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



  • @Pat

    Nice,
    looks like a title for the great upcoming VectorStyler TV show
    I'm looking forward to it 🙂



  • WIP ! I'd like to make an axonometric "3D" project and I'm in the process of testing the possibilities of VS. It would be a bit long to explain the steps but in itself nothing very complicated.
    The software does slow down a bit but I think that's due to the calculation time for rendering (several artboards, some image and shape effects, blending, different colours to strokes and fills...). Infinite possibilities by changing a single parameter.

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  • @Pat

    nice,
    i like the transparent, glass-like effect in the middle



  • @Subpath Thanks. I'll come back on this one later.



  • I wanted to achieve a realistic neon effect (not just a blur effect applied to a coloured line), for editable text. I achieved this effect by copy-pasting the text outlines (no fill), applying brushes and transparency to the shapes on a dark background (gradient). It's not too successful but I like the overall effect with the Repeater function on each of the shapes (of course, the text in this case is not editable):

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  • @Pat

    looks not that bad too me
    how about a make the reflection Light
    on the wall more soft/blurry
    (only the letter contour)



  • @Subpath Thanks ☺ but there is still room for improvement. I did apply blur shape effect on two outilles. I need to start differently for this neon effect.



  • I wanted to create a complex design with multiple shapes and objects, but I've reached the limit of VS usability in terms of fluidity.

    I could have obtained this with the Blend feature but I tested the Envelope option to obtain the first shape and then a transformation with clones for the general organisation.There are a lot of curves and therefore (just guessing) a lot of calculations and unfortunately VS lags too much to continue with this type of graphic.

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  • Tested the Envelope feature, transforming objects into clones, by varying the shapes and colours. The possibilities are endless; in just a few seconds, various designs can be produced... An alternative to other approaches (e.g. blending)...

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  • Just one last screenshot ☺ once the reference object is created, the rest only takes a few minutes, by varying the positions of the nodes(/handles)... this could be the starting point for various designs... have fun testing all this ☺

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