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This opens the Brush Presets toolbar.
3. Do either of the following:
• C lick any of the presets to use it instead of
the default brush.
•
Change brush settings and click Add
New Preset to add a new button with the
current settings.
4. Paint with the brush.
5. If you change br ush settings w ith a preset brush
active, the preset will remember the changes
between sessions. Common sett ing changes
such as Size will ap ply to use of the brush with
any tool.
6. To change a preset’s name, copy it, delete
itfromthetoolbar,orsaveorloadallbrush
presets, click
Brush Preset Manager (page
3–739)
.
Inter face
The Brush Preset toolbar controls are available
only when a brush tool such as
Paint Deformation
(page 1–1065)
is active.
Brush Preset Manager —Opens the Brush
Preset Manager (page 3–739)
dialog, which lets
youadd,duplicate,rename,delete,save,andload
brush presets.
Add New Pr eset—Adds a new preset with
the current brush settings to the toolbar, first
prompting you for a name for the brush. If you
attempt to exceed the maximum number of brush
presets (50), a dialog alerts you.
[brush presets]—Each preset is available on a
button with a grayscale bitm ap showing its shape
and relat ive size. Click a preset to ac tivate it and
use its settings. Each preset contains all sett ings
pert inent to the current tool, such as Mode for
Paint Deformation brushes. You can see a preset
name by hovering the mouse cursor over it; the
tooltip that appears shows its name.
To deactivate a preset, click its preset again on the
toolbar. Its sett ings remain active, but changing
the settings no longer mod ify the preset.
By default, the toolbar contains five brush presets,
but y ou can add up to a total of 50. To activate
and use a preset, click its button on the toolbar.
The program remembers any changes you make
to the brush settings while a preset is active and
automatically restores these at the star t of the
follow ing session.
The button image updates automatically to reflect
changes to the size (by default, up to 40.0) and
thefalloff,whichisdepictedasagradienton
the button image. Set the falloff with the
Painter
Options dialog (page 1–801)
.
Note: Changing a value for a setting the preset
has in common with other contexts, such as Size,