December 7 2006 • 5:38 PM
The smooth tool
Just finished listening to the podcast and thought I’d mention my feelings about the obscure feature of the week (eek, eek, eek): The Smooth Tool.
I use the Smooth tool on the rare occaisions that I need to make a clipping path out of the Detect Edges command. It’s not great, but it does help a bit.
However, I thought I’d throw in some thoughts about paths, and editing paths. (Vectorbabe that I am.)
First, the Smooth tool will work on frames, paths, or clipping paths. Sadly, it does not work on text wrap paths.
However, if you need to clean up or smooth out a text wrap path, you can direct select to see the path, and then switch to the Pen tool. The Pen tool can then delete or add extra points as needed.
Great point, Sandee. I had forgotten that the Smooth tool would clean up a “detect edges” clipping path. But it doesn’t make that tool any less obscure!
By the way, it’s un unwritten rule that when you use the Smooth tool, you have to put on your best Barry White voice and call it the “smoooooooooooooth tool”…
Mordy - that made a bad morning a lot more cheerful - lmaf
Haha! I’ll do it from now on Mordy!
I think Barry would pronounce it the “smoooooove tool” …
Let’s all sing along o/~ o/~
I’m never never gonna give you up
I’m never ever gonna stop
Stop the way I drag your cursah
Smoove tool I just can’t live without ya
I’m never ever gonna ever quit
Cuz quitting just ain’t my stick
Gonna drag right here with ya
Do all the smooves you want me to do …
o/~ o/~