Choose an option box for any paint brush, such as airbrush, pencil, marker, solid brush, and so on, to set the Brush Options.
to display the Paint panel.
| To set the brush’s... | See... |
|---|---|
| Mode | Set brush mode to paint, erase, hide, or show |
| Color | Set brush paint color |
| Opacity | Set brush and paint opacity |
| Marker wetness | Set marker wetness |
| Blur strength | Set blur strength |
| Sharpness and sharpen strength | Set sharpness and sharpen strength |
| Size, shape, or profile | Set brush size, shape, and profile |
| Stroke properties | Set brush stroke properties |
and click the brush tool
icon.
Use the
or the equivalent stylus
button to drag the brush icon from the Brush Options window
(or from the Paint palette) to the shelf.
To adjust a brush to work on high resolution canvas
If you use a high resolution canvas and want your brush to keep the same appearance as on a standard resolution canvas, you can scale several properties of your brush at once, by using the Size hotkey located in the Special:Paint section of the Hotkeys editor. By default the Size hotkey is mapped to the letter S.