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How to draw smooth lines in Photoshop
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Most drawing apps these days offer some form of line smoothing to allow you to draw without worrying about wobbly lines ruining your work.
We’ve put together this guide to teach you how to turn on brush smoothing in Photoshop to help combat shaky lines when sketching in the Adobe app.
What you’ll need:
The Short Version
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How to draw smooth lines in Photoshop
Step1
Open your file in Photoshop
Or create a new file if you’re beginning a project from scratch.
Step2
Select the brush tool
You can use any brush to do this.
Step3
Increase the smoothing percentage
We opted for 70% but you can experiment with the percentage to see what number works best for you.
Step4
Draw
As you can see, the line on the right is much smoother and less wobbly than the line on the left.
Troubleshooting
You can crank the smoothing up to 100%, but it’s worth noting that increasing the smoothing percentage will also make the brush tool slower. For this reason, you might want to select a slightly lower number.
You can also use the brush tool to draw perfectly straight lines in Photoshop. Check outour guideto learn how to do it.
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