Operation Manual

Lines, Curves, and Shapes 67
To close an existing curve (with a straight line):
1. Select the curve with the Node Tool, Pencil or Pen Tool.
2. Click Close Curve on the context toolbar. A Straight segment
appears, closing the curve.
To close a curve (without new segment):
• Select the curve with the Node Tool, and drag from an end node (note
the Node cursor), moving the line, onto the other end node (a Close
cursor will show); releasing the mouse button will create a shape.
If you're trying to draw a cartoon outline made
up of many independent curves (e.g., a cartoon
ear, rose) and you want to retain the fill colour,
you can fill each curve without closing them.
This is made easy by using the Fill-on-Create
feature.
To fill an unclosed curve automatically:
• Select the Pencil Tool, Pen Tool, or Paintbrush Tool.
• Enable Fill-on-Create from the context toolbar, and select a
suitable fill from the Colour tab. You'll also need to ensure Select-on-
Create is enabled on the context toolbar (Freehand and Paintbrush
tools only).
• Draw a freeform line, pen line, or brush stroke into a curve. The
resulting curve is closed automatically and filled with the current fill
colour.