GPencil. Boundary strokes are visible in renders #80128

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Tomasz Kaye · 2020-08-26T10:33:32+02:00

Tomasz Kaye commented

2020-08-26 10:33:32 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Darwin-19.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits
Graphics card: AMD Radeon Pro 580 OpenGL Engine ATI Technologies Inc. 4.1 ATI-3.5.5

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.91.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2020-08-13 18:18, hash: 275f1039d2
Worked: 2.91.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2020-08-09 00:04, hash: b522e834ec

Short description of error
Boundary strokes created using Alt+LMB with the fill tool selected have a thickness and show up in renders. This applies to newly created boundary strokes as well as boundary strokes in .blend files created in earlier versions.

old version:

broken version:

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

new > 2d animation
select fill tool, choose Solid Fill as the material
Holding alt, drag a line with the LMB
a visible stroke appears

**System Information** Operating system: Darwin-19.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits Graphics card: AMD Radeon Pro 580 OpenGL Engine ATI Technologies Inc. 4.1 ATI-3.5.5 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.91.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2020-08-13 18:18, hash: `275f1039d2` Worked: 2.91.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2020-08-09 00:04, hash: `b522e834ec` **Short description of error** Boundary strokes created using Alt+LMB with the fill tool selected have a thickness and show up in renders. This applies to newly created boundary strokes as well as boundary strokes in .blend files created in earlier versions. old version: ![Screenshot 2020-08-26 at 10.25.27.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8811738/Screenshot_2020-08-26_at_10.25.27.png) broken version: ![Screenshot 2020-08-26 at 10.25.49.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8811740/Screenshot_2020-08-26_at_10.25.49.png) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** * new > 2d animation * select fill tool, choose Solid Fill as the material * Holding alt, drag a line with the LMB * a visible stroke appears

Tomasz Kaye commented

2020-08-26 10:33:32 +02:00

Added subscriber: @info-27

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-08-26 12:42:44 +02:00

Added subscribers: @pepe-school-land, @antoniov

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-08-26 12:42:44 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-08-26 12:42:44 +02:00

This is by design. By error, we removed the visibility of these strokes in 2.8x, but in older versions these strokes were visible. Talking with @pepe-school-land, we decided that must be visible in order to "know" what you are doing, so I recently fixed this issue.

If you need remove all these boundary strokes, there are Cleanup tools designed for that.

Maybe, we could add in the future an option to decide if you want or not to see these strokes, or hide only in render.

@pepe-school-land what do you think of hide them in render?

Edit: I missed to add this change to 2.91 release notes.

This is by design. By error, we removed the visibility of these strokes in 2.8x, but in older versions these strokes were visible. Talking with @pepe-school-land, we decided that must be visible in order to "know" what you are doing, so I recently fixed this issue. If you need remove all these boundary strokes, there are Cleanup tools designed for that. ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8811927/image.png) Maybe, we could add in the future an option to decide if you want or not to see these strokes, or hide only in render. @pepe-school-land what do you think of hide them in render? Edit: I missed to add this change to 2.91 release notes.

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-08-26 12:44:46 +02:00

This is the commit that changed this: ebf5ff8afb

This is the commit that changed this: ebf5ff8afb9a

Tomasz Kaye commented

2020-08-26 13:23:09 +02:00

Got it! i don't mind them being visible, can help avoid confusion. Though hidden in render seems like a good idea to me.

I wonder if it'd be possible to have them display in a visually distinctive way (e.g. brightly coloured stripes) to make it easy to quickly identify them, and not confuse them with regular strokes.

Got it! i don't mind them being visible, can help avoid confusion. Though hidden in render seems like a good idea to me. I wonder if it'd be possible to have them display in a visually distinctive way (e.g. brightly coloured stripes) to make it easy to quickly identify them, and not confuse them with regular strokes.

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-08-26 13:51:56 +02:00

Added subscriber: @mendio

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-08-26 13:51:56 +02:00

@info-27 I'm working in the change to hide in render, but I would like to hear @pepe-school-land and @mendio opinion first.

About different color... with the new engine this is complex due a limitation in the number of bits we are using in the GPU (we haven't room for more). Anyway, if you are using a material for fill not using the stroke color, you could use a bright color as stroke to know is a boundary. Of course, if I add the patch to hide in Render modes, then it would be better.

For example:

@info-27 I'm working in the change to hide in render, but I would like to hear @pepe-school-land and @mendio opinion first. About different color... with the new engine this is complex due a limitation in the number of bits we are using in the GPU (we haven't room for more). Anyway, if you are using a material for fill not using the stroke color, you could use a bright color as stroke to know is a boundary. Of course, if I add the patch to hide in Render modes, then it would be better. For example: ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8812067/image.png)

Daniel Martinez Lara commented

2020-08-26 15:20:10 +02:00

Ok for me 👍

Matias Mendiola commented

2020-08-26 15:20:53 +02:00

yes, it makes sense to me to hide the boundary lines in the rendered shading mode. It will also help to easily detect those lines when changing modes.

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-08-26 15:25:25 +02:00

Changed status from 'Confirmed' to: 'Resolved'

Antonio Vazquez closed this issue

2020-08-26 15:25:25 +02:00

Antonio Vazquez self-assigned this 2020-08-26 15:25:25 +02:00

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-08-26 15:25:25 +02:00

Implemented the hide in render mode in commit 826bd46e66

Implemented the hide in render mode in commit 826bd46e661b

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GPencil. Boundary strokes are visible in renders #80128