Rounded-corner Square-brush

[jaycephus]

I'd like to have a brush that is square with rounded corners to make flat, even strokes, but the square orients to the direction of stroke. (so with all the usual pen-pressure modifiers turned off, it just makes an even, uniform stroke)

The base shape would look something like the attached picture.

brush shape

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The desired straight-line stroke would just be an elongated version of the attached brush shape pic, a long rectangle with rounded corners.

(As a suggestion, a primitive like this with specified corner radius would be good, I think. I'd love to have the softer corners for all the various scatter brushes that currently exist.)

If it is possible to make this, currently, just give me some tips (like a good existing-brush to edit).

[u2bleank]

yes it's possible with the right BSL code.
I don't have time right now to code it for you but you can have a look on this page to help you.

PS : if you can't make it I'll make a little video or I'll code this form.

[tal-kai]

Very interested on this part. Seen bunch of photoshop artists using customized brusheswhen they do their art.

[mrange]

Hi.

I know a too little to create a great brush for you but I know some things about distance functions that produces rounded corners.

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// From: http://www.iquilezles.org/www/articles/distfunctions2d/distfunctions2d.htm
float sdRoundedBox(float2 p, float2 b, float4 r)
{
r.xy = (p.x>0.0)?r.xy : r.zw;
r.x = (p.y>0.0)?r.x : r.y;
float2 q = abs(p)-b+r.x;
return min(max(q.x,q.y),0.0) + length(max(q,0.0)) - r.x;
}

// Produces the final distance field
float df(float2 p)
{
float d = sdRoundedBox(p, float2(1000.0, 1000.0), float4(200.0, 200.0, 200.0, 200.0));

// d = abs(d) - 20.0;

return d;
}

float4 main(idatas i)
{
float fuzzy = 1.0;
float d = df(i.pos - i.strokePos);

float s = smoothstep(-fuzzy, fuzzy,d);
float4 b = float4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
float4 col = lerp(i.color, b, s);
return col;
}
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This produces a rounded box of hard coded size and dimensions. I am looking for documentation on the idatas input that could help me make it more intelligent but so far I haven't found that doc.

Just for your information: sdRoundedBox produces a so called distance field for a rounded box. The property of a distance field is if it returns 0 then we are on the "surface" of the shape. 1 means we are 1 pixel from the shape, -1 we are in pixel inside the shape. This is a very powerful abstraction to create complex and interesting shapes.

[u2bleank]

mrange : nice answer
moreover the BSL doc is here ( you will find reference on idatas, etc.. )