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Apply and remove paint using brushes
Use brushes to apply paint, erase, hide, and show paint, clone regions; customize brush properties and brush display.Introduction to brushes
Introduces brushes.Markers, Airbrushes, Solidbrushes, Sharpenbrushes, Blurbrushes, Smearbrushes, Clonebrushes, and Hide/Show mode are not available in SurfaceStudio. The default pencils in SurfaceStudio are colored.
The sketching and painting tools in AliasStudio are collectively referred to as brushes. When you create a sketch, you use a brush to apply paint to an image layer on a canvas plane.
Paint and erase
Choose a brush tool using Paint > [Brush type ] > [Brush name] and drag in a view.Markers, Airbrushes, Solidbrushes, Sharpenbrushes, Blurbrushes, Smearbrushes, Clonebrushes, and Hide/Show mode are not available in SurfaceStudio. The default pencils in SurfaceStudio are colored.
To select a brush and sketch with it
- Choose a brush tool (Paint > [Brush type ] > [Brush name]).
The Pencil, Marker, Airbrush, and Solidbrush tools let you drag the stylus to apply strokes of paint to a canvas plane.
The Eraser tools lets you drag the stylus to remove paint from a canvas plane in strokes.
When a brush tool is active, the cursor becomes a crosshair with the letter P (paint), E (erase), H (hide), or S (show).
When you hold the cursor over a canvas plane, the cursor also displays a preview image of how the brush will apply paint to the sketch.
You can turn off the brush preview and radius indicator.
- Drag the stylus on the canvas plane to begin sketching.
To quickly switch between painting and erasing using the same brush, with a brush tool active press and release 1 to paint or 2 to erase.
or the equivalent stylus button.
To create a vertical brush stroke in an orthographic window, drag the
or the equivalent stylus button).
button to the right of the prompt line (or hold down
).
Brush strokes may appear slow when you are zoomed out of a canvas plane. This is because the stroke is actually very large relative to the canvas plane.
) or may contain hidden paint (you cannot paint over hidden paint) or the active layer may be a shape layer (you cannot paint on a shape layer; the cursor becomes a
The rest of the AliasStudio windows are hidden while the brush is down. You can go to Preferences > General Preferences
and change the setting for Hide Windows During Brush Stroke to change the amount of time (in seconds) that it will take before the windows reappear.
Customize brushes and paint
Choose an option box for any paint brush, such as airbrush, pencil, marker, solidbrush, etc. to set the Brush Options.To customize a brush
- Do one of the following:
- Choose a brush, then choose Preferences > Workflows > Paint
to display the Paint Panel.
- Choose Paint > [Brush type] > [Brush name]
to open the Brush Options window.
- To customize the brush, do the following:
and click the brush tool icon.
- Drag the stylus on the canvas plane to begin sketching.
To save a brush to a shelf
Use the
To adjust a brush to work on high resolution canvas
If you use a high resolution canvas and want your brush to keep the same appearance as on a standard resolution canvas, you can scale several properties of your brush at once, by using the Size hotkey located in the Special:Paint section of the Hotkeys editor. By default the Size hotkey is mapped to the letter S.
Customize brush display
Choose Preferences > General PreferencesTo display or hide the brush preview
- Choose Preferences > General Preferences
- Click Paint on the left hand side to open the Paint section.
- Do the following:
- To display or hide the brush preview turn Show Brush stamp preview on or off.
- To display or hide the brush radius set Show Brush cursor outline to one of the following:
Brush outlines are not displayed for very small brushes.
- Click Go.
Set brush mode to paint, erase, hide, or show
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window set Brush Mode.Hide/Show mode is not available in SurfaceStudio.
To set the brush mode
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window do any of the following:
- to apply paint as a brush set Brush Mode to Paint or press and release F1
- to erase paint set Brush Mode to Erase or press and release F2
- to hide paint set Brush Mode to Hide or press and release F3
- to show hidden paint set Brush Mode to Show or press and release F4.
