Brush Editor

Although Photopaint comes with a full set of brushes for use with the various paint tools, you may sometimes find it useful to be able to create your own brushes. The Brush Editor enables you to add, delete and edit brushes.

Open up the "Edit Brush" dialog by selecting the Brush Editor command in the Tools menu.

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In the Brushes box there is a list of all the existing brushes. The currently selected brush is displayed in the Preview box below. Note that unless you have already created a brush all the listed brushes will be the standard ones displayed by default in the "Brushes" dialog (see Brushes). You cannot edit or delete a standard brush.

Create a new brush to your own design in the following way:

Click on New to open up the "Brush Options" dialog.

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There are three basic brush types:

Select one of these types before proceeding to create the brush.

Once you have selected a brush type, various tools for determining the brush’s shape and size become available. The set of tools that can be used to create or edit a brush depends on the particular brush type.

You can keep a check on your adjustments by looking at the changing display in the bottom right-hand Preview box.

In addition to the above you can determine the roundedeness and angle of the brush (Elliptical or Rectangular only):

Again, your changes can be viewed in the Preview box.

Once you’ve designed your brush you can give it a name in the Brush Name box at the bottom of the dialog.

Click on OK to return to the "Edit Brush" dialog. The new brush is displayed at the bottom of the Brushes box. Select it to see it displayed in the Preview box.

If you now click on Close and select any of the paint tools on the Tools bar, the new brush will appear in the "Brushes" dialog, ready to use.

The following are the remaining options available in the "Edit Brush" dialog:

Once you have made all the changes you want click on Close to exit the dialog.

See:

The Tools menu