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Yet another issue with filling the Clouds 😅

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  • March 9, 2025 at 4:40 pm #19842
    Nathi Tappan
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      I didn’t realize how different it would feel. First time I open the 2D Animation tab, or touch a Grease Pencil object. So this might be super obvious… but it’s baffling me.

      I did too run into a couple issues filling my first cloud, but by reading the other questions on this lesson, and by watching the clean up video I could fix the issue for that one. 

      But for the second cloud, for some reason, when I assign any other material than the fill it works. The fill just makes it disappear. 🤔  I tried connecting it with ctrl+J, F, I checked for loose verts, and smoothed it out. Can you guys by chance spot what I’m missing?

      Here’s a screen record of the issue: https://youtu.be/SVYOFA2tc9Y

      March 9, 2025 at 5:40 pm #93687
      Paul Caggegi
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        Everything “looks” correct, Nathi, and I have not been able to replicate the first issue – can you email me the file so I can have a closer look? pcaggegi@autotroph.com

        As for the join function – I completely understand – this has not yet been fixed in Grease Pencil 3.0, and I HATE it. it does NOT join two strokes together; it creates a NEW stroke and places it over the gap. This is not what I want, especially if I wish to replace a material. I’m watching the bug reporting on this and perhaps I have not been specific enough on my request to effect any change. 4.2.x and Grease Pencil 2.0 – this will give you no issues.

        March 9, 2025 at 5:41 pm #93688
        Dwayne Savage
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          I have no idea what it is, but I’d try moving the points in edit mode just to make sure there isn’t some other layer that is affecting it. 

          March 10, 2025 at 6:47 am #93689
          Nathi Tappan
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            Uh! I knew I was going to run into snags for using a newer version (I know, I know, I was warned 😅). Here’s the first one then.

            Hopefully they fix it on 4.4. Should be releasing this week I think?

            Sure thing. I’ll email you the file, thanks Paul!

            March 10, 2025 at 5:52 pm #93690
            Paul Caggegi
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              It has not been fixed. And issues are lieft in 4.4 that are now being looked at in 4.5. But I did manage to replicate the issue – create a circle, duplicate, shift, trim away intercecting lines, then try and connect the stroke – won’t work as mentioned above. Replacing material with fill creates the same issue. What you CAN do, is use the fill tool. 

              March 10, 2025 at 6:05 pm #93691
              Nathi Tappan
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                Thanks! Yes, the fill tool did the trick, thanks for the tip. Well, 4.5 might sound a little away, but you know how Blender goes… you blink and the next version is out. It will come soon enough.

                March 10, 2025 at 7:18 pm #93692
                Paul Caggegi
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                  I have my eye on the changes as they come. I am beginning to suspect that the Grease Pencil project developers are using the Alpha versions to test out and bug fix. Fingers crossed that 4.5 LTS will have plenty of the smaller things fixed – one annoying bug is that a custom brush will link ina texture EVERY TIME you make a new stroke. I was in an art class, and within seconds, my laptop was overheating. This was why.

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