User Guide

Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing
4. Click in the image to apply a spot of color, or drag to paint a brush stroke, depending on the
tool.
To constrain a brush stroke to horizontal or vertical, press Shift as you drag.
Selected paint object Paint object in edit mode
Paint tool options
Painting opacity
Painting opacity affects the intensity of painting. Adjust this setting in the Properties bar for the
following painting tools: Eraser, Marker, Paintbrush, Bucket, Blend, and Rubber Stamp.
For the other painting tools, Opacity is replaced by either Pressure, Glow, or Exposure.
Painting opacity can be set from 1 to 100%. Higher opacity makes the color more opaque. Lower
opacity makes color appear more transparent. Painting opacity works with painting modes (see
"Painting modes" on page 424). If you use the Paintbrush tool to apply black at 100% opacity in
Normal mode, black replaces the original color wherever you paint. At 50% opacity, the strength of
the black is reduced, so it mixes with the underlying color. If you also use a different painting mode,
the strength of the mode’s effect is reduced.
To quickly change the opacity setting, you can press a number key; “1” equals 10%, “2”
equals 20%, “3” equals 30%, etc. “0” equals a setting of 100%.
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