Applying freehand and straight brushstrokes

You can draw unconstrained lines by using the freehand drawing style, or you can draw straight lines.

When you draw a freehand stroke, you can drag with any motion or in any direction. The stroke follows your path.

Dragging to create freehand strokes

When you draw a straight line stroke, Corel Painter connects points with a straight line.

To create a straight line stroke, you click to add the first point and then click or drag to create the stroke.

To draw freehand lines

1 .	On the Brush property bar, click the Freehand Strokes button .

You can use shortcut keys to toggle between the freehand and straight line drawing styles. Press B to choose the freehand style, or V to choose the straight-line style.

To draw straight lines

1 .	On the Brush property bar, click the Straight line strokes button .

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Click the Freehand Strokes button to return to the freehand drawing style without closing the polygon.

You can also paint in a straight line by holding down Shift as you drag on the canvas.

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