User Guide

Painting110
To set up a two-color brush
stroke:
1 On the Brush selector bar, choose a
brush category from the Brush
selector.
Not all brushes can create two-
color brush strokes. Acrylics,
Calligraphy, and Chalk make good
choices.
2 From the Variant selector, choose a
variant with a non-computed dab
type; for example, Circular.
If the Colors palette is not
displayed, choose Window menu
> Show Colors.
3 On the Colors palette, click the
palette menu arrow and choose
Standard Colors.
4 Click the Primary Color (front)
rectangle .
5 Choose a color on the Colors
palette or the Color Sets palette.
The front rectangle shows your
selection.
6 Click the Secondary Color (back)
rectangle .
7 Choose a color on the Colors
palette or the Color Sets palette.
The back rectangle shows your
selection.
8 Click the Primary Color (front)
rectangle.
This reactivates the primary color
for the next time you pick a color.
9 Choose Window menu > Show
Color Expression to display the
Color Expression palette.
If the palette is not expanded, click
the palette arrow.
10 On the Color Expression palette,
choose Direction from the
Controller pop-up menu.
11 Paint a “T” in your document.
Draw some loops and circles to see
how the transition between colors
depends on brush stroke direction.
Note
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For information about using the Color
Sets palette to choose a color, refer to
“Using Color Sets” on page 85.
Tip
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For different results, try different
Controller settings. For example, choose
Pressure to create color transitions based
on the pressure you apply with your stylus.
Loading Multiple Colors
Imagine the ability to load color at a
bristle level, picking up different
colors with each “hair” of a brush—
like filling tiny ink wells. Imagine also
the ability to move multiple colors
along with a palette knife, dragging
them across your canvas or paper. The
Brush Loading feature affects how
paint comes off a brush and what
happens to the pixels underneath.
When Brush Loading is not active,
brushes interact with previously
applied colors by sampling underlying
pixels, then loading the brush with
one new color—the average of those
that were sampled. With Brush
Loading active, brushes can literally
“pick up” existing colors, hair by hair.
This capability offers truer color
interaction, astounding color
variations, and better cloning results.
To paint with multiple colors:
1 Choose a brush.
2 On the Stroke Designer page of
the Brush Creator, click General.
3 Choose Static Bristle from the Dab
Type pop-up menu.