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Basic of Paint Tools


This tutorial covers the basics of paint tools (Brush and Pencil Tool).

Brush tool applies color in continuous form. Select 21 point soft brush and draw a vertical line by clicking at the starting point and than press shift key and click on the end point. You will have something like shown in the figure :

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What happens if continuously hold the mouse button? Nothing will happen if you have selected only the brush tool. But if you enable the airbrush option image 2 , something special will happen. When you hold the mouse button after enabling the airbrush option , it continuously applies color in that area. See the figure below. I held the mouse button for sometime at the start and end point. The figure shows the result :

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Now, do one more thing. Reduce the flow opacity to around 50%. Start dragging the brush from top to bottom. The result is a buildup of color at the start and at the end of the stroke.

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If you want hard edges to your stroke, use pencil tool. The line shown below is drawn with 21 point pencil tool.

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Now, click on the Auto Erase image 6 in option bar and click anywhere in the line. You will notice that it erased the area where we clicked.

Basic of Paint Tools



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