WIP - Testing Blending: not yet a tutorial but soon for beginners

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Work in progress: the scheme is so far rather incoherent & I have to adjust the node points, the thickness, the gradients etc. but again, no issue dealing with all these curves & gradients in VS.

Just for testing & repeating the process with the letter P like P(ageStyler)...

Edit: @VectorStyler I noticed that Ctrl-Z does not work as expected after applying a gradient but overall no problem.

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WIP, slightly better and even more difficult for VS because I've added effects (Gaussian blur, distortion).

Still a screenshot:

@VectorStyler VS is fine now. I'm wondering whether this can be due to the maximum sub-pixels I've selected to render the graphics and after a while rendering can become chaotic ?

[VectorStyler]

@Pat said in WIP - Testing Blending: not yet a tutorial but soon for beginners:

maximum sub-pixels I've selected to render the graphics

Could be, but this is not affected by the GPU.
I will try with maximum subpixel antialising on Windows.

[B-Vs-V]

The idea is simply to show what can be achieved with the blending feature in VS.

This is not particularly original; there were many tutorials with this approach in AI that I used to illustrate a book chapter at the time. These small manipulations show different renderings (and perspective) by changing the thickness of the lines/strokes, their opacity and of course their position. I don't want to bother you with too many of these figures and I will show the final version for the all word "VectorStyler".

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Not being sure if I can finish quickly, so here is the current status. It's far from perfect but as I wrote, it's about showing that one can be creative with this VS feature (hope you think this way ). Some parameters can (should in this case) be improved and one can modulate:

• the colour gradients (here could be harmonised);
• the placement of the nodes;
• the thickness and size of the strokes (can be different between the two objects used for blending);
• etc.
  One could also add distortion effects (I will try later). Some of the strokes ends should be masked, etc. etc.
  I hope you won't be bothered with this and that you won't find it too simple for vector graphics specialists. I don't think we need a tutorial for this but just tell me...

If this AI function is missing in the work, VectorStyler can do it

The artefacts are there because this is a simple screenshot (just click the image to get a better shot, I think).

For abstracts shapes & posters, this is great too.

[Subpath]

@Pat

looks great so far

btw it is also possible to create a Patterbrush from one or more Blends,
a new functionality in VS since Version 1.0.42

[B-Vs-V]

@Subpath I didn't know but I was planning as a next step to dive into the diversity of brushes in VS and their use.
A lot of fun ahead.

[Subpath]

@Pat said in WIP - Testing Blending: not yet a tutorial but soon for beginners:

A lot of fun ahead.

Indeed

Played a while ago with Blends for Pattern Brush
its here:
https://www.vectorstyler.com/forum/topic/2089/playing-with-blend-in-pattern-brush

[B-Vs-V]

@Subpath Great, I'll read the thread for sure Thank you.

[B-Vs-V]

Well, I'll stop here for now. I personally find that these VS features allow to express a lot of different (creative) ideas. I don't have much time to go on but just to show that many effects are possible.

I followed a tutorial from @Devil-Dinosaur on isometric drawing and I've applied various distortions of the whole object. I still have to test the line distortions and I'm sure it will be very creative too.

If you don't have VS yet, don't hesitate to get it

[Subpath]

@Pat said in WIP - Testing Blending: not yet a tutorial but soon for beginners:

I personally find that these VS features allow to express a lot of different (creative) ideas.

I can only agree with that.

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Just a very quick one to display another way of using VS features.

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One very last one to show the efficiency of VS ; I have used the 'text' tool, the transform feature, the blend tool (& many options), rotation of a duplicated and mirrored original object... & I tested the colour changes this time ( effect --> adjust colour --> invert colour ; effect --> replace colour --> adjust colour).

VS is really powerful and a pleasure to use. But work is calling and I'll try to stop using VS for now I might have an issue with the 'replace colour' feature : I only see the preview for a few seconds & after no way to get it again. I have to use it further before posting a possible bug (but no time now).

[Subpath]

@Pat

nice creations
it seems to me that you are now another user
addicted to the possibilities of VectorStyler

and the ideas will never stop bubbling up

[Harry]

@Pat said in WIP - Testing Blending: not yet a tutorial but soon for beginners:

One very last one to show the efficiency of VS ; I have used the 'text' tool, the transform feature, the blend tool (& many options), rotation of a duplicated and mirrored original object... & I tested the colour changes this time ( effect --> adjust colour --> invert colour ; effect --> replace colour --> adjust colour).

VS is really powerful and a pleasure to use. But work is calling and I'll try to stop using VS for now I might have an issue with the 'replace colour' feature : I only see the preview for a few seconds & after no way to get it again. I have to use it further before posting a possible bug (but no time now).

I'm impressed! Very creative and inspiring!

I'd love to see a tutorial on this!

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@Subpath Thank you but it's simply to test with a concrete case some functionalities of VS... even if I have an idea which will exploit these various useless graphic "manipulations"

Indeed, VS is very very addictive. I'm so glad to have some features back without subscribing to A*%!e for full CC.

If @VectorStyler decides to add some features for desktop publishing, those apps will be an amazing/striking duo... and then an incredible trio with photo editing in the long term

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@Harry Thank you (making these is just a way to learn VS)
Oh, ok for the tutorial but I just need to feel a little more confident, go through the different options and I'll get to it.

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This is not at all what I wanted to get but as I have some issues with some features, I play with the multiple possibilities of VS. It looks simple but it's full of little steps.
It would look good for a poster. This will be my next challenge, to make a layout in VS for a poster for a hypothetical event (with grids, etc.).

[Subpath]

@Pat

this one looks so cool
well done

[B-Vs-V]

@Subpath Thank you. Can be modified endlessly. This is the V of VS of course. I'll have to spend some time on the "S"