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Draw smooth organic lines with the aid of the 'draw' tool's freehand option..
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STEP ONE
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Select the 'draw' tool ( ).
In the options box (click if it's not visible), select 'freehand line' from the 'type' field, and choose your line width. Tick 'antialias' for smooth lines.
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STEP TWO
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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
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  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
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STEP FOUR
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Now go and draw, draw, draw...
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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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