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How to draw with the Brush tool
- In the Timeline
- In the Tools toolbar, select the Brush
tool or press Alt + B.
- In the Tool Properties view, set the Maximum Size to the desired brush size.
NOTE: If you are drawing with a mouse, your strokes will always be at their maximum size. If you are using a pressure-sensitive tablet, your strokes will vary in size depending on the pressure of your pen, ranging between 25% to 100% of the maximum size.
- In the Colour view, click a colour swatch to select a colour.
- In the Drawing or Camera view, start drawing.
How to draw with the Brush tool on a bitmap layer
- In the Timeline view, add a bitmap drawing layer.
- In the Tools toolbar, select the Brush tool or press Alt + B.
- In the Tool Properties view, set the Maximum Size to the desired brush size. If you are drawing with a mouse, your strokes will always be at their maximum size. If you are using a pressure-sensitive tablet, your strokes will vary in size depending on the pressure of your pen, ranging between 25% to 100% of the maximum size by default.
- In the Colour view, select a colour.
- If you would prefer using Red/Green/Blue sliders, you can switch between HSV and RGB sliders by doing one of the following:
- Select Colour > Bitmap Colour Sliders > HSV Sliders or RGB Sliders.
- Right-click on the colour sliders and select RGB Sliders or HSV Sliders.
NOTE: Although you can use colours from your colour palette to paint on a bitmap layer, colours used in a bitmap drawing layer are not linked to their colour swatch in the palette. This means that, contrary to vector drawing, updating the colours in your colour palette will not update your bitmap drawings with the new colours.
- In the Camera or Drawing view, start drawing.
NOTE: You can hold Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ (macOS) while drawing to force your stroke to be a closed shape. This will automatically draw a straight line between the beginning and the end of your stroke.
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Topics List
- Drawing with the Brush or Pencil Tool
- About the Tool Properties View
- About the Brush Tool
- Drawing with the Brush Tool
- Drawing with the Pencil Tool
- About the Select Tool
- Selecting
- About Shape Tools
- Drawing with the Rectangle, Ellipse, and Line Tools
- About the Cutter Tool
- Cutting Artwork
- About the Contour Editor Tool
- Reshaping a Drawing with the Contour Editor Tool
- About the Pencil Editor Tool
- Reshaping Pencil Lines
- About the Centerline Editor
- Reshaping Brush Strokes
- About the Eraser Tool
- Erasing
- Modifying the Eraser Settings
- Painting Drawings
- Inking Lines
- About the Stroke Tool
- Drawing with the Stroke Tool
- Closing Gaps
- About the Edit Gradient and Texture Tool
- Using the Edit Gradient and Texture Tool
- Activity 1: Basic Drawing