sandman
April 25th, 2004, 03:03 PM
If anyone is interested, I have compiled a set scripts in response to the
'awkward' and time consuming access to the Brush Creator dialogue in Painter
8. The scripts will also work in Painter 6/7, but are in no means meant as a
complete replacement for the more comprehensive parameter controls in the
Stroke Designer section/ Brush Controls palette.
The scripts are intended to be executed via. a custom palette, and in this
first set of Stroke Designer presets, I have focused on the following
parameter areas;
1. To quickly switch between Cover, Buildup and Drip methods and their
associated sub categories for Circular Dab, Single Pixel, Static Bristle and
Captured Dab type brushes.
2. Provide scripts to 'Make Eraser', 'Make Soft Grain Colorize', 'Make Add
Grain Brush' and 'Make Desaturating' from Circular Dab, Single Pixel, Static
Bristle and Captured Dab type brushes.
3. The optional selection of Opacity Expression (Controller in Painter 6/7)
as Pressure or None.
4. To toggle the variant Size Expression between Pressure and None, as well
as providing a small collection of Minimum Size presets.
5. Providing fixed Squeeze and Angle presets for Circular Dab and Captured
Dab brush types.
6. Making available a small number of Spacing/ Minimum Spacing combination
script presets.
For full details of how to load the scripts, create a custom palette to
access them, and a comprehensive summary of individual script functions, i have a tutorial here (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.gell/Pages/Tutorial6.html). The scripts can be downloaded from the same page.
David
'awkward' and time consuming access to the Brush Creator dialogue in Painter
8. The scripts will also work in Painter 6/7, but are in no means meant as a
complete replacement for the more comprehensive parameter controls in the
Stroke Designer section/ Brush Controls palette.
The scripts are intended to be executed via. a custom palette, and in this
first set of Stroke Designer presets, I have focused on the following
parameter areas;
1. To quickly switch between Cover, Buildup and Drip methods and their
associated sub categories for Circular Dab, Single Pixel, Static Bristle and
Captured Dab type brushes.
2. Provide scripts to 'Make Eraser', 'Make Soft Grain Colorize', 'Make Add
Grain Brush' and 'Make Desaturating' from Circular Dab, Single Pixel, Static
Bristle and Captured Dab type brushes.
3. The optional selection of Opacity Expression (Controller in Painter 6/7)
as Pressure or None.
4. To toggle the variant Size Expression between Pressure and None, as well
as providing a small collection of Minimum Size presets.
5. Providing fixed Squeeze and Angle presets for Circular Dab and Captured
Dab brush types.
6. Making available a small number of Spacing/ Minimum Spacing combination
script presets.
For full details of how to load the scripts, create a custom palette to
access them, and a comprehensive summary of individual script functions, i have a tutorial here (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.gell/Pages/Tutorial6.html). The scripts can be downloaded from the same page.
David