soft’, that is, not right angled? A nice curved fillet or chamfer? And have the intersection stay ‘soft’ even as the layers moved about?
Thanks!
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The only way I can think or would also round all the corners. If your cool with that, then give this a try.
Make an adjustment layer above the alpha layers and add a blur effect (fast blur, gaussian, etc) and set a blur amount. Then add a levels effect and tighten up the alpha levels so the soft edges get sharp.
Kevin Camp
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I’ll give that a try, Kevin, thanks.
To describe it ‘better’ (or at least more), what I’m attempting is almost a ‘metaball’ effect, but only in 2d, where the lines have a sort of illusion of surface tension.
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“Putting the HARM in ‘harmonica’ since 2005.”
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Kevin’s approach is a great one. Another good option is to use the Median effect. Unfortunately Median runs quite slowly.
Darby Edelen
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