Doc:Snowflake with the Duplicate Layer - Revision history

D.j.a.y: remove

2016-02-11T08:54:43Z

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D.j.a.y: Screenshot Updated ! (remove note)

2013-09-09T08:06:25Z

Screenshot Updated ! (remove note)

D.j.a.y: /* What happened? */ Add project

2013-09-09T08:05:49Z

‎What happened?: Add project

D.j.a.y: /* Connecting everything together */ screenshot progress + add "maybe need move rotate origin"

2013-09-09T07:59:57Z

‎Connecting everything together: screenshot progress + add "maybe need move rotate origin"

D.j.a.y: /* Adding the Rotate and Duplicate Layers */ Screenshot progress

2013-09-09T07:27:22Z

‎Adding the Rotate and Duplicate Layers: Screenshot progress

D.j.a.y: /* First branch of the snowflake */ Screenshot progress

2013-09-09T07:23:44Z

‎First branch of the snowflake: Screenshot progress

D.j.a.y: /* First branch of the snowflake */ Terminology Missing

2013-09-09T07:19:58Z

‎First branch of the snowflake: Terminology Missing

Zelgadis: Text replace - "{{Category|NewTerminology}}" to "{{NewTerminology}}"

2013-05-20T08:12:40Z

Text replace - "{{Category|NewTerminology}}" to "{{NewTerminology}}"

D.j.a.y: Somes of the screenshots needs to be updated with 0.64.0

2013-05-13T07:39:45Z

Somes of the screenshots needs to be updated with 0.64.0

Genete: Updated Terminology

2013-02-12T15:32:45Z

Updated Terminology

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 '''This tutorial explain a simple example of the use of the {{l|Duplicate Layer}}, to create a snowflake.'''
 == First branch of the snowflake ==
-The 1st part is very simple : We'll create a single snowflake branch with the {{l|Spline Tool}} (or the {{l|Polygon Tool}}). <br/>
+The 1st part is very simple : We'll create a single snowflake branch with the {{l|Spline Tool}} (or the {{l|Polygon Tool}}).
 Select the {{Literal|Spline tool}}, and in the tools options, make sure that only {{Literal|Create Region}} is checked. (If you use the {{Literal|Polygon tool}}, check either {{Literal|Create Polygon Layer}} or {{Literal|Create Region}}, as you wish).
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 == Adding the Rotate and Duplicate Layers ==
-To make a whole 6-branches snowflake, we need to make several copies of the branch, and rotate them.<br/>
+[[File:Snow Duplicate Tutorial Step2 0.63.06.png|frame|right]]
 First, we need a {{l|Rotate Layer | Rotation layer}}. Right click on the image and select {{c|<Layer>|New Layer|Transform|Rotate}}. You should now have a Rotate Layer on top of the Branch layer.
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 So far, no change is visible on our image, it's normal :).
 In the {{l|Layers Panel}}, make sure that the layers are in the following order : Duplicate on top, Rotate in the middle, and the "Branch" layer on the bottom.
 == Connecting everything together ==
-Select the Duplicate layer and look at the {{l|Parameters Panel}}. There's an {{Literal|Index}} value that is automaticaly exported. Its name is {{Literal|Index 1}}. (It looks like {{Literal|Index (Index 1)}} in the panel). <br/>
+Select the Duplicate layer and look at the {{l|Parameters Panel}}. There's an {{Literal|Index}} value that is automatically exported. Its name is {{Literal|Index 1}}. (It looks like {{Literal|Index (Index 1)}} in the panel).
 This value is made of 3 subparameters : {{Literal|From}}, {{Literal|To}} and {{Literal|Step}}.
 Those parameters tells how many times an object is duplicated.
 <!--- |((From - To)/Step)|+1 = Number of duplicates. --->
 We need 6 branches so set the {{Literal|To}} parameter to '''6''' (keep {{Literal|From}} and {{Literal|Step}} to 1).
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 In order to have 6 rotated branches, we need to link the duplication and the rotation together.
-Select the Rotate layer, and go back to the Parameters panel. <br/>
+Select the Rotate layer, and go back to the Parameters panel.
 The Rotate layer has just 2 parameters: {{Literal|Origin}} and {{Literal|Amount}}. The important one here is {{Literal|Amount}}, it tells the angle of the rotation.
-Right click on {{Literal|Amount}} and select {{c|<Convert>|Scale}}. <br/>
+Right click on {{Literal|Amount}} and select {{c|<Convert>|Scale}}.
 Now Amount is made of 2 subparameters, {{Literal|Link}} (an angle) and {{Literal|Scalar}} (a real), the whole rotation being equal to Link * Scalar.
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 Right click on the {{Literal|Scalar}} parameter and select {{Literal|Connect}}. It will connect the previously selected {{Literal|Index 1}} value (in the Library panel) to the Scalar parameter.
-''How it looks after the connection:''<br/>
+''How it looks after the connection:''
 [[File:Snow Duplicate Tutorial Step4 0.63.06.png|frame|none]]
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 == What happened? ==
-We linked the "Scalar" value of the rotation to the duplicate layer: <br/>
+We linked the "Scalar" value of the rotation to the duplicate layer:
-Thanks to the Duplicate, the Scalar parameter was set to values between 1 and 6 (From and To), by steps of 1 - instead of being set to a single value. <br/>
 So we had 5 rotations in addition to the original branche : One of 60° (Scalar * Link = 1 * 60°), another of 120° ( 2 * 60°), another of 180°, etc. And all of these rotations were displayed together.

