Scriptographer.com - gardener 2.0

gardener 2.0

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:56:47 +0200

gardener creates nice tendrils from a drawn path. assign one of the scriptographer-tools to the gardener script and select some objects in your document. then start drawing your shape. the selected objects will be used in a random order and size as the end objects of each created branch. make sure you tweak the script options by
a doubleclick on the assigned scriptographer-tool.

note:
you need to smooth the small branches manually. (if you zoom in close, you'll find them very edgy.) do this by selecting all the created branches, then go to the illustrator-menu > object > path > simplify.

credits:
original version by pedro and rob.
converted to sg 2.0 by the mighty graf salamander
with the debugging eye of jürg lehni.
used best with scriptographer 2.0

gardener2.0.js

gardener

brice — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:45:09 +0200

wow, truly amazing work!

Re: gardener

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:16:43 +0200

Congratulations to the port, Pedro!
I wonder if the smoothing could not be done autmatically?

Re: gardener

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:19:49 +0200

jürg: it can be done. the code is in there, but it's not that accurate as it is when you use the simplify command.
somehow, if i use pointstocurves in the code, the base of the branches are a little off the mainbranch if you zoom in close.

or is there another way to do the smoothing?
btw. it was the same in the old version of gardener.

Re: gardener

steve — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:51:56 +0200

Probably being a dumb ass and i am not much of a coder. I don't really understand your directions on how to use gardener. I was hoping you might be able to put up so even more obvious steps. I don't get the assigning tools etc. Please help as i love your use of the scriptographer and want to play with it myself. The bubbles works a treat. Next the gardener...

Re: gardener

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:51:24 +0200

here's a small videotut

http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=showgardeneryx2.swf

Re: gardener

jaySeattle — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:39:54 +0200

This is excellent! I have been back to this site many, many times patiently awaiting the update.

I am now officially uninstalling CS as it's no longer needed thanks to Pedros update.

Scriptographer and Gardener are the best! Thanks!

Re: gardener

derek — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:51:17 +0200

and why do I get this message?

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS2\Plug-ins\Scriptographer\scripts\tools\gardener2.0.js:1,3: syntax error (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS2\Plug-ins\Scriptographer\scripts\tools\gardener2.0.js#1)

java.lang.NullPointerException

at com.scriptographer.ai.Tool.setScript(Tool.java:68)

at com.scriptographer.gui.MainDialog$ToolButton.onClick(MainDialog.java:286)

at com.scriptographer.adm.Button.onNotify(Button.java:75)

at com.scriptographer.adm.NotificationHandler.onNotify(NotificationHandler.java:55)

Re: gardener

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:07:44 +0200

hmm... error on line 1...

if you open the script in a text editor, is there some <html> code inside? if so, download the script again, but do not use "save target as" because it doesn't work that way on this site.

Re: gardener

derek — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:12:41 +0200

I'm downloading the file after I accept the term. the file is a txt file and I rename it tı js. now it is working. I will try the other ones to. thank for your help.