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teddc

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:00 pm    Post subject: Blending a path Reply with quote

In this image, a 3d max, there are unsightly facets. Is there a way to make blends along a short path to fill an area. I'm at wits end.
This is part of a logo for a convention
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's no quick and easy way I can think of...

Next time, use Animation Master. It's got spline-based modelling, which means no ugly polygonal faceting on ANY scale.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This was created in Xara. Blend along path. It would be nice if PS would come up with an option like this.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

teddc, what you created in XARA can be done in PS...unless I'm not seeing something...
stroke a path with a wide brush and the add a gradient to the path..
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think PS can do this lasa. Could you post an example of the gradient on path. I'm a bit at loss.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think even Illustrator can have a gradient follow a path like that.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok I see what you mean...I was just going from the Xara sample.. a simple wave...but you're right.

What I did below looks like a gradient following the path but it really isn't, it's a gradient superimposed on a brush stroked pen line.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I first read your post lasa, I thought that I had missed something in PS. I tried your method and WOW!. But when I posterized the result I could see the gradient was as you say superimposed.

I would imagine the algorithm or code that would be needed for pixels to follow a complex path would be difficult if not impossible to write but perhaps someday Adobe will come up with something that will achieve this result.
PS v122 perhaps Big Grin

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