shape problems

notengo · Post by **notengo** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:55 pm

Hello, im using "anime studio V 5.6"
The problem im having is this:
if you look at the jpg that i´ve posted here you can see an arm
well if i want to put a Watch-strap to the arm and remove al the borders
the problem is that i can see some lines in the color of the arm that are suposed to be in the Watch-strap colour. Is there any form to fix this?
Thank you in advance for any answer.

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arfa · Post by **arfa** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:47 pm

Will the hide-edge tool do it?

Acochran_89 · Post by **Acochran_89** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:08 pm

well there are several things that you could do, it just depends on how complicated you wanted to get and how much control you wanted.
however, the easiest solution that i could think of right away, is to simply turn the outline of the wrist band shape off and extend the shape to the edge of the arm...like so http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4uixnvjtjqz

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:08 pm

i'd try the HIDE EDGE tool like arfa suggested

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:03 am

You could put a stroke around the "band" shape that is the same color as the fill.

It depends on what is causing the "line". There is a situation resulting from antialiasing that can cause a VERY THIN line between shapes or when a shape is over a contrasting shape. This line seems thicker than that and appears to be a stroke. It doesn't seem to be one of those situations but I can't tell for sure. If it is you can go the "Vector" tab of the layer settings and check "Gap Filling" at the bottom of that screen.

-vern

notengo · Post by **notengo** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:42 pm

Thank you guys very much for your answers, im sorry i didnt explain the situation very well.

The wrist strap is on the same layer of the arm as a matter of fact is attached to the arm.
i made two lines inside the arm shape perpendicular to the lines of the arm,
attached them to the lines of the arm and then selected the points i had created to finnally create a shape and change the color,
that was the way i had created the arm wrist.
none of the figures had edges i had cleaned them from the shapes.
So my problem is without edges i still can see the horrible lines

i hope my explanation is better now the idea is:

to have a shape and a shape inside the first one in the same layer, (also this second shape is shareing points with the first one )
everything without edges

i need to avoid the lines at the end of the Watch-strap.

This lines are the same colour of the arm, is like the Watch-strap cant cover all

If anyone have any solutions ill be very gratefull thank you very much to all.

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:17 am

Can you post the AS file? Can you post a larger render of the arm? This could be the antialiasing issue I mentioned in my previous post. I need to see the file or a larger render to be sure. If it is I think using gap filling on the vector layer could help with this.

-vern

Acochran_89 · Post by **Acochran_89** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:01 am

hmmm.....you could try deleting the first shape (the arm). And then actually create 3 shapes: upper arm, wrist band, and then the forearm. Some times when you create a shape that on top of another shape like you did then those lines appear, but i don't know for sure if that's what you did.

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:07 am

Here is a sample file:
http://pastebin.com/m42a96e2e
(Sorry AS 6.0 version)
The Gap filling check box improves it a little but it still appearing. The only way to solve it is by doing three shapes as Acochran suggested.
This is a bug and is related to antialiasing.
-G

notengo · Post by **notengo** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:10 pm

First of all, thank you very much for the answers
I`ve decided to post one more time
i had uploaded the file in AS 6.5,

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?eke5mqrmjjo

The thing is:
I dont want to use 2 diferent forms splitted
my intention is to keep things just like the example im posting here.
Is any way to solve this line problem? or its a program bug, and i can`t do nothing about it?

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:33 pm

It is a bug and can be partially solved using "Gap filling" checkbox in the Vector tab of the layer properties.

This is the original file render:

This is after check "Gap filling" in the vector tab of the layer properties.

The Gap filling adds a thin outline around the shape that is noticeable for small output renders.

But it solves partially the problem in the shared edge.
-G