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gradient pressure stroke

Jul 3, 2012 11:32 PM

Hi, I was wondering with cs6 whether it would finally be possible to assign gradients on stroke by  pen pressure so you can do stuff like darken lines by pressure just like a real pencil for example.

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  • [scott w]
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    1. [scott w],
    Jul 4, 2012 1:36 AM   in reply to jarwulf
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    You can apply gradients on strokes in CS6.

     

    You can use pressure to dynamically alter stroke size/width via brushes.

     

    But pressure simply won't have any effect on any gradients within Illustrator.

     
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    2. jarwulf,
    Jul 4, 2012 11:06 AM   in reply to [scott w]
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    I understand that since I've used a wacom with earlier versions of illustrator but there's no way to assign gradient/color to pressure even with custom scripts in CS6? Thats a shame...next version I guess. Its possible to do it in photoshop though right?

     
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    Jul 4, 2012 1:04 PM   in reply to jarwulf
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    No. Not in Phootshop either.

     

    Photoshop allows you to assign opacity to stylus pressure. This can vary the density of a color while you paint. It may give the appearance of a gradient, but it's not technically a gradient in the sence of software gradients.

     

    Illustrator does not have an option to assign opacity to stylus pressure.

     
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    4. rcraighead,
    Jul 5, 2012 9:48 AM   in reply to jarwulf
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    You can get, somewhat, the effect you're after by creating a blended gradient (assuming you also want soft edges), setting it to "Multiply" and saving it as a scatter brush. Here is the effect you can get.

    Screen shot 2012-07-05 at 11.41.08 AM.png

    Setting the "Spacing" small and pressure controlled, lets you control color, by overlapping brush artwork that has been set to "multiply".

     

    I also routinely create "art" brushes with blended objects, to create soft, airbrush effects.

     
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