Choose a brush gallery display mode, Create and manage preset brushes, Brush properties – Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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Choose a brush gallery display mode
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Choose a display mode from the Brushes panel menu: Text Only, Small Thumbnail, Large Thumbnail, Small List,
or Large List.
Create and manage preset brushes
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To create a new preset brush, specify the desired settings in the Brushes panel, and then choose New Brush from
the Brushes panel menu or click the Save Current Settings As New Brush button
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To rename a preset brush, select the brush and choose Rename Brush from the panel menu.
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To delete a preset brush, choose Delete Brush from the panel menu or click the Delete Brush button
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To restore the default set of preset brushes, choose Reset Brush Tips from the Brushes panel menu. To retain the
custom brushes you created, click Append when the dialog box prompts you to replace current brushes with the
default brushes.
Note: Preset brushes are saved in the preferences file, so they persist between projects.
Brush properties
Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) the brush in the Layer panel to adjust Diameter; release the key
and continue to drag to adjust Hardness.
Diameter
Controls the size of the brush.
Strokes with low Diameter values (left) and high Diameter values (right)
Angle
The angle by which the long axis of an elliptical brush is rotated from horizontal.
Note: Brush angles can be expressed in both positive and negative values. For example, a brush with a 45º angle is
equivalent to a brush with a -135º angle.
Angled brushes create chiseled strokes: 45-degree brush (left), and -45-degree brush (right).
Roundness
The ratio between the short and long axes of a brush. A value of 100% indicates a circular brush, a value
of 0% indicates a linear brush, and intermediate values indicate elliptical brushes.