Set brush paint color
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window set Brush Color.To set brush color using RGB/HSV sliders or color blending palette
- With a brush tool active do one of the following:
- In the Color Editor, do any of the following to select a color:
- Select a color model (HSL, HSV, CMY, or RGB) and adjust the sliders, or enter numerical values.
- Select a color model and click in the color wheel or triangle.
- Click in the Color Blender.
- Click in the Color Swatches.
- Click the Color Picker icon and click anywhere on your screen to grab that color.
The Current Color Palette updates with the new color. The
in the status area also updates.
- In the Brush Options box, set Preserve Color as follows:
- ON-the next time you select the brush, the Brush Color will be the same as it is now.
- OFF-the next time you select the brush, the Brush Color will be the same as the previous brush's Brush Color. This is the default setting.
For example, to save a colored brush to a shelf, turn on Preserve Color before you save the brush to the shelf. To save an uncolored brush to a shelf, turn off Preserve Color before you save the brush to the shelf.
To set brush color by grabbing a color from anywhere on your screen
To set brush color by choosing a color you have saved to a shelf
With a brush tool active choose the color swatch icon on the shelf.
To save a color to a shelf
- In the Color Editor, do any of the following to select a color:
- Pick a color model and adjust the sliders or type in numerical values.
- Click in the color wheel or the color triangle.
- Click in the Color Blending Palette.
- Click in the Color Palette.
- Click the Color Picker icon and click anywhere on your screen to grab that color.
The Current Color Swatch updates with the new color.
- Drag the Current Color Swatch from the Color Editor to the shelf with the
Set brush and paint opacity
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window set Min Opacity and Max Opacity, and in the Brush Options window set Color Opacity.Opacity is a way of representing how "see-through" a brush's paint is. (Opacity is the opposite of transparency.) You cannot see anything underneath paint that has an opacity of 1. The lower the opacity, the more you can see through the paint. Paint that has an opacity of 0 is perfectly clear and invisible.
Most brushes in AliasStudio have two types of opacity: brush opacity (controlled by the Min Opacity and Max Opacity options) and paint opacity (controlled by the Color Opacity option).
The difference between brush opacity and paint opacity becomes noticeable when you paint more than once over the same spot. If the brush opacity is less than 1, the paint will build up and become more opaque. If the paint opacity is less than 1 (and the brush opacity is 1), the paint will not build up.
In addition, you can make the brush opacity change based on how hard you press the stylus on your tablet. The Min Opacity is the minimum opacity for the brush (when you press lightly with the stylus) and the Max Opacity is the maximum opacity for the brush (when you press hard with the stylus). If you do not want the opacity to vary with stylus pressure on the tablet, set the Min Opacity and the Max Opacity to the same value.
To set brush opacity
Do any of the following:
- In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window, set Min Opacity and Max Opacity.
- In the Brush Options window, move the two sliders in the linear Opacity Scale (next to the Brush Preview image). The slider to the left is the minimum opacity; the slider to the right is the maximum opacity.
- With the brush tool active hold down the O key and drag:
To set paint opacity
In the Brush Options window, set Color Opacity.
Set marker wetness
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window set Wetness.By default, most Marker brushes have a Wetness value of 0.5, which simulates ink from a somewhat used marker. You may want to increase the Wetness to simulate a brand new marker, or reduce the Wetness to simulate a dry or semi-dry marker.
When using a marker, pressing the stylus against the tablet without moving it will continue to apply paint to the canvas plane just like a real marker on paper.
If the Wetness is high (for example, 0.9), paint will be applied to the canvas plane more rapidly than if the Wetness is low (for example, 0.1). You can therefore create different types of strokes with a marker simply by moving the stylus faster or slower.
To set marker wetness
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window, adjust the Wetness slider or enter a value in the Wetness field.
Set blur strength
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window set Blur Strength.By default, the Blur brushes have a Blur Strength value of 3.0. You may want to increase the Blur Strength to make the image or strokes less defined, or reduce the Blur Strength to add just a touch of blur (perhaps to get rid of some JPEG artifacts in an imported image).
To set Blur Strength
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window, adjust the Blur Strength slider or enter a value in the Blur Strength field.
See also Blur paint.
