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Hayley Rabbit
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March 25, 2020
Question

straight line to curve using brush tool

  • March 25, 2020
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If you are making a straight line w/ the brush tool by using the shift, can you make it go into a curve(without making a hard angle)?  Same goes for making a curved line and then wanting to go into a straight one.  Sometimes I can do it when I release shift as I make the stroke, but usually it makes the hard angle, is there anyway to control it?  And I'm already using 100% smoothing to try to keep it straight as possible w/out th

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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March 25, 2020

What are you actually doing? Touch-up, painting, drawing, …? 

As others have mentioned you should consider using Paths; but depending on what you really are trying to achieve this may not be useful to you. 

    Grant H
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    Grant HCommunity Expert
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    March 25, 2020

    what Chuck says...

    This technique I use a lot in product photography where I need a precise brush stroke...
    for eg: this before and after:

     

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      Hayley RabbitAuthor
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      March 25, 2020

      I'm sorry, I didn't understand this last response.  But I do think it is afeature that should be added...

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      Hayley RabbitAuthor
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      March 25, 2020

      What i am trying to illustrate is the straight line and into curve in a practical application. Brushing a stroke is an excellent way to precisely control lines and curves. I highly doubt the they will ever add what you are suggesting as a feature, you can imagine the radius of the curve etc, with a thickness of the brush, effects etc. It is not a vector drawing application. It paints/colours pixels.

      /G


      What is brushing a stroke? i’ve stroked lines but not brushed them
      Chuck Uebele
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      Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
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      March 25, 2020

      You can probably do it if you're really good with your pointing device, but it might be easier to draw a path then stroke it with a brush.

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