You can smear and blur paint on the canvas using any brush by setting the brush type to or , respectively. Like type brushes, and type brushes use the shape of the brush. For example, if the brush has leaves, the paint smears or blurs where the leaves
are painted.
To smear or blur paint on the canvas
- Do one of the following:
- If you use a stylus and tablet, modify pressure mappings, if desired (). You can map up to three brush attributes to the stylus pressure. For information on modifying stylus pressure mappings,
see Make the brush respond to stylus pressure.
- If you want to ignore the pressure mappings, select to turn it off. You may want to ignore pressure mappings if you paint with a mouse rather than a stylus.
- In the (), or on a shelf, click the brush preset you want to smear or blur with. The selected brush settings are copied to the template
brush.
- Select . The window opens.
- Beside , select or .
- Set to , if this is not already the setting.
- Modify other template brush settings, if necessary. For information on modifying template brush settings, see Define template brush settings.
- Drag across the area you want to smear or blur.
Tip
Create some smear and blur type brush presets and save them on a shelf for easy access. For information on storing brushes,
see Create new brush presets.