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Make Pen Tool line darker


Make sure your foreground colour is black and make sure you use the brush when making a stroke and not the pencil.
 
MikeMc said:
'Splain please ?? :confused:
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Ok...

When making a line with the pen tool, it's called a Stroke. When you select to make a Stroke, another panel pops up asking which tool you want to make the stroke with.
The Pencil tool, for me anyway, is the default tool. That needs to be changed to brush tool.

The brush tool when making a stoke is a lot darker then if you used the pencil tool.
 
Inkz I think the OP is talking about the visibility of Pen Tool "Guided-Line" if I'm not wrong as IAMSAM provided a link to help it.
 
No really sure what the OP means, I'm just stabbing in the dark with the info he gave lol..
 
I know I am now totally confused....when I click pen tool, I get the pen....and draw lines to turn into a selection....Where does stroke get in ? I know how to USE stroke...(the tool!)
 
I hope that OP will clear this confusion soon, or maybe it's just me who always prefer Pen Tool with Rubber Band option always "on"
 
Once 2 anchor points have been made...

Right click mouse then an option panel will appear. You will be able to choose either "Make a selection, Fill or stroke etc. Click stroke then choose the brush tool.

This is only for Mike as I'm still not clear what the author meant.
 
Hey Guys,

I have a hard time seeing the "guided line" of the pen tool before any stroke is added to the line. Especially when working with darker objects I'm trying to outline. I assumed that was what the OP was talking about. After the line is stroked using the pencil or brush option, it's easy to see.
 
IamSam said:
Hey Guys,

I have a hard time seeing the "guided line" of the pen tool before any stroke is added to the line. Especially when working with darker objects I'm trying to outline. I assumed that was what the OP was talking about. After the line is stroked using the pencil or brush option, it's easy to see.
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I think the OP is confused and doesn't understand the concept of a path.
Btw, outlining a dark object shouldn't be a problem, since it can easily be solved with a temporarily change in opacity.
 
... or a temporary change in blending mode. For example, switch from "normal" to "difference" blending mode for the layer containing the stroked path. If it was difficult to see in one mode, it should be easy to see in the other.

Tom M
 
Tom Mann said:
... or a temporary change in blending mode. For example, switch from "normal" to "difference" blending mode for the layer containing the stroked path. If it was difficult to see in one mode, it should be easy to see in the other.
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Your suggestion doesn't work for paths and that's what IamSam was talking about when he wrote "Especially when working with darker objects I'm trying to outline." ;)
 
My bad. I read your post without reading the post before it. I thought he was talking about the visibility of stroked path, not the visibility of the path itself.

Tom M
 
Brooks said:
Btw, outlining a dark object shouldn't be a problem, since it can easily be solved with a temporarily change in opacity.
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This is exactly what I do to help when outlining, thanks Brooks for the reminder!
 
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