Paint Paths in Steps plug-in

racer-x · **Joined:** Apr 15, 2017 **Posts:** 1837

nice one^^

Nidhogg · **Posted:** Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:43 am **(#62)**

Nice sunburst teapot :clap

Just color it and you have optical illusion.

racer-x · **Joined:** Apr 15, 2017 **Posts:** 1837

Here's something interesting I've just discovered. I made this text path in Inkscape. I then separated the path and split it into two paths. I then reversed the path direction of the second path. I didn't know that was possible. I must have some plugin for these options, maybe one of offnuts path tools or something.

I essentially made two track masks to run at the same time. I think it's a cool effect, kinda like the bark is growing in from two sides to form the text.

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Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:34 pm **(#64)**

racer-x wrote:

Here's something interesting I've just discovered. I made this text path in Inkscape. I then separated the path and split it into two paths. I then reversed the path direction of the second path. I didn't know that was possible. I must have some plugin for these options, maybe one of offnuts path tools or something.

I essentially made two track masks to run at the same time. I think it's a cool effect, kinda like the bark is growing in from two sides to form the text.

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Cool effect.
:bigthup

teapot · **Joined:** Dec 09, 2018 **Posts:** 735

Great idea racer-x, looks good :coolthup

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16101

Great plugin! Thanks.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16101

One more. This one is addicting

Soooo... many possibilities.
Hey is it possible to add animated brushes? And also force a paint color for the stroke layer?
Here i selected orangy -yellow for stroke and got grayscale or white. Shadow accepted color though.

racer-x · **Joined:** Apr 15, 2017 **Posts:** 1837

Yes lot's of fun...

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Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16101

racer-x wrote:

Yes lot's of fun...

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Did you use the neon tubes font for that one? Thats really cool. :bigthup

racer-x · **Joined:** Apr 15, 2017 **Posts:** 1837

No I used Inkscape - Extensions > Render>Hershy text>Sans 1-stroke.

I basically just render the alpha track mask.gif for later compositing. I then make the text object the way I want. It's a two step process, but it works well enough...

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16101

Pretty cool filter.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16101

racer-x · **Joined:** Apr 15, 2017 **Posts:** 1837

Ok, here we go with engraving....

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Tas_mania · **Joined:** Nov 04, 2015 **Posts:** 1458

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Ok, here we go with engraving....

eh, eh That looks more like welding.

Great thread with a lot of fantastic input. :clap

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16101

Tas_mania wrote:

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Ok, here we go with engraving....

eh, eh That looks more like welding.

Great thread with a lot of fantastic input. :clap

It's all in how your eye beholds the text. I saw welding at first but it is engraved if you watch closely.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16101

centerline trace in inkscape and well... 411 layers in GIMP later. LOL

MareroQ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:45 pm **(#77)**

Centerline trace in GIMP (Plugin-trace.py=[Despeckling:More, Corner-threshold: 2]) and 50 frames in paint_paths_in_steps.py.

racer-x · **Joined:** Apr 15, 2017 **Posts:** 1837

Chrome over steel.

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SeriousTom · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:36 pm **(#79)**

Having fun with this.
I like the Inkscape Hersey Text because it paints in order but it only has a few fonts.
I also like plugin-trace.py because you can choose any font and trace the center line but it paints in random.

SeriousTom · **Posted:** Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:24 pm **(#80)**

I gave this another try.
I used plugin-trace.py and traced center lines.
After the path was created I exported the path.
I open the path in inkscape that said it would make the file a svg.
Then I clicked on edit path and Break Apart and saved it as svg.
I opened it in Gimp and then I could re-arrange the paths to the right order.
I don't know why I did it :hit

but I did !