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Shape Layers: drawing a series of unconnected lines, quickly
I have this same/similar issue w/Photoshop:
When you want a series of unconnected lines in a Shape Layer, is there a control key or something you can hold down to indicate that you do NOT want PShop/AE to connect the lines as you make them?
In Photoshop I resort to clicking off in the wilderness somewhere, that seems to communicate that workflow, but I’m thinking there might be a better way?
Thanks.
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“Putting the HARM in ‘harmonica’ since 2005.”
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And before someone says “use the Brush Tool”, I’m trying to draw guidelines below another layer, and so I don’t want to have to work in a Layer Panel, because I need to see portions of the other layer.
(Feature request: allow the various tools that currently need to be applied in a Layer panel to work within a comp panel– modes are OK.)
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No, not a broken outline. Just a bunch of unconnected lines, using Shape Layers.
One CAN do it, but getting the Pen Tool to NOT make connected lines/polys is the sticking point here. Currently it’s so awkward I’m assuming I’m doing it wrong.
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This is exactly what I’m trying to do right now… create a series or bunch of unconnected straight lines in a shape layer in AE CC… and experiencing the same frustration. So far, the only solution I see is to put every line in a separate shape layer. Gotta be a better way.
Chris Summerfield
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