To Customize Brush Tip Shape Properties - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

To customize brush tip shape properties

A brush stroke is made up of many individual brush tip marks. The brush tip you select determines the shape,
diameter, and other properties of a brush mark. You can customize brush tips by changing the brush tip properties.
Any changes you make to an existing brush tip can be saved as a new brush tip; the default set of brush tips remains
unaltered.
1 In the Brush Tips panel, select the brush tip you want to customize.
To change the value for a brush tip property, do one of the following:
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Type a value and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
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Place the pointer over the value and drag a new value.
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Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) the brush in the Layer panel to adjust diameter; release the
key, and continue to drag to adjust hardness. Both the cursor and Brush Tips panel update dynamically.
Controls the size of the brush. Enter a value in pixels or drag a new value.
Diameter
Strokes with low diameter values (left) and high diameter values (right)
Specifies the angle by which an elliptical brush's long axis is rotated from horizontal. Enter a value in degrees
Angle
or drag a new value.
Note: Brush tip angles can be expressed in both positive and negative values. For example, a brush tip with a 45º angle
is equivalent to a brush tip with a -135º angle.
Angled brushes create chiseled strokes: 45-degree brush (left), and -45-degree brush (right).
Specifies the ratio between the brush's short and long axes. A value of 100% indicates a circular brush, a
Roundness
value of 0% indicates a linear brush, and intermediate values indicate elliptical brushes.
Brush strokes using 100-percent roundness (left) and varying percentages (right)
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