Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Manual (Page 341)

PHOTOSHOP CS3
User Guide
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Create a brush and set painting options
1 Open the Brushes palette by clicking the brushes palette button in the options bar. Make sure the Brush tool is
selected to see the button.
2 In the Brushes palette, choose an existing brush preset to modify or select a brush shape from the Brush Tip Shape
panel of the Brushes palette. You can also create a new brush tip from an image.
3 Select Brush Tip Shape on the left side of the Brushes palette, and set options. See “Brush tip shape options” on
page 334.
4 Set other options for the brush as needed. See the following sections for information about the options.
• “Brush shape dynamics” on page 337
• “Brush scattering” on page 338
• “Textured brush options” on page 339
• “Dual brushes” on page 340
• “Color dynamics Brush options” on page 340
• “Other dynamics brush options” on page 341
• “Other Brush options” on page 342
5 To lock brush tip shape attributes, click the unlock icon . To unlock the tip, click the lock icon .
6 To save the brush for use later, choose New Brush Preset from the Brushes palette menu.
Note: To save your new brush permanently or distribute it to other users, you must save the brush as part of a set of
brushes. Choose Save Brushes from the Brushes palette menu, and then save to a new set or overwrite an existing set. If
you reset or replace the brushes in the Brushes palette without saving it in a set, you could lose your new brush.
See also
“Brushes palette overview” on page 332
“Create a brush tip from an image” on page 333
Brush tip shape options
You can set the following brush tip shape options in the Brushes palette:
Diameter Controls the size of the brush. Enter a value in pixels or drag the slider.
Brush strokes with different diameter values
Use Sample Size Resets the brush to its original diameter. This option is available only if the brush tip shape was
created by sampling pixels in an image.
Flip X Changes the direction of a brush tip on its x axis.