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Pressure sensitive drawing
Web Designer MX Premium supports pressure sensitive drawing using
a compatible tablet device that supports pressure sensitivity.
Most modern tablets should be compatible. This allows you to draw variable width strokes - the more
pressure you apply the wider the stroke.
High Pressure
Low
Pressure
To draw a variable width stroke using your tablet:
1.
Enable pressure sensitive drawing by pressing the Enable/disable Pressure Recording button
on the Freehand tool infobar.
2.
Clear the current selection (click an empty part of the canvas, or press Escape).
3.
Choose a suitable line width from the line width dropdown list on the top bar. The width you
select will be the width of the line that is drawn when you are applying maximum pressure.
4.
An alert appears asking if you want to make the selected line width the default for new objects.
Press the Set button to confirm.
5.
Start drawing using your tablet device. Vary the pressure as you draw to vary the line width
accordingly.
There is a special entry in the stroke shape dropdown list on the infobar entitled "Pressure" to indicate
that the selected line has a custom profile. To convert a pressure-drawn line into an ordinary stroke
simply choose an alternative stroke profile from the list. This deletes all the pressure data that was
recorded for the stroke.
Pressure troubleshooting
If you can't get pressure sensitive drawing working straight away when you connect a new device, here
are some tips:

Make sure your device does support pressure sensitive drawing ? many don't.

Restart Web Designer MX Premium and if necessary your computer after connecting your
device.
Trace mode
Trace mode helps you to draw lines which follow visible edges in photo images. For most photos it's
best to turn smoothing down from the default value, so that the line more closely follows complex edges
with less smoothing of the line as you draw.
Trace mode on/off
Turn on trace mode using the toggle button on the infobar. Draw with
the Freehand tool over a photo and you should see that the line tries to
follow edges in the image.
You can also turn trace mode on and off while you are actively drawing a line, by pressing the T
key. The mouse pointer changes to indicate whether trace mode is on or off.
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