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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. 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.)

3 Choose a mode from the drop-down list.

4 Specify opacity for the paint. (See Setting options for painting and editing tools.)

5 Choose an option from the Style menu to control the shape of the paint stroke.

6 For Fidelity, enter a value or drag the slider to control how much the paint color deviates from the color in the source state or snapshot. The lower the fidelity, the more the color will vary from the source.

7 For Area, enter a value to specify the area covered by the paint strokes. The greater the size, the larger the covered area and the more numerous the strokes.

8 For Spacing, enter a value or drag the slider to limit the regions where paint strokes can be applied. A low spacing tolerance lets you paint unlimited strokes anywhere in the image. A high spacing tolerance limits paint strokes to areas that differ considerably from the color in the source state or snapshot.

9 If you are using a pressure-sensitive tablet, set any of the following brush dynamics () options in the options bar to Stylus:

  • Size to have increased pressure result in a larger area covered by the paint. (Size refers to the area of coverage, not the brush size.)
  • Opacity to have increased pressure result in more opaque paint.

    • If you do not have a stylus, you can set these options to Fade. (See Specifying a paint fade-out rate.)

    10 Drag in the image to paint.

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