Smoothing a stroke (PB only)The Smoother command in the Vector Paint contextual menu removes points from a selected stroke or strokes. This simplifies stroke paths, smoothing out the curves. By eliminating unneeded points, the Smoother can also dramatically reduce the size of the project file when you have complex drawings composed of many strokes. When you select a path and choose Smoother, a dialog box appears in which you can type a Set Max Error value. This sets the tolerance for the smoothing. Higher values remove more points on the path, resulting in a smoother stroke. Set values within the range 0-100. The default value, 1.0, removes only redundant points, maintaining details in the stroke. After you click OK in the dialog box, the stroke paths immediately reflect the smoothing in the Composition window. Important: Smoothing cannot be undone. Removing these points may alter the shape of the path. If you want to preview the results before you commit, create a duplicate of the layer and apply Smoothing to test the result. If these are satisfactory, then apply the command to the original layer. |