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When you select the next brush (gold.mel), Maya uses 80% of its shading
and 0% of its shape. Conversely, the stroke uses 20% of the
grassOrnament.mel brushs shading and 100% of its shape.
4 To confirm the effect, select gold.mel (in the metal folder), then paint
on the canvas.
5 Repeat the preceding steps, experimenting with different preset brushes,
Shading, and Shape values. As a first try, blend flameCoarse.mel from
the fire folder with the existing template brush. Set Shading to 60 and
Shape to 30.
If the Brush Preset Blend window is open, each time you select a preset
brush, its Shading and Shape values will be blended with the template
brush.
6 Close the Brush Preset Blend window when you are done blending
brushes.
7 Do not clear the canvas. Youll use your existing strokes in the next steps.
Smearing, blurring, and erasing paint
Now youll work with brush types that smear, blur, and erase paint.
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