I'm trying to create dotted lines that are actually circles and not square shaped dots (the given option in the outline menu). Is the best/only way to do this by creating a new Artistic Media Brush? It seems like there should be an easier option when needing to create a long dotted line or a shape with a dotted outline.
Thanks!
I think Kiefer is looking for a way to create round/circular dots, not round dots in a circle. :) See the Outline variations, the dots are all square. I don't think we can make them circular. We can add an outline and use rounded ends and caps, but you only end up with a flat oval. You can create your own dotted outline, but the "dots" will always square.
So the best option is to create our own with Artistic Media object sprayer.
Greetings,
There is a way to change the "outlines" to produce dots. It was a hack/tweak in the code page that makes that happen, just a simple number change. It was posted in the newsgroups a few years ago and I do not remember what the change was. I am going to search my notes, hopefully I can find it. If I can I will post it here. Might have been posted by a guy named Fisher?? An old corel tech from upstate NY. Perhaps some other people that have been around for a while will remember it. Foster, Michael C ???? I know you guys seen it.
pranderson said: think Kiefer is looking for a way to create round/circular dots, not round dots in a circle. :) See the Outline variations, the dots are all square. I don't think we can make them circular. We can add an outline and use rounded ends and caps, but you only end up with a flat oval. You can create your own dotted outline, but the "dots" will always square.
Bob
Now that you have the file created and its working, any chance you can pass along the file itself?
That way I can just drop it into my Custom Data folder.
I don't have a linestyles file to modify at the moment, I guess because I haven't created a custom line yet.
But it would be simple to drop your file in and save the work.
It would be most appreciated...I would pass your name along to Thanos for special privileges?
The forum wouldn't let me upload a *.dot file, so I just renamed it *.doc. Download it and save it as linestyles.dot and put it into the right place. It has two linestyles for dots at the end... one will be dots with space, the others will be dots pressed against each other.
Thanks to everyone here who added these tips --- we simulate the look of rhinestone around art pretty often. We haven't wanted to pay for a rhinestone software since we don't actually produce the transfers... we just want to simulate the look for customers browsing our online stores. This has been incredibly helpful... THANK YOU ALL!!!!
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Thank you for sharing that.
Thomas W. said:we simulate the look of rhinestone around art pretty often
How do you feel about using VBA macros?
VIDEO: Circles on Curves demo 01
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This Macro you show looks great! Is it available?
Eskimo said:I could add an entry to my blog for this macro.
This macro is now in my blog: #12 - Circles on Curves.
That gets it up there, but the demonstration videos only scratch the surface of the variety of things that one can do with the macro.
Explore, and feel free to ask questions.