I purchased a Lace Set on Renderosity.  I understand that it is supposed to be used as a brush.  I created a brush from the lace image I want to use.  When I stroke the work path, it just 'smears' the paint along (as if dragging the lace through the paint).  I change the spacing on the brush, and now it looks like it stamps the image of the lace along the work path.  It does not rotate the image to follow the path. (the lace does not curve to follow the path. 

I want to paint the lace along a curved line.  How do I get the lace to follow the path in a continuous motion, yet maintain the image of the lace?  I have corresponded with several people that say this is how they add edge lace and trim.  Obviously I do not know how to set the brush up. 

Is there a tutorial out there on how to do this? or can someone explain how this is done?

dlm4001

There is a tutorial in the market place that covers what you are describing granted it is for stiching but I the principle is the same plush it includes some brushes and png files as well and is currently on sale SV Stitching Made Easy I currently own this one and several of her tutorials and they are worth the investment.

Hope this helps

THANKS!!  I just bought it.

DM

Your welcome I am sure you will find the info useful glad was able to help

The edge lace trim was too long and made it hard to apply to a curve, so I sampled a smaller section. 

To get it to "flow", the key was setting Angle Control to "Direction" and playing with the spacing in Brush Dynamics.  I did not want to feather the entire brush image because I need the details of the "Picot Edge", so I just blurred the edges where the brush stamps joined which helped with the hard edges where the "stamps" met.   The result is ok, nothing I can't touch up after stroking the path... As the angle increases, the edges become visible.   Any tips on minimizing this are appreciated.

 I am not sure I am doing this right or if the result is acceptable.  I used the brush to create a mask (no textures) so I could look at it critically.  See attached.  Comments, tips and criticisms welcomed.  Remember, two days ago I did not know how to create a brush from an image. 

Thanks for the help.

dlm4001

Think your going in the right direction wish could offer more help than say that looks pretty good so far

You did a great job! If I were the seller of the lace, I would have gladly told you how to turn it into a brush, had you asked. Did you contact the seller? Either way, you already have it done, but myself, I likely would have even made the brush for you. I bet that most sellers, if they aren't too busy, would help you that way. :)

The seller actually did help me.  I contacted her and asked how the lace was intended to be used.  I was familiar with the pen-path-stroke-brush method and she explained how to convert to a brush.  I thought I had it at this point, but I had never used a 'stamp' brush in this way. (I did not understand the spacing and direction control.)  She was working on a project and I felt bad about going back to her again. I have found that the sellers here are extremely helpful, I just don't want to bug them too much. ;)

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