Drawing lines with the Freehand & Brush Tool
The Freehand & Brush Tool lets you draw lines that follow the movements of the mouse.
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:
Erase part of the freehand line
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
If you want to change the thickness
of the line, see Changing
line thickness.
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)