[thelist] illustrator paths and points
aardvark
roselli at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 20 16:09:11 CST 2001
> From: "A. Erickson" <amanda at gawow.com>
[...]
> and curves -- something I don't have a problem with. It's getting
> those paths and points and curves to look pretty and symmetrical and
> polished that I'm having the problem with.
one technique that i've used... when i want a symmetrical shape, i
draw a line depicting the axis of the shape... from there i create
grid lines (not a full grid) so that each point on the grid matches up
to handles and points on the curves... i duplicate and mirror that
grid to the other side of the axis, and move the analogous points
and handles into their respective spots on the now-mirrored grid...
probably an easier way to do it, but it works...
if you want some examples, let me know off-list... ascii art
representations of what i mean won't work, and i'm not gonna send
any attachments to the list...
> Does everyone just eyeball 'em? (Say it isn't so!)
heh... that, too...
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