Set sharpness and sharpen strength
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window increase the contrast between strokes by adjusting Sharpness and Sharpen Strength.> Sharpness
Controls the amount of sharpening. The valid range is 0 (no sharpening) to 10 (maximum sharpening).
> Sharpen Strength
By default, the Sharpen brushes have a Sharpen Strength value of 1.5. You may want to increase the Sharpen Strength to make the image or strokes harder or more defined, or reduce the Sharpen Strength to add importance to some edges without calling too much attention to them.
To set Sharpness and Sharpen Strength
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window, adjust either the Sharpness or Sharpen Strength slider or enter a value in the Sharpness or Sharpen Strength field.
See also Sharpen paint.
Set brush size, shape, and profile
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window set Min Radius, Max Radius, Aspect, Rotation, and Brush Profile.Brushes apply paint to a canvas plane in strokes. A stroke consists of a series of closely spaced stamps. (If you click a brush onto a canvas plane, instead of dragging the stylus, you will apply a single stamp of paint.) The default brushes (Pencil, Marker, Airbrush, and Solidbrush) have circular stamps. You can, however, control the size and shape of brush stamps to produce different types of strokes.
> Size
The size of a brush is based on its Min Radius (when you press lightly with the stylus) and its Max Radius (when you press hard with the stylus). If you do not want the size to vary with stylus pressure on the tablet, set the Min Radius and the Max Radius to the same value.
> Shape
The shape of a brush is based on its aspect ratio. An aspect ratio of 1 means the brush stamp is circular. The lower the aspect ratio, the flatter the brush stamp. The angle of a flat stamp is based on the brush Rotation.
> Profile
The profile of a brush controls the softness of the brush stamp edges.
To set the size of a brush
Do any of the following:
- In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window, adjust the Min Radius and Max Radius sliders or enter values in the Min Radius and Max Radius fields. These values are measured in pixels (of the canvas plane). The maximum brush size is 255.
- In the Brush Options window, adjust the minimum radius and maximum radius circles by dragging toward the centre (to decrease the size) or out to the edge (to increase the size)
- With the brush tool active, hold down the R key and drag:
To set the shape of a brush
Do any of the following:
- In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window, do the following:
- Adjust the Aspect slider, or enter a value in the Aspect field, to make the brush more flat and thin (0) or more circular (1).
- If the Aspect value is less than 1, adjust the Rotation slider, or enter a value in the Rotation field, to make the brush more horizontal (0) or more vertical (90). (If the Aspect value is 1, the Rotation value has no effect.)
- With the brush tool active, hold down the P key and drag the mouse:
- With the brush tool active, hold down the T key and drag the mouse:
To set the profile of a brush
In the Paint Panel, or on the Stamp tab in the Brush Options window, set Brush Profile to Hard Solid, Solid, Buzz, Regular, or Custom. If you select Custom, an editable graph of the brush profile opens.
The Point Menu enables you to add, delete, or move points on the graph.
A slower slope represents a fuzzier edge; a steeper slope represents a sharper edge. The height of the graph represents opacity on a scale of 0 - 1.
Set brush stroke properties
In the Brush Options window set Spacing Bias, Spacing Noise, Rotate to Stroke, and Rotation Jitter in the Stroke section of the window.Brushes apply paint to a canvas plane in strokes. A stroke consists of a series of closely spaced stamps. (If you click a brush onto a canvas plane, instead of dragging the stylus, you will apply a single stamp of paint.) You can control how strokes are generated from stamps.
For example, you can control the spacing between stamps in a stroke so they are close or far apart, or so their spacing has an element of randomness.
You can make stamps rotate in the direction of a stroke or always remain in the same direction, or rotate with an element of randomness.
To set brush stamp spacing
In the Brush Options window, do the following:
- Set Spacing Bias to control the space between stamps in a stroke. Low values produce smooth strokes with no spaces between stamps. Higher values produce strokes that appear as a series of dots. The valid range is 0 to 255.
- Set Spacing Noise to control the amount of random variation in the space between stamps in a stroke. The valid range is 0 (no random variation) to 25 (high random variation).
