

Just like the Line tool, the Brush has a variety of stroke settings that can be adjusted in the top options bar, including hardness, opacity, and brush style. To create a shape with multiple line segments, you can hold Shift and draw a line, release the mouse, hold down Shift again, and then start drawing from the last line’s endpoint to create a new segment. Holding down Shift and drawing with the Brush tool allows you to create perfectly straight lines in any direction. You’ll find the Brush tool in the main toolbar, located in a separate area from the shape tools. Next, the Brush tool is just as effective at drawing straight lines, and it offers more versatility than the Line tool if you want to create custom brush styles. Here, you can save custom line presets, enable dashed lines, and choose how long to make each dash and gap. To access these options, click the Stroke Options icon located on the left side of the options bar, and then choose “More Options”. Once you’ve learned how to draw straight lines in Photoshop, you can start playing around with some advanced line options to create dotted or dashed lines. Photoshop will create a new layer with your line living on it. If you’d like to draw a perfectly horizontal or vertical line, you can hold down the Shift key while dragging.


So, why is the Line considered a shape tool? Essentially, the Line tool is just creating skinny rectangles, which look like lines because the Fill and Stroke colors are the same.ĭrawing straight lines is easy with the Line tool just click and drag in any direction to create a new line. If you have any of the shape tools enabled, you can also select the Line tool from the top options menu. This will bring up a submenu with more shape tools. To find the Line tool, click and hold your mouse over the Rectangle tool in the main toolbar.
