Animating strokes – Apple Shake 4 User Manual

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Chapter 21

Paint

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There are two different drag modes that affect how strokes are reshaped when you
move a selected group of control points.

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If Linear Drag mode is selected, all selected control points move the same amount.

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If Magnet Drag mode is selected, the points nearest the pointer move the most. To
temporarily activate this mode, press and hold the Z key and drag.

Animating Strokes

There are several ways you can animate paint strokes:

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You can keyframe the movement of selected points using the standard Autokey
controls to set keyframes for paint strokes in Interp mode.

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You can animate the startPoint and endPoint parameters to animate the completion
of a stroke along the defined stroke path.

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You can attach a tracker to a paint stroke.

Selected points

Dragging in Linear Drag mode

Selected points

Dragging in Magnet Drag mode

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