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Brush Tool Properties

When you're drawing on a vector layer and select the Brush tool, its properties and options appear in the Tool Properties view.

NOTE: To learn how to use the Brush tool, see About the Brush Tool.

Icon	Tool Name	Description
	Previewing the Stroke	The Preview area lets you see a preview of the selected or customized stroke. You can click on the Show Extended Properties arrow to display advanced customization parameters.
	Maximum Size	Defines the maximum size of your drawing tool. This parameter 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.
	Brush Presets	Presets are created by saving the properties of the current tool to a new preset, which you can reuse for repeated tasks. You can create as many presets as you need.
	New Brush	Allows to create a new preset.
	New Dynamic Brush	Allows you to create a new dynamic brush to clone custom patterns.
	Delete Brush	Allows you to delete your custom presets.
	Rename Brush	Allows you to rename a custom preset.
	Import Brushes	Allows you to import a set of XML Harmony presets previously exported via the Export Brushes command.
	Export Brushes	Allows you to export Harmony presets to backup or import on a different computer.
	Small Thumbnail, Large Thumbnail, and Stroke View	Allows you to display the presets as small square thumbnails, large square thumbnails or a list of stroke preview.
	Draw Behind	When drawing on vector layers, the Draw Behind mode lets you paint behind existing art. By default, strokes appear over your work until you release the tool.
	Repaint Brush	The Repaint Brush is used to repaint zones that have already been painted, it will not affect empty zones or pencil lines. You can use this mode to paint tones or highlights onto your character.
	Auto-Flatten Mode	When enabled, the Auto-Flatten mode automatically flattens the new lines created with the existing artwork as you draw in the Drawing or Camera view. Brush strokes will flatten with brush strokes and pencil lines will flatten with pencil lines.

Size and Smoothness Tab

You can access advanced properties by clicking on the Previewing the Stoke button in the Tool Properties view.

Tool Name	Description
Maximum Size	Defines the maximum size of your drawing tool. This parameter defines the width of the stroke.
Minimum Size	Defines the minimum size of your stroke as a percentage of the maximum size. If you do not have pressure sensitivity from a pen table, the minimum size value will be ignored.
Smoothing	Defines the number of control points added to the centre line. The fewer the control points the smoother (but less faithful) the line.
Contour Smoothing	Defines the number of points on the contour share of your stroke. This will smooth out the bumps and waves on tour contour shape of your brush strokes.
Tip Shape	Lets you select a tip shape—from round and square ones to star shaped. This option is disabled when using a textured brush.

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