Textured Brush Options - Adobe 13102498 - Photoshop CS3 - Mac User Manual

Specifies how the number of brush marks varies for each spacing interval. To specify the
Count Jitter and Control
maximum percentage of brush marks applied at each spacing interval, enter a value. To specify how you want to
control the count variance of brush marks, choose an option from the Control pop-up menu:
• Specifies no control over the count variance of brush marks.
Off
• Fades the number of brush marks from the Count value to 1 in the specified number of steps.
Fade
•
Pen Pressure, Pen Tilt, Stylus Wheel, Rotation
tilt, position of the pen thumbwheel, or rotation of the pen.
See also
"Adding brush dynamics" on page 336
"Create a brush and set painting options" on page 334

Textured brush options

A textured brush uses a pattern to make strokes look as if they are painted on textured canvas.
Brush strokes without texture (left) and with texture (right)
Click the pattern sample, and select a pattern from the pop-up palette. Set one or more of the following options:
Inverts the high and low points in the texture based on the tones in the pattern. When Invert is selected, the
Invert
lightest areas in the pattern are the low points in the texture and therefore receive the least paint; the darkest areas in
the pattern are the high points in the texture and therefore receive the most paint. When Invert is deselected, the
lightest areas in the pattern receive the most paint; the darkest areas in the pattern receive the least paint.
Specifies the scale of the pattern. Type a number, or use the slider to enter a value that is a percentage of the
Scale
pattern size.
Applies the selected texture individually to each brush mark in a brush stroke, rather than to the
Texture Each Tip
brush stroke as a whole (a brush stroke is made up of many brush marks, applied continuously as you drag the
brush). You must select this option to make the Depth variance options available.
Specifies the blending mode used to combine the brush and the pattern. (See "About blending modes" on
Mode
page 343.)
Specifies how deeply the paint penetrates into the texture. Type a number, or use the slider to enter a value.
Depth
At 100%, the low points in the texture do not receive any paint. At 0%, all points in the texture receive the same
amount of paint, therefore hiding the pattern.
Specifies the minimum depth to which paint can penetrate when Depth Control is set to Fade, Pen
Minimum Depth
Pressure, Pen Tilt, or Stylus Wheel, and Texture Each Tip is selected.
Varies the number of brush marks based on the pen pressure, pen
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