Curvemeister Forum

I wanted to hear your thoughts on the functionality demonstrated in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=awI23UXYOLU (it's in HD, so it should be easy to see what is going on).

The video is an introduction to a vector-drawing program called VectorScribe (specifically to the PathScribe functionality). Although designed to meet the needs of illustrators, I couldn't help think about how useful some of these tools would be for manipulating curves in CM4; the ability to interactively drag the curve segments between control points was - for me - particularly striking (I can picture how useful that would be - particularly if the user zooms into the curve).

There are plenty of other features that I think look very exciting, but I'd like to hear your opinion about which (if any) of these tools should find a home in CM...

The VectorScribe webpage is here: http://is.gd/SK8Wlt

Cheers,
Lee.

I'm not sure that that level of control is needed.
If we zoom into the curve in LAB do you see the curve breaking down?

Greg

From my point of view it's more a question of speed - take the ability to drag the curve segments between control points for example; certainly you wouldn't need CM4 to enable this, but it allows users to simultaneously manipulate two control points - I can see this being popular because (a) it would speed things up, and (b) it would be an intuitive (additional) method for drawing/manipulating curves.

As for the other options, I agree that some of them would be overkill, but some of them are interesting: take for example the option for removing unnecessary control points - that could be very useful for beginners...

I think that in conjunction with zooming curves, corner points, and being able to view only a specific half of the A or B curve in Lab, this could be a very strong suite of curving tools. :)

Lee.