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I make a lot of vector graphics in Flash, and would like to try out painting within those vector shapes, but I suppose then I'll have to settle for the magic wand tool, I hope that works fairly well without getting weird looking edges.
To rate the tools available, my selection/edges hierarchy goes like this:
Group vector mask > painted group layer mask > lock transparent pixels (when working on a single layer only) > polygon lasso tool > magic wand.
So you can see I only use the wand tool as a last resort. Although it may be the fastest, the randomness you can't control on its edges really brings the overall image quality down, which other viewers will easily notice. Plus once you make a mask, you only need to create it once, as opposed to having to reselect the area you want over and over, so in the long run it saves time too.
Is there a reason why you must settle on the wand tool?
I've found that if you use the magic wand tool to select an area, you can then click on "Refine Edge" and then "Decontaminate Colors" and it will create a layer mask for your selection so that you won't have to re-select anything later. But you're right in that it's a bit messy.
Well the way vectors work in Flash is quite different from Photoshop or Illustrator and I find it more intuitive and flexible. It took a long time but I managed to figure out how to get the vectors from Flash to Photoshop. I had to export the Flash graphic as an fxg file, open it in Illustrator and save as an ai file, then open that in Fireworks and save as a psd file that when opened in Photoshop has every shape as a color fill and a vector mask.
The only issue with this is that if you have two adjacent vector shapes that share the same border edge, which you often have in Flash, you end up with a thin transparent line in between the two shapes in Photoshop, as if they're not quite touching. But I suppose I can just make sure shapes are always overlapping each other.
i have one question though.
Why do you have a layer mask on all of your layers or more specifically what do you use it for?
Thanks!
What's the difference betwee eps and ai. ?
Sorry about the lame question but im a complete beginner in the technical size of things.