User Guide

Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing
Painting with the Paintbrush tool
The Paintbrush tool applies the foreground color. Apply a soft (anti-aliased) brush stroke by
choosing a soft-edged brush in the Properties bar or Brushes palette. Use the settings in the
Properties bar to configure this tool.
Spraying soft strokes with the Airbrush tool
The Airbrush tool applies the foreground color with a very soft (anti-aliased) stroke. The Airbrush
tool paints as long as you press the mouse. The Pressure setting in the Properties bar and Brushes
palette controls how fast the Airbrush applies color. Use the settings in the Properties bar to
configure this tool.
Painting with the Marker tool
The Marker tool paints with the foreground color, applying a hard-edged stroke. Use the options in
the Properties bar to configure the Marker tool.
Painting individual pixels with the Pencil tool
Use the Pencil tool to apply the foreground color to a single pixel or create a one-pixel, freehand line.
If the pixel already uses the foreground color, the Pencil applies the background color instead. You
can use the Pencil tool for precise image editing at high magnifications (see "Fat Bits" on page 428).
To paint a straight line:
Shift-drag the Pencil to confine the line to 90° angles.
Painting two-toned “neon” strokes
Use the Neon tool to paint a neon-tube stroke, with the foreground color inside and the background
color outside. Use the Glow setting in the Properties bar and Brushes palette to adjust the color ratio.
Painting modes are not available with the Neon tool.
Filling areas with color
Use the Bucket tool to pour color on an image. The Bucket applies the background color where you
click. You can adjust its tolerance so the color covers adjacent pixels of the same color only, or
adjacent pixels of similar colors.
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