Drawing lines with the Freehand & Brush Tool

The Freehand & Brush Tool lets you draw lines that follow the movements of the mouse.

image\PRCARROW.gif To draw a line with the Freehand & Brush Tool

1. Choose the Freehand & Brush Tool.

2. Move the mouse pointer to where you want the line to start.

3. Drag the mouse to draw a line.

4. Release the mouse button to complete the line.

Important: line drawing stops as soon as you release the mouse button.

As you are drawing the line you can do the following:

image\BULLET.gif Draw straight lines sections

image\BULLET.gif Erase part of the freehand line

image\BULLET.gif Create a shape by ending the line over the start point. A ‘+’ by the mouse pointer shows when you are over the start point.

Tips

image\BULLET.gif If you want to change the thickness of the line, see Changing line thickness.

image\BULLET.gif The final line can follow every movement of the mouse or be a smooth following line. This is called smoothing the line. See Smoothing a freehand line.

Movie—click below (not working in this version)

Drawing lines with the Freehand & Brush Tool

Freehand & Brush Tool

Lines