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Last updated 12/5/2011

Chapter 10: Painting

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Painting tools

For detailed instructions, click the links below. To ask questions, request features, or report problems, visit

feedback.photoshop.com.

About painting tools, options, and panels

Adobe Photoshop provides several tools for painting and editing image color. The Brush tool and the Pencil tool work

like traditional drawing tools by applying color with brush strokes. The Gradient tool, Fill command, and Paint Bucket

tool apply color to large areas. Tools like the Eraser tool, Blur tool, and Smudge tool modify the existing colors in the

image. See

“Painting tools gallery” on page 27.

In the options bar for each tool, you can set how color is applied to an image and choose from preset brush tips.

Brush and tool presets

You can save a set of brush options as a preset so you can quickly access brush characteristics you use frequently.

Photoshop includes several sample brush presets. You can start with these presets and modify them to produce new

effects. Many original brush presets are available for download on the web.

You can quickly choose presets from the Brush Preset picker in the options bar, which lets you temporarily modify the

size and hardness of a brush preset.

Save tool presets when you want to store customized brush tip characteristics along with settings from the options bar

such as opacity, flow, and color. To learn more about tool presets, see

“Tool presets” on page 31.

Brush tip options

Along with settings in the options bar, brush tip options control how color is applied. You can apply color gradually,

with soft edges, with large brush strokes, with various brush dynamics, with different blending properties, and with

brushes of different shapes. You can apply a texture with your brush strokes to simulate painting on canvas or art

papers. You can also simulate spraying paint with an airbrush. You use the Brush panel to set brush tip options. See

“Brush panel overview” on page 301.

If you work with a drawing tablet, you can control how color is applied using pen pressure, angle, rotation, or a stylus

wheel. You set options for drawing tablets in the Brush panel and options bar.