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Aug 26, 2023 4:09 PM UTC
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Why There Is not a Opacity Controller due to Pen Pressure?

OMG guys! In Photoshop, I can control my brush opacity with pen pressure. Buuut in Animate I cannot do that basic thing. WHY? I think it is a big joke. I can control the size but I cannot control the opacity. I searched a lot. REALLY SEARCHED A LOT!! And are you guys really serious? I am predicting it should take TWO LINES OF CODE. You did with the size, now do it with the opacity. It is REALLY ANNOYING!! I think some developer needs to this. I mean REALLY, YOU GUYS DID NOT ADD THAT TO ANIMATE, REALLY???

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    Mario_CR
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    Aug 27, 2023 4:59 PM UTC

    I would imagine it's harder than it looks. In Photoshop, you're just dealing with pixels so this is trivial, however unlike Photoshop, Animate is a vector program, with a completely different drawing engine. You can only have opacity in two ways: reducing the alpha value of the swatch, or with symbol color effects. To have something like this, Animate would have to keep each stroke into separate objects, and even then, the end result would be limited since most likely it'd be the same opacity level across the entire stroke; then there's the issue of the paint bucket fill that requires all lines to be flattened to function, once the lines are flattened, bye, bye variable opacity.

    I don't know what it would take to make true pressure-sensitive opacity levels on the same stroke...it seems simple, until you realize, no vector program does this, none of them.

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    Mario_CR
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    Aug 27, 2023 4:59 PM UTC

    I would imagine it's harder than it looks. In Photoshop, you're just dealing with pixels so this is trivial, however unlike Photoshop, Animate is a vector program, with a completely different drawing engine. You can only have opacity in two ways: reducing the alpha value of the swatch, or with symbol color effects. To have something like this, Animate would have to keep each stroke into separate objects, and even then, the end result would be limited since most likely it'd be the same opacity level across the entire stroke; then there's the issue of the paint bucket fill that requires all lines to be flattened to function, once the lines are flattened, bye, bye variable opacity.

    I don't know what it would take to make true pressure-sensitive opacity levels on the same stroke...it seems simple, until you realize, no vector program does this, none of them.

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    Participating Frequently
    Aug 28, 2023 3:44 PM UTC

    I never thought like this. It seems logical now but it is still annoying, there needs to be an option for this vector thing I think. Maybe I am thinking stupidly, I don't know. Thanks by the way, now I got it.

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    GOD-sSs-END
    Inspiring
    Aug 27, 2023 12:37 PM UTC

    You can, actually. I saw someone do it in a video on YouTube. 

    I don't know, personally. But it's out there.

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    Participating Frequently
    Aug 27, 2023 12:38 PM UTC

    Please show me because I searched a lot but couldn't find anything. Even the answer I found was "There is no option for that".

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    GOD-sSs-END
    Inspiring
    Aug 27, 2023 12:58 PM UTC

    I found it for you. 

    I'm very, very new, but here is a link to the guy I've been watching:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-woaDyBXkyU

    Goto 10:03. There he talks about brushes. But I also found a link that may help you as well:
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate-discussions/pressure-sensitivity-in-animate-cc/td-p/9004747

    Good luck!

     

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    n. tilcheff
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    Aug 27, 2023 12:20 AM UTC

    You seem to be very knowledgeable how many lines of code are necessary to implement certain features.

    This probably wasn't meant to be a joke, but I found it very funny.

     

    All the best!

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    Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
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    Aug 27, 2023 12:43 PM UTC

    Yeah I am very knowledgeable with the lines of codes. Beside the jokes, I am just guessing man. I think only thing to do for this make happen is switching the size variable in the code with opacity variable just copying the method for "controling the size with pressure". I think there is something beyond this easy implemantation. It is for make us to use Photoshop I think. Marketing strategy? You are better than that Adobe come on!

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