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Datameister
10-17-2006, 02:14 AM
Howdy. I was wondering if anyone who owns David Levy's Gnomon DVD could explain to me his palette knife brush. I've seen him using it in the sample clip from the Gnomon site, and I can't figure out how that brush works. If anyone could offer an explanation, I'd be much obliged. :D

Thanks in advance!
Datameister
10-23-2006, 10:18 PM
Meh, here's a little bump. I'm not convinced that no one knows the answer to this.

Please?
RiKToR
10-24-2006, 01:21 AM
I believe its and elipse shaped custom stylus pressure with size and opacity... and tilt set to pen.
Datameister
10-24-2006, 04:30 AM
I believe its and elipse shaped custom stylus pressure with size and opacity... and tilt set to pen.

Mmm, I don't quite understand what you're saying, and it's not because of lack of knowledge on my part. I know the brush tip is an elongated ellipse. Are you saying that pen pressure affects size and opacity? The last bit I'm not understanding at all. You can't set pen tilt to pen pressure; they're two different options.

Thanks for the help, though. I'd just appreciate a little clarification.

The part that really confuses me about that brush is the fact that its cursor appears as an upright ellipse but the strokes are horizontal. I'm having trouble mimicking that, even with the angle settings under Shape Dynamics.
RiKToR
10-24-2006, 12:55 PM
Here, you had it right

Stylus Pressure controls both size and opacity

Pen Tilt controls angle jitter.

His actual brush now that I have opened up his brushes from the DVD does not actually have size set to pressure, though I feel it does give you more control...

happy painting.
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