Polyline Component

Not sure if anybody already mentioned it, but I think it would be cool to have some kind of vectors included in the component section.
When I try to create line-art filters or more complex shapes and outlined structures it's always annoying to use the line-detector because of the long render times. The other option is to use the impulse curve + polygon and this is pretty limited.

I understand if paths can't be applied to the program but at least some simple polyline component could be helpful, where the input is X and Y for, let's say 6 points, the outline thickness, and the shape of the line endings (like in Adobe Illustrator)

The way I deal with this is slightly different sizes of polygons in black and white. Using Subtract you then can extract an outline of the polygon. The same technique can be applied to arbitrary lines, essentially a rotated infinite line from two Rectangles, with a third step of cropping the line to a non-infinite length, again using RGB math like Subtract and Add. This is fast and eliminates the need for edge detection which is expensive. My 2 cents, 3 with inflation...

I figured you already knew this. We can hope for a Vector and Poly-Vector component to draw lines and blocks and irregular polygons

+1 for a line component. And also new UI elements for controlling x/y points.

In the meantime, here is a script that draws 1-8 connected line segments with rounded corners and controllable line radius. The ends can be open/closed. Mode 1 draws just the line segments - mode 2 draws a signed distance field for custom mapping.

Line drawing via scripting is not very efficient, but perhaps this could still be useful for some stuff. What features should be added to this?

line_sdf_v003.ffxml

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Martin Naumann wrote: When I try to create line-art filters or more complex shapes and outlined structures it's always annoying to use the line-detector because of the long render times.

I do not know if it may be useful maybe for you this link here to test any of the methods shown here
BENCHMARK LIST ACCORDING TO THE FASTEST OPTION of 10 different methods for drawing a line in FF from point A to point B

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emme wrote: +1 for a line component. And also new UI elements for controlling x/y points.

I agree that I also would like to have a more flexible way to make custom lines and for controlling x-y points

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emme wrote: Line drawing via scripting is not very efficient, but perhaps this could still be useful for some stuff. What features should be added to this?

Good, will see how it works and what could be added, thanks very much for making it