<a name="1007311"> </a>Basic brush controls for size, opacity, and grain are located on the property bar. The property bar may also contain additional controls for the selected brush category, such as resaturation, bleed, and jitter.
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<a name="1007312"> </a>When a brush is selected and positioned over the canvas, the cursor changes, by default, into a "ghost" of the brush-mirroring size and shape-so you can see the area that you're about to paint. This is a handy way to see if a change in size is required.
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<a name="1007313"> </a>The Brush Creator contains other controls, depending on the selected variant. You'll want to eventually learn about these and other advanced controls. For example, the Brush Creator offers more sophisticated controls for resizing and shaping brushes, including a Minimum (Min) size setting. When a brush takes advantage of the Min size setting, you'll see strokes taper and widen as stylus pressure or direction is varied. For complete information about using the Brush Creator, refer to <a href="10-Brushes3.html#1005040">"Customizing Brushes"</a>. For more about saving customized brushes as custom variants, refer to <a href="10-Brushes25.html#1019170">"Saving Brush Variants"</a>.
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<a name="1007326"> </a>Setting Brush Size
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<a name="1007328"> </a>The Size slider on the property bar determines the size of a single brush dab. The text field next to this slider lets you enter a specific size (in pixels).
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<a name="1007329"> </a>To set brush size
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1007330"> </a>Choose the Brush tool from the toolbox.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1009022"> </a>Choose a brush.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1007332"> </a>On the property bar, type a value in the Size box, or adjust the pop-up slider.</li>
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<a name="1007336"> </a>Corel Painter may need to rebuild the brush after you resize it. Automatic building of modified brushes is the default in Corel Painter. Expect a short delay while this happens.
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1008940"> </a>With the Brush tool, drag in the image window. </li>
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<a name="1008926"> </a>A circle representing the brush size is displayed beside the pointer. When the circle is the size you want, release the mouse button.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1016856"> </a>Click the image to reactivate the Brush tool.</li>
<a name="1007363"> </a><i>80% opacity (top), and 20% opacity (bottom).
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<a name="1007371"> </a>To set opacity
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1007372"> </a>Choose the Brush tool from the toolbox.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1009024"> </a>Choose a brush.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1007374"> </a>On the property bar, type a percentage in the Opacity box, or adjust the pop-up slider.</li>
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<a name="1007375"> </a>When Opacity is set low, the applied color is thin, allowing you to see through to the underlying colors. When set high, color being applied covers underlying pixels more completely.
<a name="1007392"> </a><i>89% grain (top), and 12% grain (bottom).
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<a name="1007393"> </a>To set grain
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<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1007394"> </a>On the Brush property bar, type a percentage in the Grain box, or adjust the pop-up slider.</li>
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<a name="1007397"> </a>Move the slider to the left to reduce penetration and reveal more texture. Move it to the right to increase penetration and reveal less grain.
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1011734"> </a>For liquid media brushes, grain controls the amount of "pull". For Image Hose brushes, grain controls the mixture with the secondary color. For other brushes, such as airbrushes, the Grain slider is not available (grayed out).</li>
