Adobe After Effects CS3 - Manual (Page 441)

AFTER EFFECTS CS3
User Guide
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Masks (top left), Scribble applied to outside edges (bottom left), and Scribble applied to inside edges with Composite on Original (bottom right)
Scribble Single Mask scribbles a specified mask on the layer; All Masks scribbles all masks on the layer; All Masks
Using Modes combines the masks using their modes and then scribbles the resulting shape.
Mask The mask to use if Scribble is set to Single Mask.
Fill Type Controls whether the fill is drawn inside the path or creates a scribble along the path. Left Edge draws the
fill along the path’s left edge; Right Edge draws the fill along the path’s right edge. The left and right edges of a path
are determined by the direction in which the path is drawn. When using the Left Edge or Right Edge fill types on
masks that have tight curves, you get best results by making the Edge Width less than the radius of the curve.
Edge Options Options for the edge of the scribble if Fill Type is set to an edge.
• Edge Width Controls the width of the edge.
• End Cap Controls the ends of scribble lines. Use Round for stroked lines with semicircular ends; use Butt for
stroked lines with squared ends; and use Projecting for stroked lines with squared ends that extend half the line width
beyond the end of the line, making the weight of the line extend equally in all directions around the line. This option
is enabled only if Fill Type is set to Centered Edge.
• Join Specifies how the corners of a scribble line appear. Use Round for stroked lines with rounded corners; use
Bevel for stroked lines with squared corners; and use Miter for stroked lines with pointed corners.
• Miter Limit Controls when the effect switches from a miter (pointed) join to a bevel (squared-off) join. Specify a
value between 1 and 500. For example, if the value is set to the default of 4, the effect switches from a miter to a bevel
join when the length of the point reaches four times the stroke weight. A miter value of 1 results in a bevel join. It’s
enabled if Join is set to the Miter option.
• Start/End Apply To Specifies how changes to the effect’s Start and End options in the Timeline panel are applied;
Scribble Result affects the scribble in the order in which it is drawn, and Mask Path follows the path of the mask to
create more continuous drawing in or out of the scribble.
Angle Specifies the angle of the scribbled stroke.
Stroke Width Specifies the width of the stroke. Specify a value from 0.1 to 50.
Stroke Options Specify the curviness, spacing, and overlap of the scribbled line.
• Curviness Controls the amount of curve at the end of each scribbled stroke. Specify a value between 0˚ and 100˚.
• Curviness Variation Determines the amount of variance the curviness values can have at each end point. Specify
a value between 0% and 100%. A value of 0 gives the scribble sharp corners, while a value of 100 makes the scribble
loopy.