andrews vector wand

Illustrator (r) plugin documentation

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VectorWand Plugin

Installation notes:

Please install the vectorwand (GX07_VectorWand.aip) into the plug-ins folder of the host application. To remove, simplyremove the plugin.

The files to install vary from platform and version

If you have Illustrator 10 / CS1 / CS2 and you are on a PC, place the top level plugin vectorWand into the plugin path

If you have Illustrator 10/CS1 and you are on the macOSX, please place the plugin found in the Illustrator 10 / CS1 folderinto the Illustrator 10 or CS1 plugins folder.

Finally, if you are on CS2 and on a macOSX, then please place the CS2 plugin into the CS2 plugins folder.

Plugin folder:

The plugin folder has varied from version to version, generally you will find it as the 'plug-ins' folder under Adobe IllustratorCS2 or Illustrator folder.

Trademarks:

Illustrator is registered trademark of Adobe. Photoshop is registered trademark of Adobe. We have no connection whatsoeverwith Adobe. Adobe product screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Plugin page:

http://www.graphicxtras.com/products/aiplugin7.htm Check here for upgrades etc and additional information and material

support at graphicxtras.com (mail address)

Toolbox:

The vectorwand plugin is a toolbox plugin. The plugin will not appear in the filters or the effects menu or any menu, theplugin will appear at the bottom of the toolbox

Tools:

The vectorwand plugin comes with 17 sub plugins. To access these, simply expand out the plugin toolbox for that tool.

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Options:

To access all the options for each tool, double click the icon or press return

Example: Fill color tool and point shifter applied

Modifiers:

All the tools have various modifications (while in use) where you can modify the rotation / scaling etc while using the tool byholding the shift or the ctrl / shift or command / shift keys down during use

General Use:

The plugins both work in the same basic way, select an object or multiple objects and then apply the brush stroke.

Pen:

The plugins also can be used with a pen, to apply the effect with pressure.

Tools:

The vectorwand plugin comes with multiple sub plugins such as point shifter, scaling, rotation, apply swatches, tints etc. Eachwork in their own way on their own particular paths / images etc. Most of the plugins work on paths / images / symbols etcbut some such as the point shifter only work on paths (as cornerpoint etc). Some of the plugins work on a particular elementsuch as gradients or patterns and if the path selected has no gradient or pattern, nothing will be changed (same with tint, thepath must be tint-able)

To apply, select the paths and then brush over the paths. The paths beneath the vectorwand shape will be changed, theothers will not.

[*] entries: Some of the items on the dialog have a * against them, changing them will change the setting across all thedialogs. The first dialog also has a couple of items that are applied across all dialogs but can only be changed on the firstdialog (scaling) - pressure for the vectorwand size and the type of vectorwand to apply

[R]: Some of the items have an R against them. This randomizes the setting. In most cases the randomization is based on 0to the current set value, so if you want a total randomization, you will need to set the main value to a large value and thenapply the randomization



Example: Fill color applied

General functions of vectorwand:

Brush (horizontal): Brush size for the vector wand. The brush can be thin or thick in either direction, it doesn't have to besquare.

Brush (vertical): brush size in the vertical

Slowdown: The brush application can be fairly quick, so if you are brushing on a fill color or a style, the application willchange pretty quick. If you wish to slowdown the application or change, set the slowdown to 5 or 6. To really slow the brushdown, set it to 20 or 30

Selected center: Instead of using the center of the path, use the center of all the selected objects

Apply or not: Apply the effect or not (randomly). Generally only effective when used with slowdown

Item (pressure): Modifies the setting based on the pressure applied, so the rotation will be less or more depending of thepressure applied by a pen. Works best with an artpad and pen

Vector wand (pressure): Modifies the size of the brush based on pressure. A subtle brush stroke will reduce the size of thepen from 0 to the maximum size

Vectorwand dropdown. Instead of using the basic shape to apply the brushed on effects, the brushed on effect is applied to allthe selected paths outside of the vectorwand shape; or different shape applications such as a ring

Follow brush: Apply the effect in the direction of the brush stroke (sadly, for some reason, this doesn't work for an artpad andpen... on my test systems for some reason). Works fine with a mouse.

Plugins

Scaling tool: Applies scaling or size reduction or increase to selected paths or images or symbols



Translation tool: Applies a shift or jitter to paths

Rotate tool: Applies rotation to the paths.

Transparency tool: Applies transparency / fade to paths



Stroke weight: Modifies the stroke weight setting (requires a stroke setting in place), great for sketchy styles.

Intensity tool: Brightens or darkens selected paths

Fill tool: Modifies the color channels on a channel by channel basis. The first field relates to cyan or red or gray, the second tothe magenta channel or green channel; the third to yellow or blue; and the last only to CMYK black. Use to darken or lightenor color illustrations.

The plugin also creates swatches based on the current color. Works best using slowdown to slow down the generation ofswatches / fill changes. The swatches are based on the current color set for each path. The plugin generally should onlycreate unique swatches and not repeat colors (this is not always the case)



Style tool: Apply selected style (depends on order in palette) or factor (you can use either or both). Requires some pre-setupof the graphic styles palette and can be slow if the style is processor intensive.

Blend modes tool: Applies a random blend mode or selected blending mode

Color reducer tool: blurs / reduces the colors to an average of the selected colors. Modify the reduce value to control theblending speed. Plugin also creates swatches from the colors used (these are not unique swatches at present - so you mightfind duplications)



Corner Points tool: Modifies the in and out settings of the points (if a square this will have no effect). More useful for circularpaths. Only works with paths, not symbols etc

Swatches tool: Apply color from the swatches palette. Requires some pre-setup of the swatches palette. Based on the orderin the swatches palette

Tint tool: Applies tint, though this is only useful for paths that can be tinted



Gradients tool: Requires a gradient to be already set. Apply modification to the gradient changing the length / angle etcDepends on the gradient type, hilite only works with radial gradients. Angle only works with linear. The hilite of the gradientdepends on the length.

Patterns tool: Requires a pattern to be set. The tool manipulates the angle as well as the scaling of a pattern



Quick shrink too: Lens like plugin, scaling based on the centre of the brush size

Point shifter tool: Works only on paths. Drags path points in the shift direction, though you can alter the direction to matchthe brush stroke by setting follow brush to ON. The plugin can also create warped shapes designs as well as bloat / punkeffects using the direction points ON. The strength of the point shifting can be modified by the pressure applied as well as theactual color of the paths

andrews vector wand

Documents

plugin folder

toolbox plugin

plugin toolbox

plugin page

plugin pathif

level plugin vectorwand

illustrator folder

cs2 plugins folder