In this tutorial you
will choose, customize, and save brushes for painting, cloning,
and editing images. You will also use the Image Sprayer tool to
paint using full-color bitmaps and experiment with the new Orbits
and symmetry features.
Select a topic:
Choosing, applying, customizing, and saving a brush
Cloning to repair, retouch, and paint images
Experiencing Orbits and symmetry mode
Select a topic:
Choosing a brush type and painting
Customizing and saving a brush
Adding transparency and texture to a brush
Click here to open a sample image.
To choose a brush and apply paint
The sample image showing an example of a Paint tool brush stroke.
To customize and save a brush
Click here to open a sample image.
To add transparency and texture
The sample image showing an example of a Paint tool brush stroke
with transparency and texture.
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To create a nib from a mask
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Painting with the Image Sprayer tool
Customizing the bitmap size, spraying sequence, and transparency
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To paint with the Image Sprayer tool
The sample image painted with the Image Sprayer tool using the
Foliage preset.
The bitmaps that are sprayed are those that are currently loaded.
You can change these at any time in the Tool Settings Roll-Up.
To change the bitmap list
A thumbnail image displays the bitmaps in
the selected Image List.
Click here to open a sample image.
To customize the bitmaps used by the Image Sprayer tool
The sample image painted with the Image Sprayer tool using the
Foliage preset with transparency and modified options.
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Select a topic:
Cloning using the current fill
Cloning an image one object at a time
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To clone an area of an image
The sample image with showing the result of basic cloning functionality.
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To restore using the Clone From Saved tool
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To paint with the current fill
The sample image modified using the Clone From Fill tool.
To change the current fill click Edit, Fill, and choose a new
fill from the dialog box.
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To clone an image one object at a time
The object in the sample image cloned.
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Select a topic:
Erasing changes just made to an image
Erasing the image with the paper color
Replacing the paint color with the paper color
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To restore parts of your image
You can also reverse the last operation by clicking Edit, Undo.
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To erase leaving the paper color
The sample image partially erased with the Eraser tool.
Double-click the Paper swatch on the Status Bar to change the
paper color.
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To replace the paint color with the paper color
The sample image with an area of the paint color replaced with
the paper color.
Double-click the Color Replacer tool to replace all the paint
in your image with the paper color.
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Select a topic:
Discovering the Symmetry Roll-Up
Using Orbits and the symmetry mode together
Click here to open a sample image.
To paint with Orbits
The sample image showing a brush stroke using Orbits.
The Image Sprayer tool does not include Orbit presets.
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To paint using symmetry
The sample image with a symmetrical brush stroke.
To disable symmetrical painting, click the None check box.
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To use Orbits and symmetry together
The sample image with a brush stroke using Orbits and symmetry.
The Image Sprayer tool does not include Orbit presets.
Choosing a functional center point is important when painting
in Symmetry mode, because this is the point around which the symmetry
occurs. You can position the center point using the mouse or by
typing values in the appropriate dialog box controls.
Type a value in the Size box to adjust the size of the nib.
Type a value in the Transparency box to adjust the transparency
of the paint.
Type a value in the Rotate box to rotate the nib.
Click one of the default shape icons and type a value in the Flatten
box to change the shape of the nib.
Type a value in the Soft Edge box to cause the paint to fade out
along the edges of the nib.
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Radial, adds points that circle the brush tool and move toward
or away from the tool as the brush nib moves in the Image Window.
Mirror, produces an identical stroke on the horizontal and vertical
plane of the image.
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Radial, adds points that circle the brush tool and move toward
or away from the tool as the brush nib moves in the Image Window.
Mirror, produces an identical stroke on the horizontal and vertical
plane of the image.
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