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How to mask straight long line.
By Crowell
Show how to make straight long masking, something like water line of ships.
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Category: Crafting
Languages: English
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Guide Index
Overview
Select half square mask 
Set tool options 
Rotate and move to center 
Check the line 
Add mask 
Done! 
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Select half square mask
This mask shape is the key of this guide.
It helps you to make dead center straight line.
Set tool options
  • [set Mask Shape mode]
  • [set flat mode]
  • [size to 100]
  • [rotation to 270(or some square value]
Rotate and move to center
  1. Use Shift+WASD or Shift+rightdrag to get correct direction.

  2. Find the position where straight line has to come.

  3. Press F key to move it center.
Check the line
Move camera left or right with WASD key (DO NOT MOVE UP or DOWN) and check the line is correct.

If its not correct. Move camera UP or DOWN and do repeat.
Add mask
Now you can start masking.
Place the mask at the start position.
Move camera right or left.
Move mouse cursor slightly left or right to make tool active.
Place the mask. repeat. repeat.

Done!
Now you have Dead Straight Masking!
3 Comments
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Morty 19 May, 2023 @ 3:21am 
Or you could use the "I" decal.
deadlyduck 26 Mar, 2022 @ 4:12pm 
@secretOne Agreed!
I came and looked here expecting to see some secret tip I had missed and turns out it's exactly as I have been doing, very laborious and not very real at all!
SecretOne 26 Mar, 2022 @ 2:53pm 
Thanks for the help.
It's still a crap way of masking a straight line and not how you would on a real model.
Why do they not allow a proper real of masking tape. i.e. put on one end of model and scroll to the other end of model and place again