I am a newbie. Let's say I want to draw a line. I choose the freehand tool. I draw a line. I set the width of stroke style to be 8px and choose the joins. Now I would like to continue drawing with these settings - 8px of stroke with rounded long joins. But when a draw a new line - it's 1px wide and joins are different. So I set it again to have 8px + the joins. I continue drawing and create a new line - no way - it's 1px again! Do I need to correct it manually every single time I draw a new line? How can I save the settings of the stroke style so when I continue drawing, all my new lines are going to be precisely 8px wide and have the chosen joins. I saw a video on youtube where a guy picked a stroke width of let's say 10px and every new line he created with the freehand tool had a width of 10px. In my case, I set it to be 8px and every new line has a width of 1px. How can I control this? Many thanks for your help.
Once you have adjusted the tool´s settings make a double-click on it in the toolbar which leads you to its settings: enable "This tool´s own style" and hit "Take from selection" - now your values are the default settings.
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Hi,
I am a newbie. Let's say I want to draw a line. I choose the freehand tool. I draw a line. I set the width of stroke style to be 8px and choose the joins. Now I would like to continue drawing with these settings - 8px of stroke with rounded long joins. But when a draw a new line - it's 1px wide and joins are different. So I set it again to have 8px + the joins. I continue drawing and create a new line - no way - it's 1px again! Do I need to correct it manually every single time I draw a new line? How can I save the settings of the stroke style so when I continue drawing, all my new lines are going to be precisely 8px wide and have the chosen joins. I saw a video on youtube where a guy picked a stroke width of let's say 10px and every new line he created with the freehand tool had a width of 10px. In my case, I set it to be 8px and every new line has a width of 1px. How can I control this? Many thanks for your help.
Tom
Hi Tom.
Once you have adjusted the tool´s settings make a double-click on it in the toolbar which leads you to its settings: enable "This tool´s own style" and hit "Take from selection" - now your values are the default settings.
Or the opposite... it might be the default is 1px, and you prefer the last used style:
Most tools have preferences settings, similar to these.
Hey Polygon!
Fantastic, it works now like a charm! Thanks a lot for your help and all the best for you.