HydroJLW Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Hi, Is there an easy way to reset all of the nodes in the 1st photo so that this group of letters (curves) will collectively just have the basic corner nodes around the perimeter of the shape as a whole without rasterising? (as in 2nd photo). I would then like to be able to manipulate the group as a whole by adding in new nodes to the outside of the group. Or is the best way to do this using the Warp Group tools? Thank you, Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted October 13, 2023 Staff Share Posted October 13, 2023 Hi @HydroJLW, You could try selecting all the nodes via CTRL/CMD + A or marquee selecting them with the node tool, and then using the 'smooth curve' function along the context toolbar, this should remove nodes from the curves but it is intended to create a rounder effect, meaning that the curve's likely won't match their original appearance. There have been requests previously for a dedicated Simplify curve feature similar to what Illustrator offers but I'm not aware of any alternatives currently. Might need a bit of clarification on exactly what you want to achieve by adding nodes outside the group? Many thanks HydroJLW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydroJLW Posted October 13, 2023 Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 minute ago, NathanC said: Hi @HydroJLW, You could try selecting all the nodes via CTRL/CMD + A or marquee selecting them with the node tool, and then using the 'smooth curve' function along the context toolbar, this should remove nodes from the curves but it is intended to create a rounder effect, meaning that the curve's likely won't match their original appearance. There have been requests previously for a dedicated Simplify curve feature similar to what Illustrator offers but I'm not aware of any alternatives currently. Might need a bit of clarification on exactly what you want to achieve by adding nodes outside the group? Many thanks Hi @NathanC, Thank you for getting back to me - Ahh yeah, I tried this, but it didn't reduce the nodes all that much...there are so many haha. I was just playing around with this text and I wanted to try stretching parts of it, so I am assuming that the Warp Group functions will probably be the best way to do this at the moment. A simplify curve feature would be nice though! Thank you, Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted October 13, 2023 Staff Share Posted October 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, HydroJLW said: I was just playing around with this text and I wanted to try stretching parts of it, so I am assuming that the Warp Group functions will probably be the best way to do this at the moment. A simplify curve feature would be nice though! Warp Group > Mesh would be the best way to go here as you've mentioned. 🙂 Hopefully we'll see simplify paths/curves added in a future update (No news to share though, sorry!). Dazmondo77 and HydroJLW 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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