Stretch Brush

Stretch Brush

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Stretch Brush

The Stretch Brush stretches and conforms the Brush Stroke Path to each segment of a Bezier Path. The Stretch brush is selected with the Method popup menu found at the top of the palette.

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.

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 Stretch brush.

A Stretch brush stretches the Brush Bezier path along each Bezier segment of the Master path. This is a simple linear stretch with no thinning or thickening of the brush path.

Curve Linear applies when the Brush Stroke path has straight (linear or non-curved) components and the master path is curved. Selecting Curve Linear will bend and curve the linear portions of the brush path. Notice the difference between the Blue and the Green double headed arrow's below. They both use the same Brush Stroke Path, the green one has Curve Linear applied.

This brush technique provides a method for repetition of a Brush Stroke Path where the repeating elements need not have the same length. The length of each repeat is under artistic control as the master path is drawn.

This method will most likely be used with the Path, Bezier, or Continuous Bezier tools. It is probably not appropriate for the Pencil or Brush tools because these tools automatically add Bezier nodes (or vertices) when needed. So appearance will not be under artistic control with the Pencil or Brush tools.

Stretch Brushes do not extend the full length of the Master path. Unlike the Artistic Brush, the positions of individual Bezier vertices define the final appearance of the brush graphic.