How to draw a straight line in Photoshop
Saturday 3 November 2018, 13:13 by Michelle Peeters | 25,769 views | 1 commentThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
Drawing a line with a steady hand is fairly easy in Photoshop. You can do this with the Brush or Pencil tool. But how do you make sure it does not become a wobbly line, but a nice, clean one?
You could use the Line tool and set it to a width of 1 pixel, but for this sort of thing, it is better to use the Pencil tool.
This tool is grouped with the Brush tool in the toolbar. Otherwise, press Shift-B until you have it. By default, it draws a 1-pixel line. You just need to select the Pencil and start drawing freely.
If you want to create a straight line, press the Shift key and hold it down. Then click with the Pencil tool where the line should begin, move the cursor to where it should end and click again.
The two points are now connected. It works like a sort of 'join-the-dots' tool.
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About the author
Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.
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1 comment
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Henk wrote on Tuesday 6 November 2018 at 13:20 | replyThank you, Michelle. I was just looking for this.
Translated from Dutch.
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