Blending Modes - Adobe 13102498 - Photoshop CS3 - Mac User Manual

Copy textures between tools
When you specify a texture for the current tool, you can copy the texture's pattern and scale to all tools that support
textures. For example, you can copy the current texture pattern and scale for the Brush tool to the Pencil, Clone
Stamp, Pattern Stamp, History Brush, Art History Brush, Eraser, Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools.
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Choose Copy Texture to Other Tools from the Brushes palette menu.
Clear brush options
You can clear all options that you changed for a brush preset (except brush shape settings) at once.
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Choose Clear Brush Controls from the Brushes palette menu.
Set pen sensitivity for graphics tablets
If you work with a graphics drawing tablet, such as the Wacom® tablet, you can set the painting tools to control how
color is applied depending on the pen pressure, angle, rotation, or using the stylus wheel.
Select the Brush tool
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Click the Brushes tab to bring the Brushes palette to the front or, if the palette isn't open, choose Window >
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Brushes.
To make the tool tip size change with pressure, select Shape Dynamics (be sure to click the word, not just the check
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box) in the Brushes palette. Then choose Pen Pressure from the Controls menu under the Size Jitter slider control.
To make the opacity change with pressure, select Other Dynamics. Then choose Pen Pressure from the Controls
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menu under the Opacity Jitter slider control.
Note: You can set the pen pressure for other brush characteristics as well. The Brush palette contains controls that vary
the angle, flow, scatter, texture depth, and roundness of the stroke according to pen pressure.
See also
"Brushes palette overview" on page 332
"Brush shape dynamics" on page 337

Blending modes

About blending modes
The blending mode specified in the options bar controls how pixels in the image are affected by a painting or editing
tool. It's helpful to think in terms of the following colors when visualizing a blending mode's effect:
• The base color is the original color in the image.
• The blend color is the color being applied with the painting or editing tool.
• The result color is the color resulting from the blend.
See also
"List of blending modes" on page 344
, the Pencil tool , or other painting tool in the toolbox.
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