anshu Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Hey Everyone, I am trying to make my hatch fade out as to indicate continuing forever and keeping the focus on my actual drawing, just like hand drafting, but I cannot for the life of me figure it out. I tried gradients but I cannot do one with a transparency, or hatch options or texture. Even importing a png with transparency. Any ideas? Thanks Anshu Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Interesting problem. I can think of a couple "almost" solutions, but none that truly mimic what you're after... Maybe what you need to do is use a masking object with it's opacity set to some amount less than 100%, such that is covers the part of the hatched object you want to show as faded. Still not exactly right, but perhaps you can play around with the technique and get what you want... Quote Link to comment
anshu Posted February 7, 2010 Author Share Posted February 7, 2010 Yea I have thought of that. The problem is that makes faded regions, so you have a chunk at half and a chunk at quarter opacity. What I am looking for is a clean fade out.... seems easy in alot of programs but I cannot find almost anything that has transparency in it.... Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 It would make a very good WishList item. If you have time, post it! Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 My method is not really a solution, because it doesn't fade out, but it doesn't stop abruptly either. I use a polyline for the hatch area. The start fills the full shape of the object, but the end has a curvy shape. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 I also wondered about stipple, but that's not controllable like a hatch. Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 seems easy in alot of programs.... It is easy for the user to grasp and use, but it is difficult to implement. It would also slow the render and screen redraw times down a lot. Somewhere along the line, the computer is going to have to apply graduated transparency steps to the objects it draws. The smoother the effect, the more steps, just like the masking operation you were contemplating. Nice wish item, though. Photoshop might be the better tool at the moment. Raymond Quote Link to comment
monkey Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 this would be doable if you could have a 'none' fill on a gradient, then you could have a gradient with none and white and place this with an opacity over the hatch, thus fading out. this may be possible in 2010, but havent got a clue cos im still in the dark ages...... Quote Link to comment
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