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Brush Tool & Stroke Smoothing (B)

Paint natural fluid strokes with sub-pixel rendering and stabilizer controls.

The Brush Tool (B) allows smooth organic illustrations with adjustable stroke smoothing, hardness, and alpha blending.

Key Brush Settings:

  • Brush Size: Quick adjustment via bracket keys [ (decrease) and ] (increase).
  • Hardness / Softness: Soft brushes create dreamy airbrush shadows; hard brushes produce crisp comic outlines.
  • Stroke Smoothing: Eliminates jitter from mouse or trackpad movements using exponential moving average stroke stabilization.
  • Flow & Opacity: Control pigment buildup across overlapping continuous brush strokes.