Pencil Tool Options
When you select the Pencil tool, its properties and options appears in the Tool Properties view.
This is where you set the maximum size of your drawing tool.
‣ | MaximumSize: Defines the width of the stroke. |
‣ | Smoothing: Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control points the smoother (but less faithful) the line. |
Harmony provides a variety of pencil presets and also lets you create and save your own. It is a good idea to create and save pencils with precise sizes and parameters when you draw and design for efficiency and consistency.
You can export the pencil presets that you have created and import those that others have created. This is a good way for you and project collaborators to keep a consistent look for the project—see Working with Pencil Presets
When drawing on vector layers, lines do not usually become one object. The Auto-Flatten mode automatically merges lines created with the existing ones into one single object as you draw.
Using the Select tool, you can use select and remove a segment of flattened pencil lines. Overlapping pencil lines drawn with the Auto-Flatten mode enabled are essentially cut into segments by the overlap and can therefore be treated as individual lines.
When using the pencil tool, you can automatically close strokes with an invisible stroke.
It is recommended to keep this option enabled when drawing with the Pencil tool.