Selection to Stencil

[Charlie]

This script creates a stencil from a selection. Only painted areas are included.

1) Select area
2) Run script


Questions for Ambient:
1) Since some scripts are useful as macros, will we be able to bind them to keyboard shortcuts?
2) Is there a command to fill a selection with the forground colour?

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//                            ArtRage Script File.
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//===========================================================================
// Version Block - Script version and ArtRage version:
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<Version>
    ArtRage Version: ArtRage 3 Studio Pro
    ArtRage Build: 3.5.0
    Professional Edition: Yes
    Script Version: 1
</Version>


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// Header block - Info about the painting/person who generated this script:
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<Header>
    // === Project data
    Painting Name: "Untitled"
    Painting Width: 1600
    Painting Height: 860
    Painting DPI: 72
    //Mask Edge Map Width: 1600
    //Mask Edge Map Height: 860
    // === Author data
    Author Name: "Charlie"
    Script Name: "Selection to Stencil"
    Comment: "Convert selection to stencil"
    Script Type: ""
    Script Feature Flags: 0
</Header>


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// ArtRage project features. Sets the startup state of the script:
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// Script data follows:
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<Events>
Wait: 0.000s    EvType: Command    CommandID: Copy
Wait: 0.000s    EvType: Command    CommandID: Paste
int nLayer = CurrentLayerIndex()
Wait: 0.000s    EvType: Command    CommandID: CID_SelectSpecificLayer    ParamType: uint32    Value: { nLayer }
Wait: 0.000s    EvType: Command    CommandID: CID_CreateStencilFromSpecificLayer    ParamType: uint32    Value: { nLayer }
Wait: 0.000s    EvType: Command    CommandID: CID_DeleteSpecificLayer    ParamType: uint32    Value: { nLayer }
Wait: 0.000s    EvType: Command    CommandID: Deselect All

[Strandy]

Hm, your script didn't produce any stencil for me, but rather a nice error message instead

edited: OK, forgot to save as UTF 16. Now works as intended

[MSIE]

very useful! thanks a lot!

[Charlie]

Attached script to first post

[Juz]

Hiya Charlie,
any chance of a script version that converts the opposite way from stencil to selection in the future ?

[Charlie]

I'll have a go at Stencil to Selection but it makes you realise that there is a lot of overlap between stencils, selections and masks.

I'd like to be able to lock a stencil position and change it's transparency for example.

[Juz]

Thanks Charlie I really appreciate your efforts

I'd like to be able to lock a stencil position and change it's transparency for example.

Hear hear... +1 internets for you for that suggestion
Hate having to keep moving a stencil out of the way then using undo to put it back to check my progress on work while using them... opacity control would help that immensely. If the scripting language had enough flexibility to allow you to do that, you would bestowed with the title 'Supreme ARScript Master of the Universe' from me immediately

I find the marching ants on selections to be annoying at best... in photoshop you can just use Ctrl-H to hide the active selection I don't know if that can be done in artrage.

You're completely right about selections, stencils and masks all being similar.. same mask... different appearance.

[Someonesane]

Yeah, I'd love to see an opacity change option for the stencils, and a way to hide the selection lines, as well. I've posted both suggestions before, around the forums here at some point in time (I think I even posted a suggestion image on how the stencil dial could work, someplace). Here's hoping we'll see them included in the future

[terrygillooly]

Hate having to keep moving a stencil out of the way then using undo to put it back to check my progress on work while using them... opacity control would help that immensely. ....

I find the marching ants on selections to be annoying at best... in photoshop you can just use Ctrl-H to hide the active selection I don't know if that can be done in artrage.

I don't usually work with the stencil window open so to "hide" the stencil I right-click to move the canvas (just a small amount). This makes the stencil disappear for as long as I hold the click.

It also hides the 'marching ants.'

Of course, you can't do anything while right-clicking, but at least it gives you a clear view of your canvas.

You're completely right about selections, stencils and masks all being similar.. same mask... different appearance.

And also transparency locking!

[semd74]

I could not get the script to work for me...