
This string has a certain maximum length. As you move the mouse or tablet pen, the drawing tool remains in that position, but a "string" appears, linking your drawing tool to your mouse cursor or pen tip. Pulled String: When you start drawing a stroke, Storyboard Pro positions the drawing tool where your stroke starts. It determines the direction the drawing stroke takes using one of the two following methods, depending on which one you select:Īverage: Storyboard Pro calculates the average direction of all of your mouse or pen gestures between the end of the actual drawing stroke and the current position of your mouse cursor or pen tip, and extends the stroke in this average direction, effectively evening out jitter and rounding sharp turns. Once your stroke reaches this length, Storyboard Pro starts generating an actual drawing stroke that trails behind your mouse cursor or tablet pen. Storyboard Pro's pen stabilizer works by letting you draw a stroke of a certain length without generating artwork right away. The pen stabilizer allows you to easily draw curved lines with precision without having to apply smoothing to them after you have drawn them. When drawing with minutia and precision, you can use Storyboard Pro's pen stabilizer instead. However, this can cause your precisely executed strokes to lose in precision and quality. It does this by generating the vector shape of your drawing stroke, then simplifying its structure of points and curves, to remove what appears to be jittering. By default, when drawing with freehand drawing tools such as the brush, pencil or eraser tools, Storyboard Pro smoothens each drawing stroke you create right after creating it.
