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Hello. This is going to be a bit of a more high-level overview of some of my favorite features in Lazy Nezumi, which is this drawing tool program that helps to make better lines by basically hacking the mouse itself.
Overview of Lazy Nezumi's top features for improving digital drawing with mouse and tablet tools.
Key Takeaways
- Lazy Nezumi improves line quality by smoothing and stabilizing mouse and tablet input.
- Preset toolbar simplifies tool selection and reduces reliance on keyboard shortcuts.
- Pull string tool allows for precise control over line shape and curvature.
- Pressure processing enables consistent stroke width and clean tapering.
- Customizable rulers and curve tools enhance workflow for various drawing styles.
What the video covers
- Introduction to Lazy Nezumi, a drawing tool that enhances line quality by modifying mouse input.
- Explanation of the preset toolbar for easy access to rulers and tools without hotkeys.
- Description of smoothing features like moving average to create cleaner, tapered lines.
- Demonstration of the pull string tool for precise, controlled line drawing with adjustable string length.
- Discussion on pressure processing effects to control stroke size and tapering.
- Use of multiple monitors and tablet setup for efficient workflow.
- Overview of different ruler types including connected lines and symmetry rulers.
- Tips on customizing tool settings for specific drawing needs like architecture or organic shapes.
- Highlight of curve fitting tools for creating smooth, repeatable curves.
- Emphasis on how these features save time and improve line consistency in digital art.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Overview
- 01:03Using the Preset Toolbar
- 02:10Tablet and Monitor Setup
- 03:30Tool Usage and Modifications
- 04:37Moving Average and Stroke Smoothing
- 05:50Pull String Tool Explained
- 08:15Adjusting String Length and Control
- 09:27Pressure Processing Effects
- 10:45Advanced Rulers and Curve Tools
- 16:53Connected Lines and Vessel Curve Tools
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let's get started the first thing to do is to help discover the different kind of rules and tools by enabling the preset toolbar so I click here this is a very good default selection of the different rules and tools and it gives
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Let's get started. The first thing to do is to help discover the different kinds of rulers and tools by enabling the preset toolbar. So I click here. This is a very good default selection of the different rulers and tools, and it gives
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the menu itself because it can be quite overwhelming to have all these menus up all the time and if you are having like a limited screen or screen real estate it's nice just to hide it away and then keep the
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you an idea of what they do really fast so that you can learn the program and just use this. Then you don't have to hotkey anything. The solution is really good, so you don't need to understand it by messing around with this too much. The
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corner of all this and so it's actually the middle of my drawing surface right it's already middle so I can just click these and I don't have to necessarily engage with my keyboard one while I'm casually drawing or blocking the scene or stage I can
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menu itself can be quite overwhelming to have all these menus up all the time, and if you have limited screen or screen real estate, it's nice just to hide it away and then keep the
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when I'm changing the settings around so moving into the subun which is the first this is the default and basically removes like small uneven pieces and you get cleaner lines it's just a good not too involved hack and you can change this around so either
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defaults. I normally have it set up like this, where I have my tablet down here, where I'm basically drawing on two monitors at the same time, and you can see the Listen to Me software basically in the upper left
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the moving average amount on both the positions moving and their pressure processing so if I increase the moving average on the processing of the stroke you see that it takes a while longer for it to actually change in size so if
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corner of all this. So it's actually the middle of my drawing surface, right? It's already middle, so I can just click these, and I don't have to necessarily engage with my keyboard while I'm casually drawing or blocking the scene or stage. I can
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getting a very clean taper at the end of the stroke it just really expediates the whole process the next tool is pull string so it looks like a little string and basically what it does is You Pull and
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just click these and use the tools, and if I want to modify, I can go up there. But we're going to keep them on screen for now for no good luck, and so we're going to see what I'm doing
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little string to healthy pool but what's really cool about being able to change for instance the length of the string is that say I want to make a point that goes through here here and here and I'm also like to curve through here
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when I'm changing the settings around. So moving into the subun, which is the first. This is the default and basically removes small uneven pieces, and you get cleaner lines. It's just a good, not too involved hack, and you can change this around, so either
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so by having a longer string you gain a bit more control over the relative position of it but you also need to move your mouse more so if you're doing something close to the edges you actually can't because the string
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by going. So here you can see I'm choosing the difference moving options by just holding my mouse over, and then I get the drop-down menu. The difference between massive and supple is just that they are changing
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and of course default moving average but you can actually choose the amount of pressure you want on the line itself so here here you see it's always the same no matter how hard I press on the tablet itself and this is nice if you have
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the moving average amount on both the positions moving and their pressure processing. So if I increase the moving average on the processing of the stroke, you see that it takes a while longer for it to actually change in size. So if
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you know to have kind of like very clean consistent look and if you're doing this and you want tapers you can always make a selection and just create the table yourself so if you can make any bigger Strokes that you just see how
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you need a very precise kind of tapered start to your strokes but you want your strokes to end in a certain way, you can do that by changing these settings around. Say you are drawing leaves and you need a lot of them,
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can save a lot of time there's also sample and hold and basically what it does is it processes a certain amount of inputs and then it holds it in place so it's the same size so you can have like
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getting a very clean taper at the end of the stroke just really expedites the whole process. The next tool is pull string. So it looks like a little string, and basically what it does is you pull and
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it allows you to very quickly just draw like that and this should be obviously why that's really nice because usually if you have you know if you have drawing software and you press shift to get a straight line
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it drags all the string behind, and you can make very sharp turns on the stroke. So a lot of programs have a solution like this, and the thing is that you can't usually edit the tool itself. You just have like a
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kinds of things just to make nice straight lines here you just click here you can drag what's nice about this as well is that you can actually reduce the accuracy you can just all rules so if I reduce it to
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little string to healthy pull. But what's really cool about being able to change, for instance, the length of the string is that say I want to make a point that goes through here, here, and here, and I also like to curve through here
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maybe doing a background layout where they don't necessarily want all The Strokes to be straight but you still have to be kind of close in perspective this is a nice way to create some life and Variety in the line itself
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and here. If I elongate the string, I can very clearly see myself approaching the line, right? So here you go through it, and I go all the way up here, and then I can go down and come over there.
