FEBRUARY 27, 2003
Inside the Studio Artist Paint Synthesizer, Part 4
Exploring MultiPen Mode parameters
by David Nagel
Page 5 of 5

And, finally, we come to the last setting available for MultiPens: the Weave. As its name suggests, the Weave setting can be used to force your brush tips to weave with one another in pre-defined patterns. These include Modulo, Modulo1, Modulo2, Reflect, Reflect1 and Reflect2. These are illustrated below from left to right, respectively.

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And that's it for now. If you have questions, be sure to visit me in the Synthetik Studio Artist forum at http://www.dmnforums.com/cgi-bin/displaywwugindex.fcgi?forum=studio-artist&endday=90&dire=4. And, if you'd like to read the previous installments in this series, or if you'd like to look at our ongoing "Quick Reference Guide" for Studio Artist, you can find them by clicking the "Tutorials" button in the left menu on this site or clicking here. Individual articles in this series can be found by clicking the following links: Part 1 (Time Particles), Part 2 (Time Particles, continued), Part 3 (Pen Mode).


Contact the author: Dave Nagel is the producer of Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; host of several World Wide User Groups, including Synthetik Studio Artist, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe LiveMotion, Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; and executive producer of the Digital Media Net family of publications. You can reach him at dnagel@digitalmedianet.com.


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