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  1. Pencil and Brush Tools 'Pulled String' Smoothing / Stabilization

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    Kevin Parker commented  · 

    The pencil tool should have a built-in "pulled string" option for stabilization (with a slider to select the length of the string) the way the brush tool does in Photoshop—while keeping all the other features of the tool (path sculpting, etc.)

    This feature already exists in Affinity, and a version of it can be added to Illustrator via an Astute Graphics plugin (albeit with worse path results), but this should be a native Illustrator feature that doesn't require a paid third-party plugin, or the use of a competitor's app.

    The 'fidelity' levels in the Pencil tool options provide smoothing, but only through repeated trial and error. The 'most accurate' level is quite accurate but overly-captures many anchor points with even the smallest hand shake, and the second-most-accurate level does a decent job of correcting this while maintaining the intent of your drawn input (provided you're zoomed in far enough), but everything beyond those two levels significantly over-smooths the input. Stabilization via 'pulled string' mode would give the best of both worlds, allowing the tool to remain on the 'most accurate' level, with much more fine-grained control for how much natural hand shake is corrected by slightly offsetting the input.

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