Use the Pencil Tool to create freehand drawings just as you would use a pencil on
a piece of paper. From the Tool Settings Panel, select the color
and thickness of the pencil in the Line/Border contols. You can have a
line as thin as a single pixel or as fat as a magic marker. You’ll need a thick line if you want to use
a color gradient or a texture as your line color. When you drop down the Line Thickness menu, the current style is
highlighted in blue.
Selecting the thickness for the Pencil Tool
To draw with the pencil, click and hold down the left mouse button within the Work Area and drag your mouse to draw. You can use the pencil tool to create much finer lines than you can with the paintbrush.
Drawing with the Pencil Tool
To draw an exact horizontal, vertical, or 45-degree line, hold down the Ctrl key while drawing with the Pencil in approximately those directions. FotoFinish will make the line stick to the exact direction.
You can draw a perfectly straight pencil line (in any direction) by holding the Ctrl key, clicking once in the drawing with the pencil, then clicking in a second spot. FotoFinish will draw a straight line between the two points.