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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>3.6. Airbrush Tool</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-plain.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-screen.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.66.1" /> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="GIMP User Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="ch03s03.html" title="3. Brush Tools" /> <link rel="prev" href="ch03s03s05.html" title="3.5. Eraser" /> <link rel="next" href="ch03s03s07.html" title="3.7. Ink Tool" /> </head> <body> <div xmlns="" class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" id="chaptername">3. Brush Tools</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch03s03s05.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center" id="sectionname">3.6. Airbrush Tool</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch03s03s07.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-tool-airbrush"></a>3.6. Airbrush Tool</h3> </div> </div> </div> <a id="id3437505" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/toolbox/toolbox-airbrush.png" /> </div> <p> The Airbrush tool emulates a traditional airbrush. This tool is suitable for painting soft areas of color. </p> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id3437538"></a>Activate Tool</h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <p> The Airbrush Tool can be called from the image-menu: <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ools</span>/ <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">P</span>aint Tools</span>/<span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">A</span>irbrush .</span> </p> </li> <li> <p> The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon: <span class="guiicon"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/toolbox/airbrush.png" /></span> </span> </p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id3437602"></a>Key modifiers (Defaults)</h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="variablelist"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term">Shortcut</span> </dt> <dd> <p> The <span><b class="keycap">a</b></span> key will change the active tool to Airbrush Tool. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term"> <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> </span> </dt> <dd> <p> <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> <span><b class="keycap">a</b></span> changes the airbrush to a <a href="ch03s06s04.html" title="6.4. Color Picker Tool">Color Picker</a>. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term"> <span> <b class="keycap">Shift</b> </span> </span> </dt> <dd> <p> <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span> places the airbrush into straight line mode. Holding <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span> while clicking <span class="mousebutton">Button 1</span> will generate a straight line. Consecutive clicks will continue drawing straight lines that originate from the end of the last line. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id3437710"></a>Options</h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"> <img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png" /> </td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"> <p> See the <a href="ch03s03.html#gimp-tool-brush" title="3.1. Common Features">Brush Tools Overview</a> for a description of tool options that apply to many or all brush tools. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="variablelist"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term">Overview</span> </dt> <dd> <p> The available tool options can be accessed by double-clicking the airbrush Tool icon. <span class="guiicon"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/toolbox/airbrush.png" /></span> </span> </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Opacity</span> </dt> <dd> <p> Opacity can be set in three ways: the slider bar, the spinner, and direct entry of the opacity percentage value. A higher opacity setting results in a more opaque fill and a lower setting results in a more transparent fill. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Mode</span> </dt> <dd> <p> The Mode dropdown list provides a selection of paint application modes. A list of these modes can be found in the <a href="go01.html#glossary-modes">Glossary</a>. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Brush</span> </dt> <dd> <p> Opens a brush selection list. Using the slider, one of many styles of brush can be selected. At the bottom of the brush selector are options for how the selections are displayed. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Gradient</span> </dt> <dd> <p> The airbrush has a gradient property, which can be controlled from this drop-down list, which is identical to the standard gradient selector. The direction of the gradient is reversible using the checkbox to the right of the gradient selector. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Incremental</span> </dt> <dd> <p> The Incremental checkbox activates incremental paint mode for the tool. More information about incremental mode can be found in the <a href="go01.html#glossary-incremental">glossary</a>. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Pressure Sensitivity</span> </dt> <dd> <p> The Pressure Sensitivity section sets the sensitivity levels for input devices that support this option. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Fade Out</span> </dt> <dd> <p> This option sets the stroke to fade out after the specified distance. The stroke will fade to transparency at the completion of the set distance. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Use Color from Gradient</span> </dt> <dd> <p> With the checkbox activated, instead of using the foreground or background color drawing, the gradient colors are used. The gradient pattern may have repeat patterns, with selected cycle lengths. </p> <p> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-normal.png" /></span> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-none.png" /></span> </p> <p> The gradient is painted in a forward direction. The entire color sequence of the gradient will be rendered within the distance set. </p> <div class="variablelist"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term">Repeat</span> </dt> <dd> <p> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-normal.png" /></span> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-sawtooth.png" /></span> </p> <p> <span class="guilabel">Sawtooth Wave</span>: Renders the gradient repeatedly. At each expiry of the distance that has been set, the gradient will begin rerendering from the beginning. </p> <p> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-normal.png" /></span> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tool-options/brush-gradient-triangular.png" /></span> </p> <p> <span class="guilabel">Triangular Wave</span>: Renders the gradient repeatedly. At each expiry of the distance that has been set, the gradient will reverse direction and render in that direction until the expiry of the distance once more. At this point, it will begin again until the stroke is complete. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Rate</span> </dt> <dd> <p> The <span class="guilabel">Rate</span> slider adjusts the speed of color application that the airbrush paints. A higher setting will produce darker brush strokes in a shorter amount of time. </p> </dd> <dt> <span class="term">Pressure</span> </dt> <dd> <p> This slider controls the amount of color that the airbrush paints. A higher setting here will result in darker strokes. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch03s03s05.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="ch03s03.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch03s03s07.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">3.5. Eraser </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 3.7. Ink Tool</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html> 
