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seanh17289012
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November 10, 2018
Question

Straight lines snapping together

  • November 10, 2018
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Hey,

This is my first time messing around with Photoshop and whenever I try to press shift and draw a straight line with my brush tool, it ends up automatically connecting to the previous line. How do I disable this function?

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    Semaphoric
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    SemaphoricCommunity Expert
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    November 10, 2018

    Don't have the Shift key pressed when you start drawing - you need to mouse down first, THEN press Shift, and start drawing. Holding Shift while clicking the mouse draws a line from the last drawn point to the current one (as you've noticed).

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    seanh17289012Author
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    November 10, 2018

    What if you're using a drawing tablet?

    Chuck Uebele
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    Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
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    November 10, 2018

    Same for a tablet as a mouse. Put down a starting point then shift tap, or whatever, to create the line.

    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity Expert
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    November 10, 2018

    Double-click the Brush tool in the tools panel and change the options for the tool.

      andrander
      andrander
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      May 5, 2023

      Hey presssing "B" (default hotkey for brush) actually works, thanks

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