User Guide

Using Water Color126
To create a new Water Color layer:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Layers to display the Layers
palette.
If the Layers palette is not
expanded, click the palette arrow.
2 Do one of the following:
• On the Layers palette, click the
palette menu arrow, and choose
New Water Color Layer.
• Click the New Water Color
Layer button at the bottom
of the Layers palette.
To lift the canvas to the Water
Color layer:
1 Apply one or more strokes to the
canvas with a Water Color brush
variant.
2 Choose Window menu > Show
Layers to display the Layers
palette.
3 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Lift Canvas to Water Color
Layer.
To wet the Water Color layer:
1 Apply one or more strokes to the
canvas with a Water Color brush
variant.
2 Choose Window menu > Show
Layers to display the Layers
palette.
3 Click the palette menu arrow, and
choose Wet Entire Water Color
Layer.
Tip
•
To stop the diffusion process, click the
palette menu arrow on the Layers palette,
and choose Dry Water Color Layer.
Working with Water Color
Variants
The Water Color brush variants
produce natural looking water color
effects. All the Water Color variants,
except Wet Eraser, interact with the
canvas texture.
Stylus pressure affects the width of the
brush stroke for all the Water Color
brush variants (except Wet Eraser).
Increased pressure widens a brush
stroke; less pressure narrows a stroke.
Water Color Dab Types
Refer to “Dab Types” on page 148 for
more information about Water Color
Dab Types.
Water Controls
You can adjust the Water controls
when you have selected a Water Color
brush from the Brush selector bar.
The Water controls on the Stroke
Designer page of the Brush Creator
allow you to specify various settings
for your Water Color brushes. For
example, you can adjust brush size,
control diffusion, and determine how
the paper texture will interact with the
brush strokes. Refer to “Setting Water
Controls” on page 176 for more
information.
Size
The Feature setting in the Size area of
the Stroke Designer separates bristles.
The higher the setting, the farther
apart hairs appear. Use a low setting to
make more solid strokes. When using
Water Color brushes, the diffusion of