User Guide

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User Guide
If Individual Stroke Seeds is not selected, all strokes use the same wiggle seed, so they all
have the same spatial wiggle values. For example, two strokes exactly on top of each other
will wiggle equally. By setting individual seeds for each stroke, you avoid identical strokes
wiggling in the same way.
Original (left), Individual Stroke Seeds Off (center), and Individual Stroke Seeds On (right)
Selecting viewing options
Use the following Interface Options in the Vector Paint Preferences dialog box to
customize the way you view your work in Vector Paint. It is important to understand that,
unlike most other effects, the options you select as Vector Paint Preferences apply to all
your Vector Paint work, both on the current layer and on other layers. Your current
preference settings are also used for subsequent uses of Vector Paint, including future
sessions.
With Vector Paint selected in the Effect Controls window, open the Vector Paint Prefer-
ences dialog box in any of the following ways:
• Click the menu button( )in the Vector Paint toolbar in the Composition window, and
choose Options.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) anywhere in the Composition
window, and choose Options.
• In the Effect Controls window, click the word Options next to the name Vector Paint.
By default, the following three options are selected in this dialog box:
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