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APRIL 09, 2004 Revisiting Write-on Effects in Studio Artist 3
Preparing the brush For the most part, the preset brushes in Studio Artist are already prepared for alpha output (as opposed to version 2, which required setting the alpha on each individual brush). However, you might want to check these settings anyway to make sure you're getting the best result from your brush before you put the time into creating your animation. So first, go to the control palette and switch from "Presets" to "Paint Synthesizer." From there, go to the "Alpha Fill" parameter settings. Most of the brushes you use will already be set to "Default" for the alpha fill, which is fine. Some, however, are set to "Comp Brush" or "Source Brush." [an error occurred while processing this directive]  These settings tend to give your brush a softer edge, but they also cause problems when viewing the animation in an external problem because they pick up some of the surrounding color of your canvas (even if the canvas isn't set to a color), and so you might get some bleed on your edges. To fix this, change the Alpha Fill to "Default." The other consideration, as I mentioned earlier, is blanking. Blanking is something that normally doesn't concern you. However, if you're using more than one layer in your animation and have set your movie stream alpha output to blanking, you will want to make sure that your brush's blanking is set properly. The relevant blanking setting is, once again, in the Paint Synthesizer. Switch to the "Path Start" parameters, and set the Blanking option to "Brush Only."  Now you should be all set. If you want to save your brush settings after you make your changes, choose File > Export > Paint Patch Export. Save the brush in your Presets directory somewhere, and then choose Edit > Presets > Reload Presets to be able to access the new brush from your presets palette. Prev 1 2 3 4 Next Related sites: Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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