Using The Brushes Palette - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual

200 CHAPTER 9
Painting

Using the Brushes palette

The brush sizes and shapes available for painting
and editing appear in the Brushes palette. You can
add new brushes or delete ones you don't need.
You also can use part of an image to create a
custom brush shape. Brush settings are retained
for each of the painting tools (airbrush, paint-
brush, eraser, pencil) and editing tools (history
brush, rubber stamp, smudge, focus, toning).
To display the Brushes palette:
Choose Window > Show Brushes.
To choose a brush setting for a painting or
editing tool:
1 Select the tool you want to use.
2 In the Brushes palette, click the brush you want
to use. When a brush is too large to fit on the
palette, it appears as a smaller brush with a
number indicating the actual diameter in pixels.
To create a brush:
Do one of the following:
1
Click in the empty area outside the brush
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squares in the Brushes palette.
Choose New Brush from the Brushes
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palette menu.
The preview box in the lower right corner of the
New Brush dialog box shows the current brush tip.
The box in the lower left corner shows the current
brush angle and roundness. As you enter new
options, the brushes in these boxes update.
Brush angle and roundness
2 Set the brush options as described in"Setting
brush options" on page 201.
3 Click OK. New brushes are added at the bottom
of the palette.
To delete a brush:
Do one of the following:
Press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS),
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and click the brush you want to delete.
Click the brush in the Brushes palette, and
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choose Delete Brush from the palette menu.