To create a new brush 1 Press the right-arrow button in the Brushes palette and choose New Brush in the pop-up menu. 2 In the New Brush dialog box, adjust the settings for the brush. For more information, see “New brush options,” page 31.618. 3 After entering the settings you want, click OK. The new brush shape appears in the Brushes palette. To delete brushes from the palette You can permanently remove brush shapes from the Brushes palette. If you think you might want to use the brush shape again, you should first store it in a brushes file so you can later load it back into the pal- ette. See “Saving and loading brushes,” page 31.618. To delete a brush:  Select the brush you want to delete. Choose Delete Brush in the Brushes palette pop-up menu, or Command-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) a brush in the palette to delete it. Using a selection to define a brush shape You can make a new brush shape from a selection in an image. This lets you create non-elliptical brush shapes. 1 Select all or part of an image; see “Selecting pixels in images,” page 33.651. 2 Choose Define Brush in the Brushes palette pop-up menu. The selection becomes a brush in the Brushes palette. Canvas uses the shape and lightness values of the selection to define the brush. Brush shapes do not contain color. Modifying brush shapes You can edit any brush shape. For brush shapes created from selec- tions, you can change only the spacing. 1 In the Brushes palette, double-click the brush shape you want to modify. 2 In the Brush Options dialog box, adjust the settings you want and click OK; see “New brush options,” next. Brushes palette pop-up menu New brushes appear in the Brushes palette You can select image areas to make brushes. This image contains rendered vector objects.
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