Copy textures between tools, Clear brush options, Set pen sensitivity for graphics tablets – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual
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Last updated 1/10/2010
Copy textures between tools
When you specify a texture for the current tool, you can copy the texture’s pattern and scale to all tools that support
textures. For example, you can copy the current texture pattern and scale for the Brush tool to the Pencil, Clone Stamp,
Pattern Stamp, History Brush, Art History Brush, Eraser, Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools.
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Choose Copy Texture to Other Tools from the Brushes panel menu.
Clear brush options
You can clear all options that you changed for a brush preset (except brush shape settings) at once.
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Choose Clear Brush Controls from the Brushes panel menu.
Set pen sensitivity for graphics tablets
If you work with a graphics drawing tablet, such as the Wacom® tablet, you can set the painting tools to control how
color is applied depending on the pen pressure, angle, rotation, or using the stylus wheel.
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Select the Brush tool
, the Pencil tool
, or other painting tool in the toolbox.
2
Click the Brushes tab to bring the Brushes panel to the front or, if the panel isn’t open, choose Window
> Brushes.
3
To make the tool tip size change with pressure, select Shape Dynamics (be sure to click the word, not just the check
box) in the Brushes panel. Then choose Pen Pressure from the Controls menu under the Size Jitter slider control.
4
To make the opacity change with pressure, select Other Dynamics. Then choose Pen Pressure from the Controls
menu under the Opacity Jitter slider control.
Note: You can set the pen pressure for other brush characteristics as well. The Brush panel contains controls that vary the
angle, flow, scatter, texture depth, and roundness of the stroke according to pen pressure.
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Blending modes
About blending modes
The blending mode specified in the options bar controls how pixels in the image are affected by a painting or editing
tool. It’s helpful to think in terms of the following colors when visualizing a blending mode’s effect:
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The base color is the original color in the image.
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The blend color is the color being applied with the painting or editing tool.
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The result color is the color resulting from the blend.
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