User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To use the Sponge tool:
1. Configure the tool using the settings in the Properties bar.
Select a brush size and shape from the Brushes palette (see "Selecting brushes and
painting options" on page 420).
Adjust the Pressure setting. Increase the pressure to increase the effect.
Choose Saturate or Desaturate in the Mode menu. Saturate removes gray; desaturate
increases the amount of gray.
2. Drag the Sponge tool over the image area you want to edit.
Selecting brushes and painting options
The Properties bar contains the Brush icon as well as other options for painting and image editing.
The Opacity slider lets you adjust opacity for painting. The Mode menu lets you choose painting
modes to control color application and target tonal ranges. Open the Brushes palette to select preset
brushes and create new brushes.
The Brushes palette contains the same painting options as the Properties bar; e.g., the
Opacity slider, painting modes, etc.
The Brush icon appears in the Properties bar when one of the following Painting tools is
selected: Eraser, Paintbrush, Marker, Airbrush, Neon, Rubber Stamp, Smudge, Blur,
Sharpen, Dodge, Burn, Sponge.
Brush icon
Use the Brush icon to adjust current brush settings or to open the Brush palette and select another
brush.
To modify brush settings:
You must select a Painting tool, such as the Paintbrush or Pencil tool, so the Brush icon is active in
the Properties bar. You can edit any brush shape. For brush shapes created from selections, you can
change only the spacing.
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