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need like you know a highlight Maybe like a in one spot in particular don't don't turn and it has to be on a on a curve is super fast to paint if you have like a you know a line that is it's just
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So by having a longer string, you gain a bit more control over the relative position of it, but you also need to move your mouse more. So if you're doing something close to the edges, you actually can't because the string
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or you can do a curve fit where you draw a curve and it will try to match that three-point curve and you can hotkey the two point fit and it's it saves a lot of time pressure curve the same
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doesn't move enough. So while I'm here, I want to talk about some different pressure processing effects that are available. You could use this on all the rulers, all the religion assuming checks, but it's easy to show here with the bold string.
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then you can commit to painting I'm using that a lot for well a lot of architecture things that I'm doing right now I can't show so again with the these if you decrease the accuracy just a tiny bit you give
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And of course, default moving average, but you can actually choose the amount of pressure you want on the line itself. So here, here you see it's always the same no matter how hard I press on the tablet itself, and this is nice if you have
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see here radio line this is the first time where there is two rulers in one so you see here it helps you keep symmetry across the this is the cylinder if you're drawing like the top of something but also is there I want to match that
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a style that requires a certain kind of outline that you need something quite wide around, and then you want maybe interior details that are relatively smaller in line, and then maybe the very smallest
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back but I can just by being in this controller and while drawing if I hit control it changes which ruler is active and I shouldn't have to elaborate too much on why that is really really fantastic so you create an ellipse again
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to have kind of a very clean consistent look. And if you're doing this and you want tapers, you can always make a selection and just create the taper yourself. So if you can make any bigger strokes that you just see how
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define the amount of degrees you have and again you have everything right there so it's really really strong you know you can make circles in perspective and just worry about what it is that you're painting and not so much about
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about you, you can come in and define the taper yourself, which is quite handy if you're just doing like a clean-up line. You need a taper maybe in two places, and the rest is like connected lines. Really, you
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the perspective illusion and then you have to redo and undo and redo undo so just having this saves a ton of time right the next tools are the prospective rulers again you can reduce the accuracy and the way you manipulate these most is
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can save a lot of time. There's also sample and hold, and basically what it does is it processes a certain amount of inputs and then it holds it in place, so it's the same size. So you can have like
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you can follow those out and by changing the V radius to something huge you almost get like a normal you know two two or three point perspective drawing by uh tilling the Horizon a bit but you have this slight curvature
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a quick taper, and then it holds the size. Very useful. The next two is our first ruler, which is the connected lines ruler. It just looks like this, and what it does is it connects the two lines you just made.
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to me follows the perspective or the zoom level so if I zoom in here you can see that it actually moves with me you see the camera zoom starts increasing and if you want another software you just have to do that manually as they
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It allows you to very quickly just draw like that, and this should be obviously why that's really nice because usually if you have, you know, drawing software and you press shift to get a straight line,
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just like the ellipse tool so if you are just like blocking out a scene and you want to you know change direction you can just click control and it changes this is controlled by the line select mode so you can either say manual
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which only allows you to draw something like that, or you can go either left or up, which is not the majority of straight lines you need to make, and then you have to rotate your canvas and do all
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and down and then I have to actually press Ctrl to to change the line itself and then it just goes XYZ right you can also set it to auto start and change so if you are say if I am
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kinds of things just to make nice straight lines. Here you just click here, you can drag. What's nice about this as well is that you can actually reduce the accuracy. You can just all rules. So if I reduce it to
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it just follows the perspective align and all the lines are basically in perspective and so if I'm you know doodling I know that the marks are correct ish and I'm not and I can get like almost like a gesture
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0.97, you know, like it's a very almost one. I can actually move the stroke since it creates a straight line all the way, but I can just move it back and forth ever so slightly, and this way if you are
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around it makes these sprinkles set up both a Stein itself but also maybe not what you desire right and you can also play like you know the Windows screen saver screen right if I change the color and you can be like the pipes
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maybe doing a background layout where you don't necessarily want all the strokes to be straight but you still have to be kind of close in perspective, this is a nice way to create some life and variety in the line itself.
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do that a quick building I can take the my ellipse guide here my perspective ellipse and it feels a bit crazy to start with so let's just play with me first let's just draw a reference box so I have something to go for
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The next tool is the vessel curve and the quadratic. Basically, you press three times, and it creates three points, and you have a curve that you can repeat perfectly every time if you're rendering something or you
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radio menus so you get above Circle in perspective but you also get like a very clear line reference with that I mean it's just super strong so that's a more high level overview or less in the swimming to basically use
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need like a highlight, maybe in one spot in particular. Don't turn, and it has to be on a curve. It's super fast to paint if you have like a line that is just
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and then you can add those and you'd have them basically forever thank you for listening I hope that you will have fun using listen to me
Topics:Lazy Nezumidigital drawingline smoothingmouse inputtablet drawingdrawing toolspressure sensitivityrulerscurve fittingart workflow
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