Drawing with the Pencil Tool

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Using the Pencil tool, you can draw vector pencil lines which can be easily tweaked and reshaped as needed.

Authors

Marie-Eve Chartrand
Christopher Diaz
chrisdiazart.com

  1. In the Timeline or Xsheet view, select the cell on which you want to draw.
  1. In the Tools toolbar, select the Pencil tool or press Alt + /.
  1. In the Colour view, click a colour swatch to select a colour.

Select Colour in Colour View

  1. In the Drawing or Camera view, start drawing.

TIPS
  • You can quickly adjust the size of the selected drawing tool by pressing and holding the O key, then clicking and dragging in the drawing space. If you are using a tablet pen, doing this with the eraser tip of your pen will adjust the size of the Eraser tool, regardless of which drawing tool is selected.
  • If you press and hold the Shift key before or while drawing, you will draw a straight line.
  • If you press and hold the Spacebar key while drawing a straight line, the angle of your line will lock. If you are using a pressure-sensitive tablet, you can draw over your line to adjust its thickness.

  • If you press and hold the Shift and Alt keys before or while drawing, you will draw a straight horizontal or vertical line.

  • If you press and hold the Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or ⌘ (macOS) key while drawing, your drawing stroke will turn into a closed shape.

  • If you press and hold Alt before drawing a stroke, and start drawing near existing artwork, the start of your drawing stroke will connect to that artwork.

  • If you press and hold Alt while drawing a stroke, and end your drawing stroke near existing artwork, the end of that drawing stroke will connect to that artwork.