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Not an alien
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Jul 1, 2021 6:07 PM UTC
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Shape optimize function too agressive.

Hello, I've noticed that the Shape>Optimize function in adobe Animate is extremely agressive. With a value of 1 it completely changes the drawings.  Is this a bug?  Is there a plug in or something that could help me preserve the nodes a bit more?

In my experience Illustrator's optimize function is much more usable.  I'm working on content that goes into realtime engines and performance is a concern.  But I dont have a solution that is scalable for all the assets I'm drawing in Animate.

Attached a before and after with a strenght of 1

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    Mario_CR
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    Mario_CRCommunity Expert
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    Jul 2, 2021 11:46 PM UTC

    I personally use the smoothen function and assign a custom shortcut for it. Its accuracy depends on the stage zoom though (the closer you get the better it performs).

     

    There's also a plugin called "chensmooth" that works in a similar fashion: https://exchange.adobe.com/creativecloud.details.12358.chensmooth.html

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      Not an alien
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      Jul 4, 2021 3:35 AM UTC

      Hey thanks for these tips, incredibly helpful. I had forgotten the smoothen worked that way, and also didn't know that it was affected by the zoom level.

      I did try the chensmooth plugin, but the results are similar to the optimize, I think it might be a shortcut for it?  I got much better results with the smoothen function.  Thanks again!

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        ClayUUID
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        Jul 2, 2021 12:06 AM UTC

        How are you even making a vectors with that many points in the first place?

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        Not an alien
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        Jul 2, 2021 1:34 AM UTC

        Hi Clay, 
        With the fluid brush tool, or the classic brush tool.  That is all I use.

         

        Cheers

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