Reshaping Brush Strokes Using the Centerline Editor

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You can use the Centerline Editor tool to reshape brush strokes from their center line rather than their contour, like you would reshape pencil lines using the Contour Editor.

NOTEThe Centerline Editor is also able to tweak textured brush strokes with their texture. Note that this will resample its texture, which may make it lose quality.
NOTEIf you use the Centerline Editor to deform a closed brush stroke with a fill inside it, the fill will not be reshaped to fit the new shape of the brush stroke.
NOTETo learn more about the Centerline Editor tool options, see Centerline Editor Tool Properties.
  1. In the Tools toolbar, double-click on the Contour Editor button and select the Centerline Editor tool, or press Alt + W.
  1. In the Drawing view, click the contour or pencil line you want to edit near the area you wish to change.

The Centerline Editor creates a center line manipulator based on the outline's shape, with control points.

  1. Click on one of the points to select it.

    2. The point's Bezier handles appears, as well as Bezier handles for the surrounding points.

    TIPYou can select several points by drawing a lasso around the points, or by holding Shift while clicking on points to add them to your selection. You can use the Contour Editor to scale and rotate a selection of multiple points by enabling the Show Centerline Editor Control option in the Tool Properties view.
  1. Do one of the following:
    • To move a point or a selection of multiple points, click and drag it.

    • To change the curve on both sides of a point, drag one of its Bezier handles.

    • To change the curve on only one side of a point, press and hold the Alt key, then drag one of its Bezier handles.

    • To deform the contour, drag a part of the contour between two points.

    • To deform the curve between two points, hold the Shift key and drag the contour between two points.

    • To remove a point's Bezier handles and make the lines it is connected to straight, press and hold the Alt key and click on the point.

    • Straight lines have no Bezier handles at their points by default. To create Bezier handles for these points and make their lines curved, press and hold the Alt key, then click and hold the point and drag the mouse cursor away from it. A new Bezier handle will follow your mouse cursor until you release the mouse button.

    • To add a control point, press Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ (macOS) and click on the contour where you want the new point to be created.