¡S Fixed Direction: Selecting this option keeps the brush angle fixed, regardless of the angle you start drawing the shape.į Keep Aspect Ratio: This option helps you keep a specific width-height ratio, regardless of how you draw the shape. This is useful only if you've changed the thickness of the line shape in any way. V Direction: Entering a value between 0 and 360 degrees in the Direction text box sets the angle the line will lay at. K" Thickness: You can adjust the roundness or flatness of the line shape by entering a value between 1 and 100 percent in the Thickness text box. Here's how the Advanced Options break down: You can enter a value between 1% (totally transparent) and 100% (completely opaque) in its text box, or you can use the slider bar (activated by clicking the black triangle to the right uf the text box) and adjusting that until you reach the desired opacity.Ĭlicking the Open Menu Icon at the top of the Tool Options palette and selecting Advanced Options brings up an additional group of settings to adjust, as shown in Figure 8-3.įigure 8-3: The Shape Tool Options palette in Advanced mode. *** Opacity: This adjusts how transparent the line is when you draw it. You can adjust the absorption strength (Weak, Medium, or Strong) by selecting from the Absorption drop-down list. V Absorption: Used on a Vector Layer, rectangle or elliptical tool becomes "magnetized," in which it joins to any other lines or shapes in close proximity. I** Line Size: This sets the thickness of the line you create. (See the "Rulers on an image layer" section, later in this chapter.) To switch to a different shape, click its corresponding icon.ģ Ruler Create Rulers on Current Layer: When you activate this button, anything you draw with the Shape tool draws rulers on the image layer instead of inked lines.
If Shape: You can choose whether you want to create a rectangle, ellipse, or polygon here. Here's how the basic Shape tool options break down: When you activate the Tool Options (F3 on your keyboard) you see something similar to Figure 8-3. If you want to use the Shape tool, click its button on the Tools palette. If you aren't looking to add anything special to the line work, this is a very easy and quick means to add whatever shapes you need. When turned on, drawing a figure and the like snaps it to the default border.Like the Line tool, the Rectangle/Circle/Polygon tool (what 1 call the Shape tool for short - it's much easier to type) creates a simple, no-frills shape to an image layer. An indicator or slider allows you to adjust the strength of the snap. Depending on the type of line, lines are consolidated into one. When turned on, drawing on a vector layer snaps the drawing to a line drawn before. When using a drawing-type tool, snap to special ruler other than guide is not possible. Snap to ruler can be toggled on/off only for certain sub tools.
When turned on, drawing snaps to a ruler. When the value is large, the line follows the pen by becoming thinner even after the pen is released from the tablet as if it were drawn with a brush with long tip. Ĭhanges the length by which a line is continued when drawn by gradually decreasing the pen pressure.
When working with vector layers, the larger the value for, the less will be the number of control points.Īdjusts the strength of by the speed of the stroke. Post correction is a correction made after a line is drawn.
Toggles post correction on and off, and adjusts the strength of post correction. Setting to 30 or higher will disable the setting under. Reduce stabilization when drawing quicklyĭecreases stabilization the faster the pen moves. This will stabilize small shakes when drawing slowly. Increases stabilization the slower the pen moves. Increase stabilization when drawing slowly When is turned on, you can choose a stabilization mode. When on, stabilization will be applied after a certain speed threshold. The smaller value is, line is drawn as you draw. When turned on, drawing a line with corners makes the corners pointed. Some settings may not display depending on the selected tool or sub tool.
Allows you to configure how to correct a pen touch.