Drawing shapes with the Freehand & Brush Tool

The Freehand & Brush Tool lets you draw shapes
that follow the movements of the mouse.

To draw a shape with the Freehand & Brush Tool

1. Choose the Freehand & Brush Tool.

2. Move the mouse pointer to where you want the line to start.

3. Drag the mouse to draw a line.

4. Release the mouse button over the start of the line to complete the shape. A ‘+’ by the mouse pointer shows when you are over the start point.

Important: line drawing stops as soon as you release the mouse button.

As you are drawing the outline of the shape you can do the following:

Draw straight lines sections

Erase part of the freehand line

Tip

The final line can follow every movement of the mouse or be a smooth following line. This is called smoothing the line. See Smoothing a freehand line.

Movie—click below (not working in this version)

Drawing lines with the Freehand & Brush Tool