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| Selecting the Brush Tip Shape
pane Opens the Brushes pane in Default mode and displays the currently
selected brush library and it's powerful set of Controls to change
size, shape and behavior of the brush. |
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| Once a brush is Selected, you have
the ability to change it's characteristics such as Diameter, Horizontal
and Vertical axis, Angle, Roundness, Hardness and Spacing values. |
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| To see how this works, let's create
a Calligraphy brush. |
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| 1.) Create a New file.
Go to File > New. Make it 500
X 500 pixels at 300 dpi on a White Background. Press D
on the keyboard to set Foreground to Black (however any color but
White will do.) |
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| 2.) Press B
to Select the Brush tool. Click the Brushes tab
to Open the Brushes palette, then click the Brush
Tip Shape tab to Open it's controls. |
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| 3.) Select the Hard
Round 19 pixels brush. Now, adjust Angle
to 45 degrees, Roundness to 0%, Hardness
to 100% and Spacing to 1%. |
| (The Roundness setting set to 0% Creates
a sharp edge to the Stroke.) |
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| Go to the work area and paint a letter.
Practice on the canvas until you are somewhat comfortable with the
brush. |
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| Spacing can have dramatic
effects to the brush as well. Below settings used: 1%, 400% and
700%. |
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| Look at what happens when we set Roundness
back to 100% and adjust it's Spacing to 50%, 100%
and 150%. |
| (The Spacing control
allows the user to distribute the brushes shape evenly at desired
intervals.) |
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| The Spacing controls
offer un-even spacing as well. To see how this works, let's begin
by setting up the perimeters to the first example shown above. (Press
Ctrl+Backspace to Fill the work area with White
prior to beginning.) |
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| 1.) Select the Hard
Round 19 pixels brush. Now, adjust Angle
to 45 degrees, Roundness to 100%, Hardness
to 100% and Spacing to 50%. Now, click the Spacing
check box to turn it OFF in the palette. |
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| 2.) Go to the work
area and create a Stroke with a variation in speed. (As the speed
of the Stroke increases, so does the distance of repetition.) |
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| The Hardness slider
controls the amount of feathering to the brush. Repeating the Stroke
with a Hardness setting of 25% Creates this effect. |
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| The remaining two controls are the
Flip X and Y box's. |
| 1.) Go to the Sample
folder for this CD and Open it. Inside you will find a file named
Butterfly_template.psd. Double-Click
it and it will Open in Photoshop. (It contains the starting image,
Created from the Shapes Library.) |
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| 2.) Go to the Layers
palette and Ctrl+Click the Butterfly
layer to Create a Selection. |
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| 3.) Click the Foreground
Color swatch and choose a bright color to work with. (I selected
#CC00FF.) Press B on the keyboard and click the
Brushes tab to Open the Brushes palette. Find the
brush named Grass and Select it. Now,
set Angle to 0%, Roundness to
50% and Spacing to 25% as shown. |
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| 4.) Go to the work
area and Click+Drag brush along the Left edge of image to paint
a pattern. (The brush will only paint inside the Selection.) |
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| 5.) Go back to the
Brushes palette and click the Flip X box to change
direction of brush. (This controls the Horizontal axis.) |
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| Go to the work area and paint the Right
side of the image. When you are finished, use Ctrl+D
to Deselect Selection. |
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| In this way, the user can paint an
almost mirrored pattern to the first on the Opposite side. (The
Flip Y controls the Vertical axis.) |
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Copyright © 2006-2007 Glenn Schemenauer - Spacific
Designs™ - All rights reserved. |
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