Bezier curves

[Jim Hurley]

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>Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 21:26:26 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Alejandro Tejada <capellan2000 at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: Bezier curves
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>The size of the uncompressed stack is huge!... Why?


Alejandro,

I remain puzzled about the file size. A single bezier line--two end 
points only--is about 50 K! A bezier line with 10 segments is 500 K.

I wish there were some way in RR to determine the contribution to the 
file size from each component, each control.

As a work-around, to reduce the size, I have added a button to the 
bezier plug-in which converts any bezier curve to a simple line 
graphic. It takes each of the bezier line groups and concatenates 
their graphic points to form a single graphic line and deletes all 
the controls and their scripts.

The size of a stack with a single bezier line drops from 50 K to 4 K. 
This is something one could do after the bezier controls have done 
their job and you are satisfied with the shape.

I have posted a compact version of the plug-in; it is 80 K.

Jim
http://home.infostations.net/jhurley/