Drawing lines with the Freehand & Brush Tool

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

To draw a line 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 to complete the line.

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

As you are drawing the line you can do the following:

Draw straight lines sections

Erase part of the freehand line

Create a shape
by ending the line over the start point. A ‘+’ by the mouse pointer shows when you are over the start point.

Tips

If you want to change the thickness of the line, see Changing line thickness.

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

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Related Topics

Freehand & Brush Tool

Lines