These replace the Right click & drag that 3.5x used. There are two icons in the Tool Bar for changing between Cubic Spline and Bézier curves. Click outside of the bounding box of the current Line/Curve.Committing a Line/Curve to the canvasĬommit a Line/Curve to the active layer and exit editing mode using any one of these methods… The keyboard arrow keys ↑ ← ↓ → can also be used to rotate a Line/Curve while the Right Mouse Button is held down. If the Shift key is held down while rotating the angle of rotation is snapped to 15 degree increments. Rotate the Line/Curve about the center using the Right Mouse Button. Click and drag to rotate.Īs a visual guide that rotation is possible, the mouse pointer will turn into a double headed arrow (see diagram). The keyboard arrow keys ↑ ← ↓ → can also be used to move a Line/Curve.Ī single key press moves the object by one pixel in the direction of the arrow. Simultaneously holding the Ctrl key moves the object by 10 pixels per arrow key press.īefore a Line/Curve is committed to the canvas, it can be rotated about its geometric center. Moving a Line/Curveīefore a Line/Curve is committed to the canvas, it can be moved anywhere on the canvas. Click and drag the pulsing four-arrows-in-a-square icon (see diagram below) using the Left Mouse Button to reposition the Line/Curve. If a curve is desired, drag the control nubs to a new location by clicking and dragging.

click the eye to hide a layer, click again to unhide.Ĭtrl *click and hold* a point to move it.Holding down the Shift key before releasing the mouse button constrains the line to angles that are multiples of 15 degrees, e.g. The eye thingy besides each layer is to show if the layer is hidden or unhidden. For the anime, I use this when lining the eyes and cloth folds only.Ĭtrl + Z to undo mistakes. The 1 px line will become thicker.Ĭhange the thickness at individual vector points. Take the weight tool, select 2 px, and click the line. Double click to stop the line.You can understand it better if you try it yourself.Ĭhange the thickness of a line. If you move the cursor to another place, the line you just made will form a curve. Click to start a point, and when you click another place, it will form a line. I will only cover important tools to make lineart. Vector tools are basically for making lines that have points, which you can move, resize, and edit. If you select this layer the vector tools will show up. If 100% the picture is opaque, 50% semi-transparent, etc.Ĭlick this button to make a new vector layer. If you select this layer, normal tools like brush, pencil, etc will appear.Ĭhanges the transparency of the layer.

Paint tool sai curve tool