In the following steps, you alter leaf and bud
colors of a preset brush; fern.mel.
TipWhen using the fern.mel brush, if any of
the sliders do not appear, or appear cut off on the right, you need
to increase the screen display resolution setting on your monitor
to 1280 X 1024.
To
change the color of a brush
In
the Visor (Brush
> Get Brush), click the fern.mel preset brush in the plants
folder.
Paint
on the canvas to see the default display.
Because fern.mel uses tubes, ferns grow along
the path of your stroke.
Resize
the brush to a Global Scale of about 0.5 (Brush
> Edit Template Brush) and paint on the canvas.
On
the toolbar, click the L1 color box (Leaf Color 1), select a shade
of blue from the Color Chooser, and leave the Color
Chooser open.
L1 sets the color of the tips of the leaves.
Click
the L2 color box (Leaf Color 2) and select a shade of red from the Color
Chooser.
L2 sets the color of the base of the leaves.
Click
the B color box (Bud Color) and select a shade of yellow from the Color
Chooser. B sets the color of the flower buds.
Paint
on the canvas and observe how the changes you’ve made to the settings
affect the final paint effect.
TipYou can change the path width of fern.mel
without changing the width of the leaves and stems. Select Brush
> Edit Template Brush to display the Brush
Settings window, then in the Brush Profile section,
change the value of Brush Width. Similarly, you
can alter the path width for any other preset strokes with tubes.