Tools For Editing Paint Work With Vector Paint (Pro Only); Smoothing A Vector Paint Stroke (Pro Only) - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

When you select multiple strokes that have different Brush Settings, a question mark [-?-] appears next to that Brush
Setting in the Effect Controls panel. If you edit that value, all of the selected strokes are reset to the new value.
To edit a specific paint stroke, select it using the Selection tool
choose Select from the Vector Paint options menu. You can select and then move, revise attributes, or delete either a
paint stroke or erasure stroke.
Use the following commands from the Select option in the Vector Paint toolbar option menu to select and edit paint
strokes:
Note: Some options are tied to the current position of the current-time indicator in the Timeline panel.
Selects all strokes on a layer.
All
Deselects all strokes on a layer (available only if some strokes are selected.)
None
Selects all strokes visible at the current frame.
Visible
Selects all strokes that were drawn at the current time position. (Playback Speed does not affect the
Current Time
original start time of strokes.)
Selects the last-painted brush stroke (or erase stroke). If you painted several strokes with the Shift key
Last Painted
held down, this command selects that group of strokes.
With one or more strokes selected, this command selects additional strokes with similar Brush Settings
Similar
properties. If strokes with dissimilar properties are initially selected, this command selects a broader range of strokes.
Toggles to a selection of all unselected strokes, leaving the previously selected strokes unselected.
Inverse
After you select one or more strokes, you can transform them, such as by rotating, scaling (vertically, horizontally,
or both), or nudging (repositioning one pixel at a time).

Tools for editing paint work with Vector Paint (Pro only)

Use the following tools on the Vector Paint toolbar in the Composition panel to revise your paint work:
Click the Undo button to cancel your most recent single painting action, if it can be undone. If the
Undo button
action cannot be undone, this tool is dimmed (not available). You can also undo paint actions using the Undo
command on the Vector Paint options menu or by pressing Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (Mac OS).
Note: Do not use the Undo command on the Edit menu to undo Vector Paint actions.
Use the eyedropper to select a color to paint with from a sampling anywhere on the desktop. Press
Eyedropper
the Escape key to cancel the eyedropper.
Note: By default, the eyedropper samples a single pixel. Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click
the eyedropper to sample a 3-x-3-pixel average. Hold down Shift and drag to sample a range of multiple pixels.
Displays the current selection as a solid color. When clicked, it opens the Color Picker dialog
Color swatch
box. If the Opacity setting is less than 100%, the Color Swatch icon appears checkered, not solid.
If Color Clone is enabled in the Effect Controls panel, this swatch represents the sampled color. Shift-click the Color
Swatch to open the Set Value dialog box for Opacity without turning off Color Clone.

Smoothing a Vector Paint stroke (Pro only)

The Smoother command in the Vector Paint options menu removes points from a selected stroke or strokes. This
action simplifies stroke paths, smoothing out the curves. By eliminating unneeded points, Smoother can also
dramatically reduce the size of the project file when you have complex drawings composed of many strokes.
on the Vector Paint toolbar and click or drag, or
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