hallett@enterprise.positron.gemed.ge.com (Jeff Hallett x5163 ) (09/06/90)
Hi folks. Long time, no read :^)
Gotsa question for you. In Freehand I want to take some text,
generate an outline of it and use that as a mask over a graduated fill
region. The effect I want is if I had a graduated filled rectangle,
took text on a sheet of white paper, cut out the text to create a
white paper with text-shaped holes in it and then pasted it over the
graduated region.
(There is that verbose enough?)
If someone can tell me how to do this in Freehand, I'd appreciate it.
(I guess I can create the outline well enough, but how do I get
Freehad to treat it as a "continuous" region and fill it as such.
I'll post summaries. Please email.
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Jeffrey A. Hallett, PET Software Engineering
GE Medical Systems, W641, PO Box 414, Milwaukee, WI 53201
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"Keep that sense of humor. It's critical."chuq@Apple.COM (The Wandering Phew) (09/06/90)
hallett@enterprise.positron.gemed.ge.com (Jeff Hallett x5163 ) writes: >Gotsa question for you. In Freehand I want to take some text, >generate an outline of it and use that as a mask over a graduated fill >region. The effect I want is if I had a graduated filled rectangle, >took text on a sheet of white paper, cut out the text to create a >white paper with text-shaped holes in it and then pasted it over the >graduated region. Right now, I think you need something like Metamorphosis to create the outlines. Freehand can't do that yet. The as yet unnannounced Freehand 3.0 is supposed to be able to do it (it's unannounced. On the other hand, the first "how to use Freehand 3.0" book has already been scheduled, according to Publisher's Weekly. So I think it's safe to say we'll see Freehand 3.0 by the end of the year). -- Chuq Von Rospach <+> chuq@apple.com <+> [This is myself speaking] It's a small world, after all! It's a small world, after all! It's a small world, after all! It's a small, small world!
hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen) (09/08/90)
>The as yet unnannounced Freehand 3.0 >is supposed to be able to do it (it's unannounced. On the other hand, the >first "how to use Freehand 3.0" book has already been scheduled, according >to Publisher's Weekly. So I think it's safe to say we'll see Freehand 3.0 by >the end of the year). Adobe Illustrator 3.0 can also convert a Type 1 font to an outline that can be manipulated (it does this by calling ATM 2.0, which is included with AI3. ATM has always had a programmer interface that allowed you to call ATM, feed it some text, and have it shear, rotate, etc. This is how TypeAlign works. Well, ATM 2.0 now adds the ability to convert a Type 1 font to an outline). AI3 has a number of really nifty new features. I've always personally felt that AI's drawing tools were superior to FreeHand. With the new text-handling features of 3.0, it's really a powerful drawing application. I've heard a rumor (that I can't confirm) that AI3 will print at high quality on QuickDraw printers. AI 88 is available from mail-order sources for ~$325, and the uprade to 3.0 is free (it'll probably ship sometime in mid-October). As for FreeHand 3.0 (a/k/a "RoadRunner"), don't expect it to be announced until the Seybold Conference on Publishing in early October... ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / Robert Hammen | Macintosh enthusiast & publishing guru, looking for a job / / hammen@ddsw1.mcs.com | 70701.2104@compuserve.com | GEnie: R.HAMMEN / /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////