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Tutorial: Smooth Freehand Lines

Draw smooth organic lines with the aid of the 'draw' tool's freehand option..
STEP ONE
Select the 'draw' tool (). In the options box (clickif it's not visible), select 'freehand line' from the 'type' field, and choose your line width. Tick 'antialias' for smooth lines.
STEP TWO
You can play with the options by clicking on the 'draw options' tab. Choose a 'curve tracking' setting to your liking, the number here is the gap distance between the line segments (the smaller the number, the closer the segments - and generally, the smoother the line and the closer to your original line it will be). The first image below is the circle I was drawing with the mouse button still depressed. The second image shows the outcome with a curve tracking of 4, and the third image - a curve tracking of 24.

Examples
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STEP THREE
Draw your desired line. The first image is what the line looks like before I let the mouse button go. No I am not usually this wobbly with the mouse :) Now the second image is of course after releasing the mouse button, and notice the line has smoothed out a great deal
STEP FOUR
Now go and draw, draw, draw...

Yeah! I know it stinks!! :)

Using this feature of PSP, you dont have to worry about the mouse's inability to draw 'perfect' smooth lines. The next best thing to this would have to be a Wacom Tablet :)



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