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1. Re: Can I taper the stroke size on a spiral path?
Monika Gause Dec 30, 2011 5:04 PM (in response to digiday)Create a triangle and make an art brush out of it. Apply this to the spiral path.
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2. Re: Can I taper the stroke size on a spiral path?
tromboniator Dec 30, 2011 8:23 PM (in response to digiday)I was setting this up while Monika was replying, so she gave you the answer. I made a trapezoid using your dimensions for the brush, rather than a triangle; otherwise the same. Be aware that you can change the direction of the brush if necessary, or face the trapezoid the other way to start with.
Peter
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3. Re: Can I taper the stroke size on a spiral path?
digiday Dec 30, 2011 9:05 PM (in response to tromboniator)Thanks Monika and tromboniator,
Your answers and image directions, in combination with another tutorial page I found at this link brought it all together for me and I was able to successfully do just what I needed...
http://www.sitepoint.com/create-illustrator-brush/
I wish I'd tried this before I did a three day project manually creating a spiral with concentric circles in Photoshop, then breaking the paths and inserting other circle path parts to create my own spiral... I ended up with a spiral that looks perfect sitting still, but when rotated in Premiere it spins a little lop-sided because it isn't a perfect descending spiral.
The spiral tool in Illustrator and your help has nulled out three days of futile work... oh well.
Thanks so much!
digi
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4. Re: Can I taper the stroke size on a spiral path?
tromboniator Dec 31, 2011 12:41 AM (in response to digiday)digi,
I generally find that I learn something during three days of floundering, even if it's not what I was after, so I hope you didn't find it a total loss. You're certainly welcome for any contribution I may have made to getting you where you needed to go.
Peter
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5. Re: Can I taper the stroke size on a spiral path?
digiday Jan 1, 2012 4:03 PM (in response to tromboniator)Peter,
You are right... the best things learned come from the journey.
Here are a few links to the motion picture promo where this infamous spiral was used... Happy New Year.
I used Adobe Premiere to make this video.
Don't watch this if you're hung over... its very spinny.
"Twenty-Twelve Teaser" - Happy New Year!
On Vimeo...
http://vimeo.com/34440790
Large screen HD on YouTube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=f-sUWa9FGdQ&feature=youtu.be&vq=hd720
On regular YouTube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-sUWa9FGdQ&feature=youtu.be
This is a 01:50 teaser promo video for the feature length promo that's about to be released.Thanks again,
digi
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6. Re: Can I taper the stroke size on a spiral path?
tromboniator Jan 1, 2012 6:38 PM (in response to digiday)Thanks for sharing the video. I'm always interested to see where people are going with the things we discuss here.




