Can I recreate Photoshop's "stroke" tool in TVPaint?

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pine_needle
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Can I recreate Photoshop's "stroke" tool in TVPaint?

Post by pine_needle »

hello,
I'm still very new to TVPaint but I was wondering if it's possible to recreate Photoshop's stroke tool in this program. The stroke tool is more of a layer style in PS, which allows your stroke to be outlined. I find it nice to use when I animate in PS sometimes, to focus more on movement and less on fussing with the lines of a drawing. Especially for organic movements like those of plants.

I tried creating a brush like this in TVPaint, but I didn't get beyond this:
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Anyway, in PS it looks like this:
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I guess there's a reason why this is a layer style, not an actual brush.
Any thoughts on doability?
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Re: Can I recreate Photoshop's "stroke" tool in TVPaint?

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the TVP watercolour brush creates such an outline, but maybe you need to enhance the contrast afterwards. And there's a "border" FX you can use as well.
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Re: Can I recreate Photoshop's "stroke" tool in TVPaint?

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Try using ADD drawing mode instead of COLOR drawing mode...

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