Stretch Proportional

The Stretch Proportional Brush stretches and conforms the Brush Stroke Path to each segment of a Bezier Path. The proportional qualifier implies that the y (or orthogonal) dimension of the brush scales (larger or smaller) with length dimension. The Stretch (stretch only) brush method only stretches along the master path, this brush method stretches both along and orthogonal to the brush path. The full brush size becomes larger or smaller as the length of the segment changes.

Exact configuration of the Brush palette shown here to the left will vary with choice of Brush Method (the top popup menu). Your Brush Palette may look different if you are inspecting a different kind of Brush.

These elements are found on the Inspect tab of the Brushes palette which is accessed from the Tools main menu, about one third down from the top. These brush design elements (surrounding the brush preview area) appear when working with a Stretch Proportional brush.

This method will most likely be used with the Path, Bezier, or Continuous Bezier tools. It is probably not appropriate for the Pencil or Brush tools because these tools automatically add Bezier nodes (or vertices) when needed. So appearance will not be under artistic control with the Pencil or Brush tools.

As you may see with the examples shown to the left and below, this method provides an efficient approach for quickly scaling a brush shape.

This method is similar to the Stretch brush method but without the lengthwise distortion present with the stretch method.