To set brush stamp rotation
In the Brush Options window, do the following in the Brush Stroke section:
- To rotate the brush stamp in the direction of the brush stroke, turn on Rotate to Stroke.
To always keep the brush stamp in the same direction and not rotate it in the direction of the brush stroke, turn off Rotate to Stroke.
- Set Rotation Jitter to control the amount of random variation in the brush stamp direction. The valid range is 0 (no random variation) to 180 (high random variation).
Snap a brush to a curve
Hold downWhen you are sketching, you can snap a brush to a curve (or surface isoparametric curve or curve-on-surface). This allows you to use curves as sketching guidelines.
To snap a brush to a curve
- With a brush active click the
button to the right of the prompt line, or hold down
- Move the stylus so the brush profile is near the curve.
The brush profile will jump onto the curve.
- Drag the stylus along the curve.
- Click the
) or curves on invisible layers (Layers > Visibility > Invisible
).
Sketch using brush symmetry
Choose Paint > PaintSymmetry > Modify canvas brush symmetry, select a brush, and start sketching.
You can sketch and automatically have the strokes mirrored, either bilaterally or radially.
To use bilateral symmetry
- In the option box, set Symmetry Type to Bilateral
The axis of symmetry appears as a dotted line.
- Modify the axis in the following ways:
- Drag the central red dot to move the axis.
- Drag a red double-arrow to change the orientation of the axis. The axis rotates around the other double-arrow.
- Move the double-arrows along the axis to change the rotation pivots.
- Click the Reset button at the bottom of the window to reset the axis to its original position.
- Select any brush and start sketching.
Everything you sketch on one side of the axis automatically gets drawn on the other side, as a mirror image.
To use radial symmetry
- In the option box, set Symmetry type to Radial, and Num Radial Sections to the number of sections.
A number of axes of symmetry (equal to the value of Num Radial Sections) appear as dotted lines radially emanating from a center point.
- Modify the axes in the following ways:
- Select any brush and start sketching.
Everything you sketch within one of the sections automatically gets drawn in all the other sections, creating a sort of kaleidoscopic effect.
To stop sketching symmetrically
Do one of the following to toggle off symmetry:
Sketch using predictive strokes
When sketching, the predictive strokes feature perceives what you're trying to draw, and redraws it with more precision. You can use predictive strokes to create straight lines, curves, and ellipses.
To use predictive strokes
- Choose Preferences > Interface > Hotkeys/Menus
, and open the Special > Paint section.
- Assign a hotkey to Toggle predictive stroke (curvature) to draw curves, circles, or ellipses, or to Toggle predictive stroke (line) to draw straight lines.
- Click Apply.
- Choose a brush, then press the hotkey.
The cursor changes shape to indicate the predictive stroke mode you're in.
Your paint stroke is redrawn when the stylus is lifted from the tablet, or the mouse button is released. The stroke will either be a circle, ellipse, or arc if Toggle predictive stroke (curvature) is on, or a line if Toggle predictive stroke (line) is on.
- To turn off predictive stroke mode, press the hotkey again.
Clone an area
Choose Paint > Effectbrush > Clone brush, click to select a source texture, then click or drag to apply the source texture.
This feature is not available in SurfaceStudio.
To clone an area
- Choose Paint > Effectbrush > Clone brush
- Click the region of the image you want to use as a source texture.
- Click or drag anywhere on the image to apply the source texture.
As you drag, more of the source texture is applied.
To select a new source texture, hold down the L key and click the source texture.
To resize the Clonebrush, hold down the R key and drag:
- up to increase the minimum radius
- down to decrease the minimum radius
- right to increase the maximum radius
- left to decrease the maximum radius.
To adjust the Clonebrush opacity, hold down the O key and drag:
- up to increase the minimum opacity
- down to decrease the minimum opacity
- right to increase the maximum opacity
- left to decrease the maximum opacity.
Flood an area with paint
Choose Paint > FloodFilland click the area or color you want to fill.
This feature is not available in SurfaceStudio.
To flood or fill a consistently colored area of an image layer with paint
- Choose Paint > FloodFill
The cursor becomes a paint bucket.
