Pencil Line Texture
You can apply a texture to a pencil line.Pencil lines support texture. Before drawing, you can select or import a texture and apply it to your lines. You can also change it afterwards using the Select tool. Textures are independent from pencil templates.
When you import a texture in your pencil styles, it is saved in your scene. If you want to add that texture to a bank that you will reuse in different scenes, you can add that texture to your preferences.
There is a pencil texture palette created in each scene. In order for this palette to be created, you need to draw a pencil stroke using texture. To see it, you need to enable the Advance Palette Lists option. Once enabled, you will see a palette named pencilstyle_opacity
in your palette list.
For advanced usage, you can assign a custom palette as your pencil texture palette. All textures used to draw in your scene will be added to this custom palette. This gives you the ability to save your custom palette at the Environment or Job level if you want to reuse that palette in more than one scene—see .
How to apply a preset texture to a pencil line
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In the Tools toolbar, select the Pencil tool. |
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In the Tool Properties view, the preview area displays the stroke that will be produced after you customize the different parameters in the Tool Properties view. Click the arrow button. |
In the Pencil Properties display.
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In the Texture section, select a texture for the pencil. |
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In the Camera or Drawing view, draw a pencil line. |
How to create a pencil texture template with the Pencil tool
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In the Tools toolbar, select the Pencil tool. |
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In the Tool Properties view, click the arrow button beside the stroke preview area. |
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In the Pencil Properties editor, click the New Texture button or select New Texture from the Texture menu. |
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To delete a preset style, click the Delete Texture button. |
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Browse for your bitmap texture file. |
The file must be a TGA or PSD. Your texture MUST HAVE an alpha channel.
The imported texture is saved in your scene texture list.
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In the Pencil Properties editor, select your new texture. |
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In the Tool Properties view, click the Texture menu and select Rename Texture. |
The Rename Opacity Texture dialog box opens.
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In the Name field, type the template name and click OK. |
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In the Camera or Drawing view, draw your pencil lines. |
How to assign a custom palette as the Pencil Texture Palette
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In the Colour view, create your custom palette and save it at the level of your choice—see . |
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Select the palette you want to assign as your pencil texture palette. |
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From the Colour view menu, select Palette > Pencil Texture Palette. |
How to enable the Advanced Palette Lists preference
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From the top menu, select Edit > Preferences ( Windows/Linux ) or > Preferences ( Mac OS X ). |
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In the Preferences dialog box, select the Advanced tab, |
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In the Advanced Options section, select the Advanced Palette Lists option. |