How to draw a line in Photoshop

Updated: 11/06/2021 by Computer Hope

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It is tricky to make a straight line in Photoshop if y'all've never done so before. You tin can always select the castor or pencil tool, click-and-elevate to brand a line, but it may non be straight. Our steps below prove yous several ways to quickly depict a direct line in Photoshop.

Draw a line using the line tool

Important

In Adobe Photoshop 2022, you cannot use the line tool to make a line. The Pixels feature necessary to brand the line was removed past Adobe and is grayed out.

  1. Launch Photoshop and open a new or existing document you'd like to add a line.
  2. To get to the line tool, click and concur the rectangle tool; once the carte pops upwardly, select the line tool. Alternatively, you can use the shortcut Shift+U multiple times until you find the line tool.

Line tool

  1. Click-and-drag to the desired line'southward length, and one time y'all're satisfied with the line, let go of the mouse push.
  2. To create a straight line, hold down Shift while you're making it.

Tip

Too, holding down Shift when making the line, yous can move the mouse to make a horizontal line, a vertical line (90°), and a 45° line.

Draw a line using the brush tool

  1. Launch Photoshop and open a new or existing document yous'd like to add a line.
  2. Select the Brush tool.

Brush tool

  1. To change the size or hardness of the line, open the Brush Preset picker. Change the size and hardness to your desired settings.

Size and hardness

  1. Click where y'all want the line to showtime, adding a dot on the page. Adjacent, hold downwardly Shift, and click where you desire the line to finish, making a straight line.

Tip

Alternatively, you can hold down Shift while clicking and dragging to make a direct line.