Creating and Removing Pen Styles

Toon Boom Studio provides you with five default pen styles, but you can add your own custom-built pen styles to the Pen tab. All pen styles you create are available in every scene in the current animation set.

To create your own pen style:

1. Click the Add Pen Style button. A copy of the currently selected pen style appears at the bottom of the pen styles list.

2. Select the minimum and maximum size of the drawing line with the Minimum size/Maximum size sliders.

The minimum value only applies when you use a pressure-sensitive pen and tablet. If you draw your lines with your mouse, the line thickness always uses the maximum value.

3. Adjust the smoothness of the line with the Smoothness slider.

0: makes a slight adjustment, allowing more sharp edges
10: makes a greater adjustment, reducing the number of sharp edges and the number of points in the line (smaller file size in your exported animation).

When you draw a line with the Brush tool or the Pencil tool, Toon Boom Studio makes an adjustment to the line based on the value in this panel. It smooths out any sharp edges or jagged peaks in the line.

4. Double-click the new pen style. The name field for the pen style becomes editable.

5. Type the pen style’s name in the field and press [Return].

6. To remove a pen style, simply select the pen style and click Remove Pen Style button.