Sequence Brush

Sequence Brush

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Sequence Brush

The Sequence Brush Method repeats the Brush Stroke Path a defined number of times along the full length of the master path.

Exact configuration of the Brush palette shown here to the left will vary with choice of Brush Method (the top popup menu). Your Brush Palette may look different if you are inspecting a different kind of Brush.

A Sequence Brush is just like an Interval Brush except the total number of repeats along the master path is specified instead a length. An Interval specifies the length between repeats along the master path.

These elements are found on the Inspect tab of the Brushes palette which is accessed from the Tools main menu, about one third down from the top. These brush design elements (surrounding the brush preview area) appear when working with a Sequence brush.

The Sequence Brush Method repeats the Brush Stroke Path a defined number of evenly spaced times along the master path. The count of repeats is found just below and on the right of the brush design inspection view. The value is an integer, fractions are truncated to the floor integer value.

There is control for the starting phase, or initial portion of an the interval. This has both numeric and interactive input. the brownish control handle near the left edge of the design view provides interactive control for the phase. The phase is available numerically for inspection and input just to the right of the interval numeric value. The phase value is defined as a percentage of the full interval.

Both Transform and Sequence Transform apply for this brush method. These are described on a separate Help page.

The term sequence on the Sequence Transform button (above the inspection view on the right) has a slightly different meaning than the sequence term for the name of the brush method. A sequence transform applies to other repeating brush methods, not just to this particular Sequence Method.

Sequence and repeat brushes are not stretched, their size is the size "as drawn". The drawn size relates to the originating size when the Brush Stroke Path was designed and first drawn on an EazyDraw drawing, before introduction to the Brush Scratch pad. A brush may be resized rather quickly: select the brush, click the "down" arrow to send the Brush Stroke Path to the scratch area, click the "Edit" button and the brush path will appear on the drawing. Perform the size or other editing changes and repeat. It seems a large "logical" step to edit a brush stroke, but it really is only two mouse clicks to edit and two more to send it back as a brush.

As you may see with the examples shown to the left and below, this method is convenient for graphics that have a defined number of sides. Then the phase parameter will relate directly to a fraction along each side of the graphic.