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 '''This tutorial explain a simple example of the use of the {{l|Duplicate Layer}}, to create a snowflake.'''

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	So we had 5 rotations in addition to the original branche : One of 60° (Scalar * Link = 1 * 60°), another of 120° ( 2 * 60°), another of 180°, etc. And all of these rotations were displayed together.		So we had 5 rotations in addition to the original branche : One of 60° (Scalar * Link = 1 * 60°), another of 120° ( 2 * 60°), another of 180°, etc. And all of these rotations were displayed together.

−	You can think of the Duplicate Layer as something allowing you to have a list of values, that you can link to a (real) parameter in the same way you could link a single value to a parameter. ~~<br/>~~	+	You can think of the Duplicate Layer as something allowing you to have a list of values, that you can link to a (real) parameter in the same way you could link a single value to a parameter.
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		+	You can download the project [[File:SnowFlake.sifz]]

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 == Connecting everything together ==
-Select the Duplicate layer and look at the {{l|Parameters Panel}}. There's an {{Literal|Index}} value that is automaticaly exported. Its name is {{Literal|Index 1}}. (It looks like {{Literal|Index(Index 1)}} in the panel). <br/>
+Select the Duplicate layer and look at the {{l|Parameters Panel}}. There's an {{Literal|Index}} value that is automaticaly exported. Its name is {{Literal|Index 1}}. (It looks like {{Literal|Index (Index 1)}} in the panel). <br/>
 This value is made of 3 subparameters : {{Literal|From}}, {{Literal|To}} and {{Literal|Step}}.
 Those parameters tells how many times an object is duplicated.
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 We need 6 branches so set the {{Literal|To}} parameter to '''6''' (keep {{Literal|From}} and {{Literal|Step}} to 1).
-http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb207/rore4wiki/Synfig/snow_step3.png
+[[File:Snow Duplicate Tutorial Step3 0.63.06.png|frame|none]]
 Now move to the {{l|Library Panel}}, and select our {{Literal|Index 1}} value. (Unfold the {{Literal|ValueBase Node}} if necessary).
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 ''How it looks after the connection:''<br/>
-http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb207/rore4wiki/Synfig/snow_step4.png
+[[File:Snow Duplicate Tutorial Step4 0.63.06.png|frame|none]]
-You should now have a complete snowflake, yay!
+You should now have a complete snowflake, yay! (maybe you will need to adjust Rotate Layer's {{l|Origin_Parameter}})
-−
-http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb207/rore4wiki/Synfig/snow_step5.png
 == What happened? ==

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 In the {{l|Layers Panel}}, make sure that the layers are in the following order : Duplicate on top, Rotate in the middle, and the "Branch" layer on the bottom.
-http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb207/rore4wiki/Synfig/snow_step2.png
+[[File:Snow Duplicate Tutorial Step2 0.63.06.png|frame|none]]
-−
 == Connecting everything together ==

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 Draw the branch in the upper middle part of your image. Once it's drawn, select the newly created layer (I will refer to it as the "Branch layer") and make sure that the bottom of the branch is more or less at the same place as the green dot showing the center of the image. You can move your branch by selecting all the points {{Shortcut|Ctrl|A}} and using the {{l|Transform Tool}}
-http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb207/rore4wiki/Synfig/snow_step1.png
+[[File:Snow Duplicate Tutorial Step1 0.63.06.png|frame|center]]
 == Adding the Rotate and Duplicate Layers ==

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 {{Category|Tutorials}}
 {{Category|Tutorials Intermediate}}
-{{Category|NewTerminology}}
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   Somes of the screenshots needs to be updated with 0.64.0