Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 341)

334 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Painting
Last updated 1/10/2010
Paint with a pattern
The Pattern Stamp tool paints with a pattern. You can select a pattern from the pattern libraries or create your own
patterns.
1 Select the Pattern Stamp tool .
2 Choose a brush from the Brush Presets picker. See “ Select a preset brush ” on page 337.)
3 Set tool options for mode, opacity, etc. in the options bar. See “ Paint tool options ” on page 333.
4 Select Aligned in the options bar to maintain the pattern’s continuity with your original start point, even if you
release the mouse button and then continue painting. Deselect Aligned to restart the pattern each time you stop
and start painting.
5 Select a pattern from the Pattern pop-up panel in the options bar.
6 If you’d like to apply the pattern with an impressionistic effect, select Impressionist.
7 Drag in the image to paint it with the pattern.
More Help topics
“ Creating and managing patterns ” on page 361
Paint with the Art History Brush
The Art History Brush tool paints with stylized strokes, using the source data from a specified history state or snapshot.
By experimenting with different paint style, size, and tolerance options, you can simulate the texture of painting with
different colors and artistic styles.
Like the History Brush tool, the Art History Brush tool uses a specified history state or snapshot as the source data.
The History Brush tool, however, paints by recreating the specified source data, while the Art History Brush tool uses
that data along with the options you set to create different colors and artistic styles.
For a variety of visual effects, experiment with applying filters or filling an image with a solid color before painting
with the Art History Brush tool. Also try increasing the size of the image by a factor of 4 to soften the details.
Example of using the Art History Brush tool
A. Original B. Using a small brush C. Using a large brush
1 In the History panel, click the left column of the state or snapshot to use as the source for the Art History Brush
tool. A brush icon appears next to the source history state.
2 Select the Art History Brush tool .
3 Do the following in the options bar:
• Choose a brush from the Brush Presets picker, and set brush options. (See “ Select a preset brush ” on page 337.)
• Choose a blending mode from the Mode menu. (See “ About blending modes ” on page 350.)
• Choose an option from the Style menu to control the shape of the paint stroke.
A B C