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### 7.4.42 Image/Path Painting

Path Painting allows to apply a painting tool along a vector path. It has a similar effect as using the tool manually, but the result is much more precise and can be modified by additional options.

Path Painting can only be used, if the active layer is a vector layer and its predecessor is an image.

Brush is the brush used by the tool. Color is the working color for the tool. Distance controls the distance between two applications of the tool. The default value of 10% ensures a continuous line.

By using Variation the tool settings can be modified along the path. In doing so a path with subpaths can be treated as a single long path or as several short paths. Change Width allows to change the brush size along the path. The text field is the end size of the brush relative to its starting size. The curve field allows the speed of modification. If the curve is used, at the beginning of the path the brush chosen above is used, in the middle of the path the end size is used and at the path end the starting brush is used again. With Change Color the color can be changed along the path. The colors used are given by a gradient control.