Increase or Decrease Line Width

[Poche]

I've been trying to find this out for hours. And not any luck searching here.

It's obvious how to change line width and then draw a line. But how does one draw a line that gradually decreases in width as you draw? I have seen it done in a video. I have seen answers that say "press the CTRL and  either the left or right bracket key while drawing the line". I cannot do it.

Can anyone point me to a tutorial? Thanks

[toe_head2001]

Short answer:

This can't be done in Paint.NET.

 

Longer answer:

In Paint.NET v3, you could hold down either bracket key while drawing with the Paintbrush tool, and the brush stroke would adjust accordingly.

It been more than 10 years since anyone (most people) has used v3, so you must have seen a really old video.

[Poche]

Yes, they were very old videos. 

So, the older version has more functionality?  I'm using 5.0.13.

Is there a plugin I need?

[Rick Brewster]

That wasn't a case of having "more functionality," it was actually just a bug that folks were having fun with.

[BoltBait]

45 minutes ago, Rick Brewster said:

just a bug

I actually hate it when I fix bugs in my plug-ins and then users complain, “hey, I was relying on that behavior.“

[Poche]

How do I terminate this account. You people are toxic.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

1 hour ago, Poche said:

You people are toxic.

 

How so? Your question was answered almost immediately by a forum Admin. Your follow-up question was then answered by the developer of Paint.NET himself. Are you saying we're toxic because you didn't get the answer you wanted?