Creating Textured Brushes; Textured Brush Options; Copy Textures Between Tools; Dual Brushes - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Creating textured brushes

Textured brush options

Copy textures between tools

Dual brushes

Textured brush options
A textured brush uses a pattern to make strokes look as if they are painted on textured canvas.
Brush strokes without texture (left) and with texture (right)
Click the pattern sample, and select a pattern from the pop-up panel. Set one or more of the following options:
Invert Inverts the high and low points in the texture based on the tones in the pattern. When Invert is selected, the lightest areas in the pattern
are the low points in the texture and therefore receive the least paint; the darkest areas in the pattern are the high points in the texture and
therefore receive the most paint. When Invert is deselected, the lightest areas in the pattern receive the most paint; the darkest areas in the
pattern receive the least paint.
Scale Specifies the scale of the pattern. Type a number, or use the slider to enter a value that is a percentage of the pattern size.
Texture Each Tip Applies the selected texture individually to each brush mark in a brush stroke, rather than to the brush stroke as a whole (a
brush stroke is made up of many brush marks, applied continuously as you drag the brush). You must select this option to make the Depth
variance options available.
Mode Specifies the blending mode used to combine the brush and the pattern. (See
Depth Specifies how deeply the paint penetrates into the texture. Type a number, or use the slider to enter a value. At 100%, the low points in the
texture do not receive any paint. At 0%, all points in the texture receive the same amount of paint, therefore hiding the pattern.
Minimum Depth Specifies the minimum depth to which paint can penetrate when Depth Control is set to Fade, Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, or Stylus
Wheel, and Texture Each Tip is selected.
Depth Jitter and Control
value. To specify how you want to control the depth variance of brush marks, choose an option from the Control pop-up menu:
Off Specifies no control over the depth variance of brush marks.
Fade Fades from the Depth Jitter percentage to the Minimum Depth percentage in the specified number of steps.
Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel, Rotation
or rotation of the pen.
Copy textures between tools
When you specify a texture for the current tool, you can copy the texture's pattern and scale to all tools that support textures. For example, you
can copy the current texture pattern and scale for the Brush tool to the Pencil, Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp, History Brush, Art History Brush,
Eraser, Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools.
Choose Copy Texture to Other Tools from the Brush panel menu.
Dual brushes
A dual brush combines two tips to create brush marks. The second brush texture is applied within the brush stroke of the primary brush; only the
areas where both brushstrokes intersect are painted. Set options for the primary tip in the Brush Tip Shape section of the Brush panel. Select a
Specifies how the depth varies when Texture Each Tip is selected. To specify the maximum percentage of jitter, enter a
Blending
Varies the depth based on the pen pressure, pen tilt, position of the pen thumbwheel,
modes.)
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