Re: [artworks] Perspective problem?
- From: Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:18:55 +0200
In message <e582e9ec4e.Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Chris Terran <chris.terranova@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> http://www.simon-smith.org/ArtWorks.zip (note capitalisation) contains
>> an image with a perspective envelope. [...]
>
> AW's perspective tool is pretty good, but it doesn't adjust line-widths
> according to the perspective -- that would require variable-width lines,
> which AW doesn't support. So while each line's coordinates are
> perspectivised, the actual line itself isn't ... and neither are the
> line-joining settings -- mitres, or whatever -- which I think is what
> you're seeing when you perspectivise it in certain ways.
>
> I think to get the correct effect, each line would need to be converted
> to a filled shape. Which has been requested before, IIRC; it would be
> a useful feature in a number of ways.
True, it would be nice to have line profiles (converting a line to an
equivalent filled shape), but the problem Simon describes is caused by
something completely different. See my other message.
Martin
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