How should position adjustment in the Repeater work ?



  • I don't understand how the position adjustment works
    in the Repeater. When using a gradient, I expect the
    distance of objects to be controlled in a defined direction.

    Instead, the objects move in a direction for which I have
    no explanation.

    For example, when using the gradient for scaling, the object
    is scaled along the gradient. But with position, the objects
    don't seem to follow the gradient.

    See video here


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    @Subpath You have to set the Position values and the movement direction is determined by the direction of that point.



  • @VectorStyler said in How should position adjustment in the Repeater work ?:

    @Subpath You have to set the Position values and the movement direction is determined by the direction of that point.

    Sorry, I'm still not clear about this.

    What does the position value do or what the position for?
    Its set a position thats clear. Based from the Origin Point ?

    What is the purpose of Movement? Direction ? In what Direction.
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    But the most unclear to me is:
    Using Gradient with Movement and Direction with Adjust Position.
    Perhaps I may have a wrong thinking of ​​what's possible with a
    gradient in this case. Because using a gradient didn't work as expected.

    I'm using a linear gradient here in both Movement and Direction
    and expect the shapes to move linearly. But they behave
    unpredictably and certainly not linearly.
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    This is the Gradient i use in both Movement and Direction.
    0_1750874407699_Used Gradient.png
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    The Value i used
    0_1750874467245_Position 30-Null.png
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    The Result
    0_1750874491077_Position-30-Null.png
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    I expected something in this direction
    0_1750874545527_expected.png



  • @Subpath Repeater does not currently support moving positions based on grayscale values, but it can be achieved for your needs. I have recorded a video for you to reference.
    https://youtu.be/mj7o5Thbe2Y



  • @Li-Xiao

    Lee, thank you so much for your video. I really appreciate it,
    and I'm sure other VectorStyler users do too.

    I also found it very interesting and inspiring how you used
    shape effects in combination with the Repeater.

    In this case, I was and still am more surprised by the behavior of the Repeater
    when using linear gradients with "Adjust Position." And I would never have
    expected such a result when using a linear gradient. (see above post)

    "Adjust Scale" with a linear gradient works as expected.
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    Here a Video with adjust scale
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    0_1751000758702_Adjust scale.png