User Manual

122 Painting and Drawing
Note that Diameter isn't an absolute setting, but a relative one. Each
picture brush stores its own pre-defined elements, and this scaling
determines how the tool scales elements up or down when drawing.
The actual size of stored elements varies between brushes, so you may
need to adjust the image diameter when switching between different
brushes.
4. To "stamp" single images at specific points, click in various places on
your canvas. To spray a continuous line of images, drag a path across
the page.
To import a Paint Shop Pro picture tube file:
1. On the Brush Tip tab, select a category you've created yourself, right-
click and choose Import....
2. Use the dialog to browse for and select the picture tube (.tub) file to
import.
If you right-click on any gallery sample, you can manage categories, and access
brush options. With a bit of forethought, it’s not difficult to lay out your own
master images and from them create your own custom Picture Brush tips. (For
details, see PhotoPlus Help.)
Erasing
Sometimes the rubber end of the pencil can be just as important to an artist as
the pointed one. The Eraser Tools flyout on the Tools toolbar provides ways of
enhancing an image by "painting" with transparency rather than with color:
The Standard Eraser Tool for replacing
colors in an image either with the background
color or with transparency (on Background or
other standard layers, respectively).