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Smoothing controls

The Smoothing controls allow you to soften the appearance of brushstrokes.

Damping smooths otherwise jagged brushstrokes for brushes that use rendered dab types. Higher values make the stroke smoother. (Damping suspends a stroke in an area by using calculations to even out edges and reduce jaggedness.)

High values of Damping round out corners of a stroke. A value of 50% works best. Higher values might be necessary for jittery input devices such as a mouse.

Cubic Interpolation smooths jagged brushstrokes by adding points to dab paths, primarily for brushes that use dab-based dab types. Unlike Damping, which uses mathematical calculations to smooth jagged edges, Cubic Interpolation inserts additional points into dab paths, which are used to replot brushstrokes. With particle brushes, higher values result in more particles.

Cubic Interpolation is best for dab-based dab types, while Damping is best for rendered dab types.

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To set smooth strokes by adding path points Back to Top

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