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Using the painting tools (ImageReady)
ImageReady provides the paintbrush tool, pencil tool, and airbrush tool to let you paint
the current foreground color on an image. The three tools create different effects:
The paintbrush tool creates soft strokes of color.
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The pencil tool creates hard-edged freehand lines.
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The airbrush tool applies gradual tones (including sprays of color) to an image,
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simulating traditional airbrush techniques. The edges of the stroke are more diffused
than those created with the paintbrush tool.
To use the paintbrush tool, pencil tool, or airbrush tool:
1 Specify a foreground color. (See
page 257.)
2 Select the paintbrush tool
3 Do the following in the options bar:
Choose a preset brush. (See
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Specify a blending mode. (See
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For the paintbrush tool and pencil tool, specify an opacity. (See
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flow, strength, or exposure" on page
For the airbrush tool, specify a paint flow. (See
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exposure" on page
For the pencil tool, select Auto Erase to paint the background color over areas
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containing the foreground color. (See
4 Do one or more of the following:
Drag in the image to paint.
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To draw a straight line, click a starting point in the image. Then hold down Shift, and
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click an ending point.
When using the brush tool as an airbrush, hold down the mouse button without
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dragging to build up color.
Erasing
The eraser and magic eraser tools let you erase areas of an image to transparency or to the
background color. The background eraser tool (Photoshop) lets you erase to transparency
on a layer. You can also use the Auto Erase option with the pencil tool to erase the
foreground color to the background color as you paint.
If you want to erase the background of an object with intricate or wispy edges, use the
Extract command. (See
page 174.)
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"Choosing foreground and background colors" on
, pencil tool
"Working with brushes" on page
"Selecting a blending mode" on page
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"Using the Auto Erase option" on page
"Extracting objects from their background (Photoshop)" on
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, or airbrush tool .
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"Specifying opacity,
"Specifying opacity, flow, strength, or
Painting
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