Adobe 29180155 - Photoshop Elements 4.0 Tutorial page 210

Use the Impressionist Brush tool
The Impressionist Brush tool changes the existing colors and details in your image so your photo looks like it was painted using stylized brush
strokes. By experimenting with different style, area size, and tolerance options, you can simulate the textures associated with painting in different
artistic styles.
1. Witht he Brush tool selected in the toolbox, select the the Impressionist Brush tool from the Tool Options bar.
2. Set options in the Tool Options bar as desired, and then drag within the image to paint.
Original photo (left), and after using the Impressionist Brush tool (right)
You can specify any of the following options:
Brush Sets the brush tip. Click the arrow next to the brush sample, choose a brush category from the Brush drop-down, and
then select a brush thumbnail.
Size Sets the size of the brush in pixels. Drag the Size slider or enter a size in the text box.
Opacity Sets the opacity of the paint you apply. A low opacity setting allows pixels under a paint stroke to show through.
Drag the slider or enter an opacity value.
Mode Specifies how the paint that you apply blends with the existing pixels in the image. See About blending modes for more
information.
Advanced Style affects the shape of the brush stroke. Area controls the size of the brush stroke. A larger area value also
increases the number of strokes. Tolerance controls how similar in color value adjacent pixels must be before they are
affected by the brush stroke.
Use the Smudge tool
The Smudge tool simulates the actions of dragging a finger through wet paint. The tool picks up color where the stroke begins and pushes it in the
direction you drag. You can smudge existing colors in your image, or smear foreground color on the image.
Original image (left), and after smudging parts of the photo (right)
1. From the Enhance section in the toolbox, select the Smudge tool (If you don't see it in the toolbox, select either the Blur
tool or the Sharpen tool and then click the Smudge tool icon from the Tool Options bar.)
2. Set options in the Tool Options bar, and then drag within the image to smudge color.
To temporarily use the Finger Painting option as you drag with the smudge tool, press the Alt key (Option key in Mac OS).
You can specify any of the following Smudge tool options:
Mode Specifies how the paint that you apply blends with the existing pixels in the image. See About blending modes for more
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