sketches to line art?

peteed1985

So I can sketch but always end up with jagged lines even when tracing over an already perfect image.

Was kinda hoping there was a way to hit a sketch to lineart button and somehow it calculates lines that are close to parallel to each other and less than a certain distance and can change my crappy jagged double and tripple lines into solid lineart?

cptSwing

Not sure, but would Illustrator/Inkscape help, with their fancy-shmancy tracing algorithms?

PolyHertz

What program are you using? Clip Paint Studio (aka. Manga Studio) is easily the best program for doing raster line art overall. If you want to use Photoshop, then your best bet is to pick up LazyNezumi Pro: http://lazynezumi.com/

RN

I think the absolutely cheapest software to support pen stabilisation (stroke smoothing) are FireAlpaca (free, ad-supported) and MyPaint (free, open source).
If you get MyPaint you can sketch your lineart with the "slow tracking" brush option on, save it as a PNG and then open it back in whatever else you're using.

ElleKitty

Something that I used when I felt like drawing in Photoshop, when I didnt have access to a tablet but stubbornly wanted to draw anyway, was to increase the canvas a lot... draw however I like... and then downsize it in the end. I would use Bilinear or Bicubic interpolation. I would usually draw in a canvas 4x bigger than what I want my goal to be. I also account for the size, and draw my lines 4x thicker. I still occasionally do this when I dont feel like picking up my pen; can even sketch in sharp edges with the mouse. I whipped up a quick example of what I'm talking about.

Ok so I cant freehand a circle; should have traced one for this example. Nevertheless, this was made with a mouse, and drawing at a higher resolution has compensated for the handshake and imprecision quite a lot. If it's still not enough, image can be zoomed in a bit more (when needed) using the usual controls.