Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 347)

340 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Painting
Last updated 1/10/2010
The brush stroke preview at the bottom of the panel shows how paint strokes look with the current brush options.
Brushes panel with Brush Tip Shape options displayed
A. Locked B. Unlocked C. Selected brush tip D. Brush settings E. Brush stroke preview F. pop-up menu G. Brush tip shapes (available when
Brush Tip Shape option is selected) H. Brush options
Display the Brushes panel and brush options
1 Choose Window > Brushes. Or, select a painting, erasing, toning, or focus tool, and click the panel button on
the right side of the options bar.
2 Select an option set on the left side of the panel. The available options for the set appear on the right side of the
panel.
Click the check box to the left of the option set to enable or disable the options without viewing them.
Create a brush tip from an image
1 Using any selection tool, select the image area you want to use as a custom brush. The brush shape can be up to
2500 pixels by 2500 pixels in size.
When painting, you can’t adjust the hardness of sampled brushes. To create a brush with sharp edges, set Feather to
zero pixels. To create a brush with soft edges, increase the Feather setting.
Note: If you select a color image, the brush tip image is converted to grayscale. Any layer mask applied to the image doesn’t
affect the definition of the brush tip.
2 Choose Edit > Define Brush Preset.
3 Name the brush, and click OK.
Create a brush and set painting options
1 Select a painting, erasing, toning, or focus tool. Then choose Window > Brushes.
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