Using The Impressionist Brush Tool - Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual

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Painting and Drawing
5 For Tolerance, enter a value or drag the slider.
A low tolerance limits erasure to areas that are very
similar to the sampled color. A high tolerance
erases a broader range of colors.
6 Specify the rate at which a brush stroke fades
dynamically. (See "Specifying a paint fade-out
rate" on page 149.)
7 Drag through the area you want to erase.
The background eraser tool pointer appears as
a brush shape with a cross hair indicating the tool's
hotspot ( ).
Using the Auto Erase option
The Auto Erase option for the pencil tool lets you
paint the background color over areas containing
the foreground color.
To use the Auto Erase option:
Specify foreground and background colors.
1
(See "Choosing foreground and background
colors" on page 74.)
Select the pencil tool ( ).
2
Select Auto Erase.
3
Drag over the image.
4
If you begin dragging over the foreground color,
the area is erased to the background color. If you
begin dragging from an area that doesn't contain
the foreground color, the area is painted with the
foreground color.
Using the impressionist brush
tool
The impressionist brush tool lets you paint with
stylized strokes. By experimenting with different
paint style, fidelity, size, and tolerance options,
you can simulate the texture of painting with
different colors and artistic styles.
A
C
A. Original B. Square brush C. Large brush D. Small brush
To use the impressionist brush tool:
1 Select the impressionist brush tool ( ).
2 Choose a brush from the pop-up menu in the
options bar. (See "Using pop-up palettes" on
page 35.)
3 Choose a mode from the drop-down list.
4 Specify opacity for the paint. (See "Setting
options for painting and editing tools" on
page 147.)
5 Choose an option from the Style menu to
control the shape of the paint stroke.
B
D