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#DRAWING CAPAB. A.STUDIO

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#183676From: – VisitorAug 4, 1995 11:15 PM
HI. THIS IS MY FIRST ONLINE ATTEMPT – YOU SEEM KNOWLEDGEABLE –READING YOUR HELPFUL REPLIES TO QUESTIONS, SO I CHOSE YOU, DAVE. I HAVE JUST PURCHASED ANIMATOR STUDIO, AND FIND THAT NO MATTER WHAT I DO (SO FAR), THE DRAW TOOL MOVES ONLY IN GRID-LIKE ANGULAR MOVEMENTS. I HAVE WORKED WITH ANIMATOR PRO, AND LOVE IT — IT TOO DOES THIS AT THE LOWER RESOLUTIONS, BUT AT 640X480, YOU GET WONDEFUL CONTROL, EVEN WITH JUST A MOUSE. ANY INPUT ABOUT SETTINGS TO MAKE IT A MORE SATISFACTORY DRAW TOOL? THANKS VERY MUCH – JENNY GLENN
#183736From: dave aguilarAug 5, 1995 6:01 PM
>> HI. THIS IS MY FIRST ONLINE ATTEMPT – YOU SEEM KNOWLEDGEABLE –READING YOUR HELPFUL REPLIES TO QUESTIONS, SO I CHOSE YOU, DAVE. << hi Jenny. Welcome to AMMEDIA forum. i have moved your message to section 4 (Animator-dedicated area) instead of section 1(IPAS-dedicated area) so that others who use Animator products can also jump in on this. the products are always evolving, and there is never one way to anything with this stuff, but i'd be happy to take a crack at any of your posts here. 🙂 >> I HAVE JUST PURCHASED ANIMATOR STUDIO, AND FIND THAT NO MATTER WHAT I DO (SO FAR), THE DRAW TOOL MOVES ONLY IN GRID-LIKE ANGULAR MOVEMENTS. I HAVE WORKED WITH ANIMATOR PRO, AND LOVE IT — IT TOO DOES THIS AT THE LOWER RESOLUTIONS, BUT AT 640X480, YOU GET WONDEFUL CONTROL, EVEN WITH JUST A MOUSE. ANY INPUT ABOUT SETTINGS TO MAKE IT A MORE SATISFACTORY DRAW TOOL? THANKS VERY MUCH – << mouse control… boy, a whole bunch of ways to affect that. for low resolution images where the control really gets choppy, one of the oldest tricks i use is to scale the image up to a higher resolution, do my mouseowkr on it, and then scale the entire image back to its original resolution. there could be many reasons why you're getting "chop"… make sure to disable the "snap to grid" option in the pulldown to see you you're locked to a default grid, check your windows settings for mouse sensitivities (Control Panel). if you like the control you get at 640×480, try scaling the image to something larger. let me know if this helps. -dave
#184326From: – VisitorAug 10, 1995 8:31 PM
Hi Dave. Thanks for your suggestions; so far, no matter how high the resolution, I still get those stick-like lines. I played around with the control panel, and by moving mouse or pen verrrrrrrrrrry slowly, can sort of make curves in freehand. I am not snapped into a grid setting; I'm going to try that trick of working at higher resolution in regular Animator Pro – I can see how that would be helpful. I think I will put a comment into Animator Studio Bug questions, and see if they have any suggestions, too. I will relay them to you — who knows, it might come in handy for something you're doing. Again, thanks for responding — til next time, Jenny Glenn
#184514From: dave aguilarAug 11, 1995 7:34 PM
>> Hi Dave. Thanks for your suggestions; so far, no matter how high the resolution, I still get those stick-like lines. I played around with the control panel, and by moving mouse or pen verrrrrrrrrrry slowly, can sort of make curves in freehand. I am not snapped into a grid setting; I'm going to try that trick of working at higher resolution in regular Animator Pro – I can see how that would be helpful. << okay. >> I think I will put a comment into Animator Studio Bug questions, and see if they have any suggestions, too. I will relay them to you — who knows, it might come in handy for something you're doing. Again, thanks for responding — til next time, Jenny Glenn << my pleasure, Jenny. if you do ever find helpful techniques with settings workarounds or techniques, please forward them to me so i can make sure others benefit by your talent! 🙂 -dave