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Brush Controller
You can set the brush size, softness, and flow. The size specifies the amount of area
affected by a brush stroke. Softness specifies whether a stroke is hard edges, or feathered
to produce a soft stroke with fuzzy edges. Flow controls the amount of effect in a
cumulative manner. With a low flow setting, you can layer the amount of effect applied.
You can also set opacity which is a characteristic of the effect, not the brushes. Opacity
specifies the amount of the original image that shows through (or the transparency of the
image).
To change the brush mode:
1 Choose Image menu > Effects, and select an effect.
2 Click the Brush to display the brush tools.
• Use the middle slider in the Brush Effects Painter to set the flow.
• Use the bottom slider to set the softness.
• Use the vertical slider in the Effects palette to set the global opacity.
• Press Tab to switch from brush to circle preview.
• Press Space to switch to the Pan tool.
• Press Alt to invert the current tool. For example, press Alt to turn the current
brush into an eraser.
Setting Brush Size
To set the brush size:
1 Choose Image menu > Effects, and select an effect.
2 Click the Brush to display the brush tools.
3 Use the top slider in the Brush Effect Painter to set the brush size.
Setting the brush size.