Operation Manual

Pressure Sensitivity and Pen Tablets 277
Edit an existing pressure profile from the preset drop-down menu to
create profiles quickly.
You can then save the current pressure settings to your own saved pressure
profile—this allows you to store and reapply your settings at any point in the
future.
To save a new pressure profile:
• Click the tab's Tab Menu and select Add Pressure Profile.
Your new profile is automatically added to the bottom of the drop-down list.
To delete a pressure profile:
1. Click the tab's Tab Menu and select Manage Pressure Profiles....
2. In the dialog, select the pressure profile for deletion and click Delete.
Altering stroke width and opacity with pressure
For subtle pressure control, DrawPlus can vary the extent to which pen pressure
can alter the width and opacity of a brush stroke or drawn line. This is expressed
as a percentage of the original stroke's Width and Opacity values shown in the
Brushes context toolbar (or equivalent for pen or pencil lines). Imagine the end
of your stroke tapering off or getting fainter as it lifts off the page.
The width and opacity setting can be set either:
• globally, via the Pressure tab.
- or -
• per brush, via the Stroke Brush Edit or Spray Brush Edit dialogs.
You can set the degree to which width and opacity changes either independently
or in combination. Let’s look at some examples... based on drawn straight line
for clarity. We’ll use a pressure profile (below) available from the preset drop-
down menu for all examples.