2013

Drawing Lines and Shapes 79
Low values make the line follow your mouse movement more closely by creating
more control points, and higher values produce smoother curves with fewer control
points.
Low values are less smooth Higher values produce a smoother curve
You can change the smoothing at any time until you make further edits to the line
(the re-fit indicator on the InfoBar tells you when you can still change the smoothing.)
Erasing while drawing
Before you release the mouse button you can erase part of the line by holding "Shift".
The pencil icon reverses so the eraser at
the end is downwards. You can now
erase back along the line. Release "Shift”
and you can continue drawing.
Drawing straight segments in the Freehand Tool
While drawing a freehand line hold down "Alt", move the pointer to a new position
and release "Alt" to draw a straight line. You can continue drawing a line or hold down
"Alt" again to draw another straight segment. Remember, you can use "Ctrl" to
constrain the angle of the line. If you only want to draw lots of single segment straight
lines, use the
STRAIGHT LINE TOOL described below.
Extending a line
Make sure the line is selected (a single click on the shape or line in the FREEHAND &
BRUSH
TOOL will do this). Now if you move over the end of the line, a small + sign next
to the pencil icon will indicate you can just draw to add a new freehand section to the
line.
Joining two lines
Select both lines, ("Shift + click" on the second line to add it to the selection) and you
can now just draw from the end of one line to an end of the other. A small + sign next
to the pencil icon (appearing after a pause) indicates you are over the end.
Closing a freehand shape (to create a filled shape)
If you connect the start and end of a line, then it becomes a filled shape. You can now
alter the fill color by dragging colors from the Color Line or using the Color Editor.