Painting and Drawing > Setting options for painting and editing tools > Specifying opacity, pressure, or exposure
 		><

Specifying opacity, pressure, or exposure


You can specify opacity, pressure, or exposure for a variety of tools:

  • Opacity is used by the gradient fill, pencil, paintbrush, clone stamp, pattern stamp, and impressionist brush tools.
  • Pressure of action is applied by the airbrush, smudge, blur, sharpen, and sponge tools.
  • Amount of exposure is used by the dodge and burn tools.

    • To specify opacity, pressure, or exposure:

    Enter a value, or drag the slider for Opacity, Pressure, or Exposure in the options bar.

    Opacity, pressure, or exposure can range from 1% to 100%. For transparent paint or a weak effect, specify a low percentage value; for more opaque paint or a strong effect, specify a high value.

    If you have selected a tool without an opacity option in its options bar, press a number key to set the opacity in multiples of 10% (pressing 1 sets to 10%, pressing 0 sets to 100%).

    Painting and Drawing > Setting options for painting and editing tools > Specifying opacity, pressure, or exposure