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  • squared end stroke (with write on)

    Posted by Gary Nicholson on August 22, 2005 at 4:01 am

    Following on an earlier post Mylenium suggested using write on to achieve squared off end strokes.
    I have gone through the effect panel but I can’t see how to square off the ends.

    Any help would be great.

    Thanks

    Gary

    Roger Burton replied 20 years, 8 months ago 6 Members · 6 Replies
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  • John Dickinson

    August 22, 2005 at 5:34 am

    Write-on doesn’t do square end strokes. No effects that I know of do.

    JD

    John Dickinson
    Motionworks
    https://www.motionworks.com.au

  • Mylenium

    August 22, 2005 at 6:04 am

    Sorry, my bad. I was having the classic Vector Paint Effect in mind. It has a squarely shaped brusch tip which allows you to properly cap ends. The trouble with this tool is that it’s a major pain in the neck just to get a smooth stroke. Again, apologies for any confusion I might have caused.

    Mylenium

    [Pour Myl

  • Roger Burton

    August 22, 2005 at 1:15 pm

    Out of interest I solved the problem by attaching a small rectangular solid to one end of the mask/stroke layer..auto oriented it along the path, precomped it and used one of the alpha track matte modes to make it invisible and act as a square cut-off at the end of the line….worked pretty well (and not as complex as I’ve made it sound…I could probably send the project to anyone who can’t work it out, if they give me their address)…best…Roger

  • Serge Hamad

    August 22, 2005 at 4:29 pm
  • Dwaynne

    August 22, 2005 at 7:20 pm

    Roger, can you send me a dumbed down AEP to look at? I’ve been wondering how to achieve the same for a while now.

  • Roger Burton

    August 24, 2005 at 9:44 am

    no probs…let me have your e-mail

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