Create longer straight brush strokes

[Jim Geary]

How do I creat long straight brush strokes?  When I use the shift key it appears to only straighten out a small portion of the stroke at the end of the stroke.

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

You can Click the brush at the starting point of the stroke, then Shift+Click it again at the ending point.

 

[Jim Geary]

I wonder if I am looking for the brush line to be too straight. It seems the stoke at the time I shift-click it after drawing the brush line that the line only moderately straightens out, rather be precisely straight along the entire line. At the end of the stroke I release the click and then shift-click it at the same time. Then I release the shift and click it to continue the line. I am using the brush as selected from the studio.

[walt.farrell]

5 minutes ago, Jim Geary said:

. It seems the stoke at the time I shift-click it after drawing the brush line that the line only moderately straightens out, rather be precisely straight along the entire line.

You wouldn't Shift+click it at the end. You would hold Shift while drawing, if you're going to actually draw the line yourself.

My suggestion was that you click at the beginning point, then Shift+click at the end point. No drawing involved.