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Random Touch (Andrew's Vector Plugins Volume 20) Plugin set contains plugins for randomness
Installation of Plugins Please place the GX20_Background.aip, GX20_Pyramid.aip, GX20_RambleShambles.aip, GX20_RandomClutter.aip, and GX20_RandomType.aip files in the c:\program files\adobe\illustrator CS\plug-ins folder [pc Illustrator 速 CS] or c:\program files\adobe\illustrator 10\plug-ins [pc illustrator 10] or CS2 For the mac, please place the GX20_Background, GX20_Pyramid, GX20_RambleShambles, GX20_RandomClutter, and GX20_RandomType files in HD:Applications:Adobe Illustrator CS:plug-ins [mac Illustrator 速CS] or HD:Applications:Adobe Illustrator 10:plug-ins [mac Illustrator 10] or CS2 The type plugin is only for 10!
Initial Use of plugins Please access via the filters menu of Illustrator 速 via the <AVP Type 10> (for the randomtype plugin in AI 10) and the AVP Create and paths for the others [random clutter creates new paths and doesn't require paths, the others require a path or paths or images etc to be selected]
Applications support macOSX .2 .3 98 ME NT XP Ilustrator 速10 CS1 CS2 The randomtype plugin only works in 10.
Questions Please contact me on support@graphicxtras.com. Other plugins are available on the site http://www.graphicxtras.com Upgrades are generally available, either as free updates or inexpensive updates/upgrades. Please store the reference serial number or details of order
Copyright The plugins are copyright of 1999-2005, Abneil Software Ltd (Andrew Buckle). This product was released by Abneil Software ltd (UK based company)
Trademarks Illustrator and Adobe and Photoshop are registered trademarks of Adobe. We have no connection whatsoever with Adobe. Adobe product screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Background Plugin to create a background / texture Texture Dialog 'Copies': Number of copies of the selected path (paths)
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'Scale (x)': Scaling applied between minimum and maximum
'Scale (y)': Scaling applied to the paths (randomly) between minimum and maximum.
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'Angle': Rotation / angle applied between minimum and maximum
Type Dialog 'Fill density options': By default, the paths are placed randomly throughout the document. The plugin can be set to create the paths as a cross or spray or in one corner of the document.
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'Midpoint': Sets the midpoint for the distribution. More useful for the factor settings in the density settings.
Density (Factors) Dialog 'Scale edge/center': Scales the paths depending on distance from 'edge' or 'middle' (this is modified using the midpoint settings). This is useful for creating small or large textured 'items' around the edge as a frame or spatial design.
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'Angle edge/center': The path's rotation or angle is modified by the angle factor (it needs to have an angle setting, so for maximum variability, set the angle to 360)
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'Fill edge/center': The fill (if set) is modified depending on its position relative to the edge or middle of the document (dependent on the midpoint and density setting)
'Weight edge/center': Width / weight is modified by the relative position from edge and middle.
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'Opacity edge/center': Opacity setting is modified by distance from edge / center
Settings Dialog 'Fill [R]': Paths are randomly filled with color (depending on the color mode of path and document and whether it has a fill in the first place)
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'Stroke [R]': Path's stroke set to random colors
'Weight [R]': Weight / width of lines set randomly from 0 to original line weight for selected path
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'Opacity [R]': Opacity is randomly set between 0 and 100
'Blend [R]': The path's blend modes are randomly set to difference, multiply, etc
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'Scale / rotation': Path's rotation and scaling is defined 'Selected center': Scaling is applied based on the selected paths and not the individual path center. 'Layer': Place the paths on a new layer 'Delete original': Delete original path after clicking OK (during preview, the original path is displayed)
Pyramid Plugin to create a 'pyramid' of paths Base Dialog 'Blocks': Number of blocks in the base
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'Gap between blocks': Gap / distance between base blocks
'Gap options': Additional option to accumulate, randomize the gap between blocks
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Layers Dialog 'Reduce': Reduces the number of layers of the pyramid
'Gap between layers': Gap between the layers
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'Gap options': Gap options for the pyramid layers such as accumulate or randomized
Settings Dialog 'Fill [R]': Fill the paths with random colors
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'Stroke [R]': Fill the path's stroke with random color (requires a stroke color in the first place)
'Weight [R]': Weight or width. Modifies the width randomly between 0 and the original line width
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'Opacity [R]': Randomly sets the opacity between 0 and 100
'Blend [R]': Randomly sets the blending mode for paths to difference, multiply, etc
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'Warp [R]': Warps the paths in the pyramid randomly
'Alternate': Alternate paths in the pyramid are doubled in size
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RambleShambles Plugin to create a spray or jittered set of paths (or images or symbols) 'Number of copies': Number of copies in spray
'Jitter': Direction of the spray, vertical or horizontal
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RandomClutter Plugin to create a random display of stars, squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, ... Shapes Dialog 'Number of shapes': Number of shapes to create (approx.)
