Epson Photo Plus - PhotoPlus Color Photo Scanner User's Guide download pdf (Page 140)

128 Painting and Drawing

Painting

The Paintbrush Tool and Pencil Tool on

the Tools toolbar are the basic tools for painting and

drawing freehand lines on the active layer. They

work on Background and standard layers, but not on

text layers or shape layers. The tools work by

changing pixels on the layer.

The Paintbrush Tool will always apply antialiasing to its brush strokes without

exception. For the most part this is ideal as brush edges will appear very

smooth—irrespective of the Hardness setting of your current brush. However,

how can a hard-edged brush effect be achieved? This is possible with the Pencil

Tool, a hard-edged brush tool which is used just like the Paintbrush Tool but

always with the hard-edging.

The Brush Tip tab hosts a

comprehensive collection of brush

presets grouped into various

categories; each category can be

switched to via a drop-down list and

displays a gallery. Note that each

sample clearly shows the brush tip

and stroke; the number indicates the

brush diameter. The brush tip

determines the thickness and many

other properties of the painted line.

You can also create your own

brush from within the tab.

If you scroll down the gallery, you’ll note that some brushes have hard edges,

while others appear fuzzy, with soft edges. The hardness of a brush is expressed

as a percentage of its full diameter. If less than 100%, the brush has a soft edge

region within which the opacity of applied color falls off gradually.

Brush attributes (blend mode, opacity, size, and flow) can be modified via a

context toolbar (along with more advanced Brush Options) and, if necessary,

saved for future use with the Tool Presets tab.

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