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squidoosh14
Scratcher
100+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.11.6, Safari 11.1.2, Flash 32.0 (release 0)
When I make a circle or ellipse in the costume editor in vector mode, it has clipped edges, by which I mean, the sides are partially straight in places, like so:
https://imgur.com/J2Mr7Q8
I was trying to use a direct image link, but it said I have to use imageshack for that, and you have to pay for an account on that.
Quirkycat
Scratcher
14 posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

I'm having this same issue, only I noticed it on a curved section of a line.
(I also don't have an imageshack account, but picture a tombstone shape where the curved top part gets slightly cut off, lol)

I know this initial post is pretty old, but did you ever find a solution to this?
Quirkycat
Scratcher
14 posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

I've found several posts in this forum about this issue but none of them ever received any replies, I was hoping reviving this post might finally get people to discuss this issue, but I guess not.

I have, however, found a sort of workaround. I played around a bit and determined that this issue is caused by scratch doing some sort of auto-cropping of a vector sprite, which in the case of curved objects, is frequently inaccurate and results in the edges being cut off. My fix for this (although I'm not sure how this would affect people using these sprites for more intensive coding related to the shape of the sprite itself, such as collision detection) is to make a small mark just in front of the part of the sprite that is getting cut off. You can set its color to be alpha/invisible so you don't see the stray mark. This mark shifts the auto-crop of the sprite outwards, so the crop no longer intersects with the art of your sprite.

Hope this workaround helps anyone having this issue.
squidoosh14
Scratcher
100+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

I'm not really on Scratch anymore, I just hop on every once in a while to see if anything interesting has happened.
Conjureya
Scratcher
17 posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

This is because of the way scratch crops images before displaying them. A fix is to add a blank(no color) square covering anything bigger than your sprite.
countrykid123
Scratcher
1 post

Vector circles have cut-off edges

Why is there a line coming off my circle in scratch when i press space??
this is the project i'm having trouble with Scratch project
it's called creating custom blocks part 1&2
Please help me!!!
RamenNoodlesGuy
Scratcher
100+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

Quirkycat wrote:

I've found several posts in this forum about this issue but none of them ever received any replies, I was hoping reviving this post might finally get people to discuss this issue, but I guess not.

I have, however, found a sort of workaround. I played around a bit and determined that this issue is caused by scratch doing some sort of auto-cropping of a vector sprite, which in the case of curved objects, is frequently inaccurate and results in the edges being cut off. My fix for this (although I'm not sure how this would affect people using these sprites for more intensive coding related to the shape of the sprite itself, such as collision detection) is to make a small mark just in front of the part of the sprite that is getting cut off. You can set its color to be alpha/invisible so you don't see the stray mark. This mark shifts the auto-crop of the sprite outwards, so the crop no longer intersects with the art of your sprite.

Hope this workaround helps anyone having this issue.
thank you so much
BarelySmooth
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

squidoosh14 wrote:

My browser / operating system: MacOS Macintosh X 10.11.6, Safari 11.1.2, Flash 32.0 (release 0)
When I make a circle or ellipse in the costume editor in vector mode, it has clipped edges, by which I mean, the sides are partially straight in places, like so:

I was trying to use a direct image link, but it said I have to use imageshack for that, and you have to pay for an account on that.


Bump. This is a common issue, not an isolated one! I have seen many other similar bug reports about this bug in the BaG forum and this seems to be the oldest one.

I bumped it and I'm not going to let this topic die!

Last edited by BarelySmooth (April 15, 2021 12:57:34)

foursquaremaster000
Scratcher
100+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

yes this is so annoying I always have to increase my outline size ugh…
CST1229
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

squidoosh14 wrote:

I was trying to use a direct image link, but it said I have to use imageshack for that, and you have to pay for an account on that.
Use cubeupload.
BarelySmooth
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

CST1229 wrote:

Use cubeupload.
The original poster is probably inactive. So, I replaced the picture while quoting it.

Last edited by BarelySmooth (March 23, 2021 08:17:40)

GamesAlt34
Scratcher
82 posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

Try refreshing the page
BarelySmooth
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

GamesAlt34 wrote:

Try refreshing the page
No, it's a common issue. Refreshing the page won't help.
BarelySmooth
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

Actually, I don't think there is a need for any discussion. What is there to discuss? workarounds? It is a common bug faced by all users and is pretty easy to reproduce. Workarounds exist, but wouldn't it be better to fix the bug rather than to "try" to spread the word regarding the workaround!
BarelySmooth
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

bump
Dankist
Scratcher
88 posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

Two years have passed, the bug remained
BarelySmooth
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

Dankist wrote:

Two years have passed, the bug remained
yes, not sure if it's a priority, but is a common bug.
ThatCoder77471
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

Just put a few invisible shapes around/inside the circle and it will look fine!
BarelySmooth
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

ThatCoder77471 wrote:

Just put a few invisible shapes around/inside the circle and it will look fine!
That is a workaround, it is still a common bug that can be EASILY replicated.
BarelySmooth
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Vector circles have cut-off edges

bump

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