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DennisJa
Inspiring
March 25, 2014
Question

How do i set my brush so it draws refined lines?

  • March 25, 2014
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Im trying to draw in Photoshop but im not liking how the brushes are. im trying to go for flat colors with no fade to the strokes (i guess vector like, almost how flash does it)

The paint brush even tuned up to 100% is still a little bit faded especially on the edges

and the pencil is how i do want it to be but it has jagged edges

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Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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March 25, 2014

I don't think I ever use the pencil.  As you have found, reducing hardness makes no difference, so you never get any anti aliasing with the pencil tool.  Just nasty jaggies on any by perfectly horizontal or vertical lines.  I expect you know you can force horizontal, vertical lines by holding down the Shift key.  Or in any direction by touching down, and then holding the Shift key while touching down at the other end of your line?

Are you using a tablet, or mouse?

If a tablet, then I am a big fan of Lazy Nezumi that allows me to draw wonderfully smooth curves,, and all sorts of other clever features.

http://lazynezumi.com/

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DennisJaAuthor
Inspiring
March 25, 2014

Mouse and its not just when I make make curves. Smoothness isn't the issue its hardness.

The green was is a screen shot from flash That's what i want the colors are nice and full with almost no bad edges

The red was done using a brush of 100 opacity and hardness and Its to faded for some reason

The blue is with the pencil tool. Full colors but to jagged it makes my drawings look like they were done in ms paint

Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 25, 2014

So what preset are you using?  You need to be starting from a known point or there is nothing to base your results on.  Reset your brushes, or load the Standard set.  Then try the first pair of brushes which are Soft Round and Hard Round, neither of which have any dynamics applied.

I get nicely smooth edged brush strokes even with a fully hard preset using the mouse, although I do see a trace of edge wobble due to spacing, with a large fully hard size.

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