5 Replies Latest reply: Mar 26, 2012 8:05 PM by q38 RSS

    end cap choice shifts line stroke

    q38 Community Member

      In OSX Lion, create a non-closed path in a shape layer.  Select a narrow stroke of .89 pts.  Select center alignment and then try each of the end caps.  The stroke line shifts laterally relative to the vector stroke with each end point.  However Caps does not shift the line when align is set to the outside selection.  My expected behavior is that the selection of end cap does not change the lateral position of the stroke line relative to the vector line, only Align does that.  Please see attached jpg image.

       

      Thank you so very much for including the ability to stroke a non-closed bezier path.  I so appreciate now being able to use lines and arcs, not just shapes, it opens a new world of creation.

       

      PS6_endcap_shift.jpg

        • 1. Re: end cap choice shifts line stroke
          c.pfaffenbichler Community Member

          Thank you so very much for including the ability to stroke a non-closed bezier path.

          Where do you set that?

          In my test the stroke conforms to the Path as if it were closed.

          Edit: Forget it, it probably was a mistake on my part and works now.

           

          And it seems terribly counterintuitive to me to have to set the Tool to »Shape« to be able to edit the Stroke when a Vector Mask is already selected.

          • 2. Re: end cap choice shifts line stroke
            q38 Community Member

            It must be set to shape, and only one line per layer.  As soon as you try to add another line or merge layers, they ALL get completed.  I hope they do not consider an open line a "bug" that they will "fix", still the inclusion of Caps is an indication they may be allowing this now.

            • 3. Re: end cap choice shifts line stroke
              c.pfaffenbichler Community Member

              I hope they do not consider an open line a "bug" that they will "fix"

              I agree, I’ve bee wanting an interactive open Path-Stroke for a while.

              http://forums.adobe.com/message/2819220#2819220

               

              As soon as you try to add another line or merge layers, they ALL get completed. 

              Pity that, I would prefer to be able to keep several stroked open Paths in one Vector Mask.

              • 4. Re: end cap choice shifts line stroke
                M Shaw Adobe Employee

                Do you have the Align Edges option enabled? When it works to clean up the edges, it can change the position of the rendered pixels to try to get them to align to the grid as best it can.

                • 5. Re: end cap choice shifts line stroke
                  q38 Community Member

                  Thank you M Shaw, that was the solution.  When you want edges precisely aligned to your drawing, turn off "Align Edges" to the pixel grid.  But be careful, pixel alignment is useful for vertical and horizontal lines, but for angled lines making the end points match just misaligns elsewhere along the line, but the whole line gets moved anyway.  You can turn align on and off for each layer (and only one line per layer!), so you can choose manually to apply it only to vertical and horizontal lines.  This is very useful when you downscale a vector drawing, some font renderings use this alignment.