User Guide

Customizing Brushes 207
Flat Creates flat brushes, like those used to apply
paint to houses or walls. Brushes that use
Flat dabs respond to bearing, allowing for
flat or narrow strokes, depending on how the
stylus is held. Flat dabs are always
perpendicular to the shaft of the stylus.
The Feature setting in the Size area separates
bristles.
Palette Knife Create brushes that are the opposite of Flat
dab brushes. With resaturation set low, you
can use these brushes to scrape, push, pick
up, or rapidly drag colors along. Palette
Knife dabs are always parallel to the shaft of
the stylus.
The Feature setting in the Size area separates
bristles.
Bristle Spray Creates brushes that can use airbrush
controls. These brushes recognize tilt, which
separates bristles on the opposite side of the
tilt. Holding down
Option + Shift (Mac
OS) or
Alt + Shift (Windows) reverses the
spray direction when you paint.
By adjusting the Feature slider in the Size
area, you can separate bristles.
Airbrush Creates brushes that act like airbrushes.
Bearing (direction) and angle (tilt) affect the
eccentricity of the resulting conic section.
The Feature slider in the Size area controls
the size of the individual droplets of media.
Setting the Feature slider too high might
produce undesirable artifacts.
By holding down Option + Shift (Mac OS),
or Alt + Shift (Windows), you can reverse
the spray direction when you paint.
Rendered Dab Type Description