User guide

Painting, Drawing, and Text 129
Brush options
The Brush Options dialog, accessible from the context toolbar's Brush option,
lets you customize a brush or define properties for a new one. As you vary the
settings, you can see the effect of each change in the preview window.
Painting using pen tablets
Brush strokes can be applied directly to the page by using your mouse or, if
available, a pen tablet; the latter method is ideally suited for applying pressure-
sensitive strokes to your project. PhotoPlus supports pressure sensitivity, with
tablet calibration and key assignment possible directly from within the program
(via Pressure Studio).
Stamping and spraying pictures
The Picture Brush Tool works like a custom
brush that sprays a series of pre-defined or custom
images at regular intervals as you drag. Used in
conjunction with the Brush Tip tab you can select
from a variety of picture brushes in different
categories, and you can import Paint Shop Pro
"picture tubes".
You can use the tool either to "stamp" single images at specific points or lay out a
continuous stream of repeating pictures as in the letter "S" on the left.
The Picture Brush tool works on Background and standard layers, but not on
text layers or shape layers.