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Placing elements

Place Elements is an effect designed to automate the application of brush dabs. It’s particularly useful when applying it with an Image hose brush variant. For more information, see Painting with the Image hose.

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An example of the Place Elements effect used with the Image hose

The Place Elements effect creates a virtual sphere within the confines of a selection rectangle. When the selection is square, the sphere is perfectly round; when the selection is rectangular, the sphere is elongated or flattened.

A number of points are created at random locations on the sphere. The points are then distanced from each other, and a brush dab is placed at each point. Each dab’s appearance is adjusted according to its location on the sphere.

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An example of the Place Elements effect used with a brush

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If you choose two or three levels, you can prevent overlapping elements by enabling the Cull Interiors check box. This removes points that occur inside other spheres, before elements are placed. This option increases processing time for the effect.


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