User Guide

Watercolor 173
To adjust diffusion
1 Apply one or more strokes with a Digital Watercolor variant.
If you would like to restrict the diffusion to a region, make a selection with any
selection tool. The diffusion effect will apply only within the selection.
2 On the property bar, adjust the Diffusion pop-up slider.
Drag the slider to the right to increase diffusion, to the left to decrease diffusion.
You can also adjust diffusion before applying brush strokes by adjusting the
Diffusion slider.
The Diffusion slider is also accessible on the Brush Controls palette and in the
Digital Watercolor area of the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator.
Wet Fringe
The Wet Fringe slider controls the amount of pooling of water and paint at the edges
of Digital Watercolor brush strokes. You can dynamically adjust the wet fringe on any
Digital Watercolor brush stroke before you dry it. Dynamically adjusting the Wet
Fringe affects every wet Digital Watercolor brush stroke, which remains wet until you
dry it. Once you’re satisfied with the wet fringe, it’s a good idea to dry Digital
Watercolor brush strokes. This allows you to dynamically adjust the Wet Fringe on
future Digital Watercolor brush strokes without affecting existing brush strokes that
you’re satisfied with.
To adjust wet fringe
1 Apply one or more strokes with a Digital Watercolor variant.
If you would like to restrict the diffusion to a region, make a selection with any
selection tool. The pooling effect will apply only within the selection.
2 On the property bar, adjust the Wet Fringe slider.
Drag the slider to the right to increase pooling, to the left to decrease pooling.
You can also adjust wet fringe before applying brush strokes by adjusting the
Wet Fringe slider.
The Wet Fringe slider is also accessible on the Brush Controls palette and in
the Digital Watercolor area of the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator.