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5 Sep 2024 09:23:00 EDT (-0400)
  Re: wacom bamboo fun  
From: nemesis
Date: 20 Oct 2009 16:17:25
Message: <4ade1ad5@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson escreveu:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:47:11 -0200, nemesis wrote:
> 
>> I don't know exactly what effect tilt is supposed to give.  Given
>> pressure, lines get thicker or slimmer so I'm not sure what to expect
>> from tilt more than that.
>>
>> Notice you can get nice caligraphic countours with the ink tool and
>> mouse alone, just by adjusting the "brush" format.
> 
> The tilt functionality with the calligraphy tool lets you hold the pen at 
> a specific angle and as you move the brush (without changing the tilt), 
> the width changes.  It's different than pressure because the angle 
> determines the size of the stroke.  Much more natural for doing, say, 
> Kanji calligraphy (which is what I tried it out with - no, I don't know 
> it, but I did learn to write "Japan" in order to see what it would look 
> like - and my sister-in-law would probably laugh at that, just as she did 
> at my attempts to say rather complex things in Japanese <g>).
> 
> If I get a few minutes, I'll create something and post it so you can see 
> the difference.

I think I understand now.  Perhaps it changes the brush format on the 
fly depending on the angle?  Gotta try it when getting home...

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