Adobe 65008009 - After Effects CS4 Using Manual page 508

Last updated 12/21/2009
Specify the curviness, spacing, and overlap of the scribbled line.
Stroke Options
• Controls the amount of curve at the end of each scribbled stroke. Specify a value between 0° and 100°.
Curviness
• Determines the amount of variance the curviness values can have at each end point. Specify a
Curviness Variation
value between 0% and 100%. A value of 0 gives the scribble sharp corners, while a value of 100 makes the scribble loopy.
•
Spacing and Spacing Variation
width value makes the lines fall next to each other.
• Determines whether the scribble ends at the path, inside the path, or outside the path. Specify 0 to
Path Overlap
make it end at the path, negative values to make it end inside, and positive values to make it end outside. Path Overlap
Variation determines how much each stroke can vary from the value specified for Path Overlap.
Where the drawn stroke starts and ends, as a percentage of the distance from the beginning of the total
Start, End
stroke.
Enabled if Scribble is set to All Masks. If this control is selected, the start and end values apply
Fill Paths Sequentially
to the combined length of the scribbles for all masks. If it isn't selected, the start and end values apply independently
to the scribble for each mask.
Specifies an animation style: Static keeps the scribble constant over time; Jumpy changes from one
Wiggle Type
scribble to the next abruptly; and Smooth changes from one scribble to the next smoothly.
Controls how frequently a new scribble is generated when the Wiggle Type control is set to Smooth
Wiggles/Second
or Jumpy.
On Transparent replaces the original image with the scribble. On Original Image composites the scribble
Composite
on the original image. Reveal Original Image shows the original image through the scribble.
Stroke effect
The Stroke effect creates a stroke or border around a mask or along a Bezier path. You can also specify stroke color,
opacity, and spacing, as well as brush characteristics. Specify whether the stroke appears on top of the image, on a
transparent image, or if it reveals the original alpha channel. To use a path created in Illustrator, copy the path and
paste it into a layer in After Effects.
This effect works with 8-bpc color.
Original (upper-left), with mask (lower-left), and with effect applied (lower-right)
Specifies the edge quality of the stroke, between hard and soft.
Brush Hardness
Specifies the spacing between stroke segments.
Spacing
The number of pixels between lines and zigzags. Setting a value equal to the stroke
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