<a name="1007118"> </a>The Digital Water Color brushes paint directly on the canvas or on a regular layer so you can create effects similar to those of Water Color brushes without using a separate layer.
<a name="1008119"> </a><i>The Digital Water Color brushes create effects similar to those of Water Color brushes, but without creating a separate layer.
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<a name="1007144"> </a>Digital Water Color Diffusion
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<a name="1007145"> </a>Digital Water Color brushes also use diffusion to create soft, feathery edges on the brush strokes. You can adjust the amount of diffusion using the controls on the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator.
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<a name="1007166"> </a>To adjust diffusion
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1007167"> </a>Apply one or more strokes with a Digital Water Color variant.</li>
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<a name="1007168"> </a>If you would like to restrict the diffusion to a region, make a selection with any selection tool. The diffusion effect will apply only within the selection.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1007626"> </a>On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Digital Water Color.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1007169"> </a>Adjust the Diffusion slider.</li>
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<a name="1007431"> </a>Drag the slider to the right to increase diffusion, to the left to decrease diffusion.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="4"><a name="1007170"> </a>Paint on the Scratch Pad of the Brush Creator to preview the settings.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1007601"> </a>For more information, see <a href="10-Brushes24.html#1020348">"Setting Digital Water Color Controls"</a>.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1007609"> </a>You can also adjust the amount of diffusion in the Digital Water Color area of the Stroke Designer before applying brush strokes.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1007610"> </a>You can also adjust the Diffusion slider on the property bar.</li>
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<a name="1007303"> </a>Wet Fringe
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<a name="1007382"> </a>The Wet Fringe slider controls the amount of pooling of water and paint at the edges of Digital Water Color brush strokes.
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<a name="1007384"> </a>To adjust Wet Fringe
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="1007385"> </a>Apply one or more strokes with a Digital Water Color variant.</li>
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<a name="1008102"> </a>If you would like to restrict the diffusion to a region, make a selection with any selection tool. The pooling effect will apply only within the selection.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="1008103"> </a>On the Stroke Designer page of the Brush Creator, click Digital Water Color.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1007295"> </a>Adjust the Wet Fringe slider.</li>
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<a name="1007435"> </a>Drag the slider to the right to increase pooling, to the left to decrease pooling.
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<li class="SmartList1" value="4"><a name="1007448"> </a>Paint on the Scratch Pad of the Brush Creator to preview the settings.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1007648"> </a>You can also adjust the amount of wet fringe in the Digital Water Color area of the Stroke Designer before applying brush strokes.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1007640"> </a>You can also adjust the Wet Fringe slider on the property bar.</li>
<li class="SmartList1"><a name="1007364"> </a>For more information, see <a href="10-Brushes24.html#1020348">"Setting Digital Water Color Controls"</a>.</li>