"Perfect freehand" drawing tool

What features would you like to see in Pixelmator Pro?
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2021-12-29 08:57:16

I understand this request will most likely not be implemented, but I wanted to share this idea anyway!

So there is this great little drawing web app:
https://www.tldraw.com/

Hit "2" key to select a Brush tool and make some strokes. You will notice it uses a very interesting (opinionated) algorythm to define a stroke width and smoothness, depending on your movement speed. The result is great-looking calligraphic-like lines.

The code is published here:
https://github.com/steveruizok/perfect-freehand

And the separate demo is here:
https://perfect-freehand-example.vercel.app/

I use Pixelmator Pro for illustrations, so in my perfect world it would include tools like this :-)

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2022-01-05 13:15:20

Thanks for the suggestion. The brush size by speed setting is available in Pixelmator Pro as such (as you probably know) but I agree that there's an interesting fluidity when using this freehand algorithm. If we ever consider a new painting engine, perhaps it's something we can look into.