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'Fill density options': By default, paths are created throughout the document, the density settings can place them in a cross, as rain, spray, random along a line, etc
'Shape set': The shape set to work on, such as the rectangle settings (the other settings are not displayed until the dropdown is set to stars etc)
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'Active': The shape is active. If off, and the rectangle shape is set, then no rectangles will be created (not strictly true as there are also polygons and a four sided polygon looks remarkably rectangular)
'Shape Settings': (variable) There are a number of shape settings, each shape has its own group of settings. The settings are randomly generated in between the minimum (left setting) and maximum (right setting). Most of the settings are related to the size such as the radius, but some are for the number of points in a star (so if you want a wide variation of points, set a low minimum and a high maximum). A wide variety of shapes can be created by varying the shape settings.
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Rotate Dialog 'Rotation min / max': The angle / rotation of the path randomized between the minimum and maximum setting. If set to 0 0 then zero rotation is applied
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'User defined center': Defines the center for rotation, only useful if the checkbox for user defined rotation is set. Settings Dialog 'Fill [R]': Fill the shapes with random colors
'Swatches [R]': Fills the shapes with swatches from the swatches palette. Supersedes the basic random fill.
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'Stroke [R]': Randomly fills the stroke (if set) with random colors
'Width [R]': Randomly sets the width of the generated path between 0 and the current width setting
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'Opacity [R]': Randomly sets the opacity (transparency) of the path between 0 and 100
'Rotate about defined center': Set this to use the define rotation center
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'Rotate about path center': Use this to define the center around the path's center. By default, this is the center used
'Even mix': Attempts to create an even mix of shapes instead of more rectangles or more stars 'Reverse path': Reverses the paths, this can create some extreme results depending on the settings generated
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'Create new layer': Creates all the shapes on a new layer
RandomType Select text (on a path or text area or normal text) and apply. Don't select the individual letters, the plugin doesn't work that way. Random Dialog 'Font size options': Set how the randomization will be applied (based on the font size value), setting the font size randomly between 0 and current value or accumulated or based on position or applying the size based on a pulse setting to create type zigzag.
'Font size': Set the font size randomly between 0 and value (depends on the font size dropdown as well as the 'add' setting).
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Plugin set The size of the font will then be randomly set on a letter by letter basis, so 's' might be 20 pts, 'p' might be 10.45 pts etc. Use this on a small set of letters or perhaps a whole page of text or text on a path
'Baseline shift options': Apply randomness to the baseline shift setting (see the text palette)
'Shift': Shift value used (varied by the related dropdown) to raise or lower the text position
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'Tracking options': Crunching the text based on the tracking options and tracking setting 'Tracking': Value used (varied by the tracking options) to modify (randomly) the tracking setting for the text on a letter by letter basis
'Scaling (H) options': By default this is off. Sets the horizontal scaling options. 'Scaling horizontal': Sets the horizontal scaling for the text on a letter by letter basis
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'Scaling (V) options': Sets the vertical scaling for the letters 'Scaling vertical': Sets the vertical scaling (depending on the dropdown) on a letter by letter basis to create tall or very crunched letters.
Pulse Dialog 'Pulse': This is used by some of the dropdowns on the random dialog screen. If the setting doesn't have pulse in the text then the pulse will be ignored. The pulse is used to create an accumulation and then return to the original setting and then accumulation in batches
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Limits Dialog 'Size limit': Limits the overall size of the font, so to create a wide range of random sized text, set a low minimum and a large maximum. To cutoff the text say at 40 pts, then set the maximum to 40pts so all the size randomness will be beneath 40pts and some of the text will be stuck at 40pts and no more
'Shift limit': As with size, but for baseline shift 'Tracking limit': As with size, but for tracking 'Scaling (H) limit': As with size, but for horizontal scaling 'Scaling (V) Limit': As with size, but for vertical scaling Fill Dialog
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Plugin set 'Color type options': Useful if the text is varied between CMYK and RGB etc (this will be dropped soon, really shouldn't be here as surely you don't have RGB text and CMYK text in the same document...). A leftover from earlier, more freewheeling days.
'Fill': Fills the letters with color, useful for creating colorful blends from letter to letter or colorful pulsed lettering or random filled letters
'Stroke': Stroke applied to the letters, depending on the dropdown. By default, this is off.
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'Width': Line width applied to the text on a letter by letter basis. By default, set to off
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'Opacity': Opacity applied to the letters on a letter by letter basis and dependent on the opacity dropdown
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Settings Dialog 'Add to current size': Add any randomness to the current size (this is on by default)
'Add to current shift': Add to the current shift setting 'Add to current tracking': Add to the current tracking setting for the letter 'Add to current horizontal scaling': Add to the current horizontal scaling 'Add to current vertical scaling': Add to the current vertical scaling (this is displayed in the character palette) 'Reverse order processing': Instead of applying the position and processing of the letters from left to right, apply the process starting from the other direction
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'Random font': Instead of using the original font (which might be all the same font), set the text to different fonts for each letter. This might result in readable text or totally illegible gibberish, depending on the installed fonts (only valid fonts will be displayed, some might fail to be displayed for whatever reason)
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