Modifying the Pencil Settings

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You can configure a pencil's size, how much Harmony should automatically smooth your pencil lines when drawing, the shape of the tips and corners of your pencil line as well as its texture.

How to modify the pencil settings
  1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Pencil tool or press Alt + /.
  1. In the Tool Properties view, click on the arrow button next to the stroke preview area to open the Pencil Properties dialog.

Stroke Preview

The Pencil Properties dialog opens.

Pencil Preset Window

  1. Use the Maximum Size slider to set the maximum size of your pencil line.
  1. If you are using a pressure-sensitive pen tablet, use the Minimum Size slider to set the size of your pencil when using your pen with very little pressure. The minimum size is set to a percentage of your pencil's maximum size, which is 20% by default. If you don't want the pressure on your pen to affect the pencil size, set this parameter to 100%.
  1. Use the Centerline Smoothing slider to set the amount of smoothing Harmony should perform on your stroke's direction, curves and corners. A higher setting will prevent your line from being shaky, but is liable to reduce your drawing precision and to round sharp corners into curves.
  1. Use the Contour Smoothing slider to set the amount of smoothing Harmony should perform on your stroke's contour. A higher setting will round sharp corners and reduce the amount of control points for the resulting vector shape.
  1. Click on the Shape pop-up buttons to select whether you want the Start and End of your pencil lines to be Round or Flat, and whether you want the points and corners where pencil lines Join to be Round, Mitre-shaped or Beveled.

Pencil Line Style

  1. Click on the Texture tab.

Pencil Preset Texture

  1. If you want your pencil line to have a texture, select the desired pencil line texture from the pencil line texture library. Otherwise, select None.
  1. Either close or set aside the Pencil Properties dialog.
  1. In the Camera or Drawing view, start drawing to test your pencil settings.

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