- Click the area or color on the image layer you want to fill with paint.
- In the Flood Fill Options section of the Paint Panel do the following:
- To set the fill paint color, see Set brush paint color.
- To set the fill paint opacity, set Opacity. (For more information on opacity, see Set brush and paint opacity.)
- To set the range of colors to be filled, set Tolerance. A low value fills pixels having a color very similar to the color you clicked. A high value fills pixels having a broader range of colors.
- Click Accept.
After Accept has been clicked, flood fill options are no longer editable until another floodfill operation is initiated. You can edit and modify the flood fill options up until you click Accept, mouse down on the image for another flood fill operation, or exit the tool.
Hide and show paint
In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window set Brush Mode to Hide or Show.This feature is not available in SurfaceStudio.
You can use any brush to hide paint in an image layer. Hidden paint is not visible, but it still exists. You can later show hidden paint using any brush.
You can also easily show all hidden paint in an image layer or erase all hidden paint in an image layer.
You can sketch on an area of an image layer that contains hidden paint, but you won't see what has been painted until you choose Edit > Clear hide show in the Canvas layer editor.
To hide or show paint
To view hidden paint
To show all hidden paint in an image layer
To erase all hidden paint in an image layer
- Select an image layer you want to delete hidden paint from.
- In the Plane/Layer Editor window choose Edit > Clear hide show.
Create a texture brush
Create a brush that paints a captured brush stampTo create a texture brush
- Select the brush style you want to start from -- for example, Solid brush, Airbrush, Pencil, etc.
In this example we will create a simple leather texture brush, using a Solid Brush profile.
- First we scan our leather sample and save it in a standard image format like tiff.
- File > Import > Canvas image
the texture sample.
- Open the Brush Options window and select the Stamp tab. Select the Shape and Texture option from the Capture Mode pop-up menu.
You can also use the Brush Stamp Options in the Paint Panel.
- The brush cursor changes and the prompt line requests you to select the texture region. Note you can change the radius using the standard modifier key R if required. The moment you place a single click on the canvas, the texture is grabbed from the current image layer and loaded into the brush stamp. Note how the tool's icon, brush stamp and brush stroke preview have been refreshed in the Brush Options window.
- Create a few sample strokes on the image layer to test the brush effect. You may need to modify the distance between each stroke by adjusting the Brush Stroke > Spacing Bias and the Brush Profile, depending upon your texture style and personal preference.
Create a shape texture brush
Create a wheel texture brush with transparent holes by using a Solid Brush profile.To create a texture brush with shape and color attributes
- File > Import > Canvas image
The first step we need to do is remove the pale gray background using the MagicWand or shape mask tools.
In this example, we will use the MagicWand tool because it's a quick way to select pixels for removal.
- Select your photograph or image and resize to approximately the brush size you require.
- Click on the outside of the image and adjust the tolerance in the Paint Panel.
- Hold down the "A" key while you select all the other gray areas you want to remove. Using the "A" modifier key allows you to add to the magic wand selection.
The alloy wheel and tire are now protected by the selection mask.
- Select Windows > Editors > Canvas Layer editor
and click the
button to delete the gray pixels.
- Now select Pick > Nothing
from the tool palette to delete the selection mask.
- Select the brush style you want to start from. You can select this from either the tool palette or the paint control panel -- Solid brush, Airbrush, Pencil, and so on.
- Open the Brush Options window and select the Stamp tab. Select the Shape and Texture option from the Capture Mode pop-up menu.
- The brush cursor changes to a camera within the radius circle, and the prompt line request you to select the texture region. Note you can change the radius using the standard modifier key R. The moment you click on the canvas, the texture is grabbed from the current image layer and loaded into the brush stamp. Note how the brush stamp and brush stroke preview refresh in the brush editor to show the stamp selection.
- Try a few sample strokes on the image layer to test the brush effect. You may need to modify the distance between each stroke by adjusting the Brush Stroke > Spacing Bias and the Brush Profile, depending upon the texture style and personal preference.
You have now created a texture brush that will create wheel stamps with transparent spoke holes.
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(Color Picker) icon in the color palette.
