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Some brushes apply paint directly along the paint path, while others produce
added effects. For example, the pens folder includes brushes such as
ballpointRed.mel that work like pens, while the flowers folder includes brushes
such as dahliaPink.mel that grow flowers as you drag the mouse. Brushes like
dahliaPink.mel use Paint Effects tubes.
1 Select the dahliaPink.mel brush and drag the mouse slowly for one stroke,
then quickly for the next stroke.
When you paint a stroke slowly, the density of flowers is higher than
when you paint quickly. The effect of stroke speed on density works the
same for all brushes that use tubes.
2 To erase your last stroke, select Canvas > Canvas Undo.
When displaying the 2D canvas, you can undo only a single stroke. Edit
> Undo, Redo, Repeat (on the main menu) doesnt undo strokes.
3 To erase the entire canvas, select Canvas > Clear or click the Canvas Clear
button on the toolbar:
Modifying the default brush settings
When you select a preset brush, Maya copies its brush settings to a template
brush. A template brush is a holder for the attribute settings of the next strokes
you paint. When you change the settings of the template brush, they affect
only the next strokes, not previous strokes.
To edit the template brush settings
1 Select Brush > Reset Template Brush to select the default brush, then
paint on the canvas so you remember the brush effect.
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