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Anonymous
June 21, 2018
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Changing brush size while drawing a line

  • June 21, 2018
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Is there a way to increase or decrease the brush size while I am holding down the left mouse button to control the weight of the stroke being drawn? I want to make parts of a stroke thicker or thinner to get more dynamic lines .

I know that I can use alt+ right mouse button + drag to change brush size. But it cannot be used to create width variations within the same stroke.

Pressing [ or ] while drawing the line does not work either. Every method I know only works when the left mouse button is not held down.All of them just set the overall width for the stroke.

If this feature exists in Photoshop, can someone kindly tell me how to use it?

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Correct answer Francesco Della Peruta

I think that there is not a way to do what you want without release the mouse button... I suggest you to buy a graphic tablet for this kind of need

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D.A.R
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June 21, 2018

A feature close to what you describe would be Fade in the Brush Settings. Set the Size Jitter to 0% and the Fade to a specific number. This number will vary depending on the size of your image and may well mean a lot of trial and error.

Not entirely dynamic but more controllable and predictable than a Wacom Pen.

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    Eli35770771hsvs
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    February 29, 2024

    Thank you this is exactly what I was looking for. More helpful than just saying it's impossible.

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    Francesco Della PerutaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    June 21, 2018

    I think that there is not a way to do what you want without release the mouse button... I suggest you to buy a graphic tablet for this kind of need

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