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Paint toon line attributes

Work with toon lines

Use a modifier to alter toon line and brush attributes

 

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Use Paint Effects with toon lines

You can assign a Paint Effects brush to toon lines to create interesting effects, for example, a smeared toon line, a metallic toon line, and so on.

You can also paint additional toon lines using a Paint Effects brush. See Paint additional lines in toon scenes.

To attach a Paint Effects brush to toon lines

1. Select the toon lines to which you want to assign a Paint Effects brush.
2. Select a Paint Effects brush by doing one of the following:
   • Select Paint Effects > Get Brush and select a brush from the Visor window. Any Paint Effects brush can be used, but those in the Toon folder are particularly suitable.
   • Select a brush from the Paint Effects shelf.
3. Select Toon > Assign Paint Effects Brush to Toon Lines. The selected brush is attached to the selected toon lines.
4. Edit the brush attributes. Consider changing the Global Scale value of the brush to 1 so that you can scale the line using toon attributes.
   TipAfter assigning a Paint Effects brush with tubes turned on (for example, a vine brush), in order to eliminate the “jumping around” that occurs when the toon lines redraw, do the following:

   • turn on Smooth Profile
   • turn on Resample Profile
   • increase the Min Segment Length for resampling
   • set the Max Segment Length equal to the Min for resampling