Choose
a brush tool using Paint > [Brush type ] > [Brush name] and
drag in a view.
See also Sketch on a Cintiq.
To select a brush and sketch
with it
- Choose a brush tool (Paint
> [Brush type ] > [Brush name]).
The Pencil, Marker, Airbrush, Pastel
Soft, and Solid Brush tools let you drag
the stylus to apply strokes of paint to a canvas plane.
Pencil |
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Marker |
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Airbrush |
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Pastel Soft |
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Solid Brush |
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The Eraser tools
lets you drag the stylus to remove paint from a canvas plane in
strokes.
When
a brush tool is active, the cursor becomes a crosshair with the
letter P (paint), E (erase), H (hide),
or S (show).
When you hold the cursor
over a canvas plane, the cursor also displays a preview image of
how the brush will apply paint to the sketch.
NoteYou can turn off
the brush preview and radius indicator.
See Customize brushes and paint.
- Drag the stylus on the canvas plane to
begin sketching.
Tips when using brushes
- To quickly switch between painting and
erasing using the same brush, with a brush tool active press and
release 1 to paint or 2 to
erase.
- To erase paint, flip the stylus around
and use the eraser function at the end of the stylus.
- To create a horizontal brush stroke in
an orthographic window, drag the or the equivalent stylus
button.
- To create a vertical brush stroke in
an orthographic window, drag the or the equivalent stylus
button).
See Set up my tablet and stylus.
TipTo
snap a brush to a curve, click the
button to the right of the
prompt line (or hold down
+
(Windows) or
+
(Mac)).
See Snap a brush to a curve.
NoteBrushes
are most responsive when you are viewing the canvas plane at its
actual size (1:1 or 100%).
See Change your view of a canvas plane.
Notes when using brushes
- Brush strokes may appear slow when you
are zoomed out of a canvas plane. This is because the stroke is
actually very large relative to the canvas plane.
- Brushes may be more responsive if you
do not have any other windows open (for example, the Canvas
Layer Editor window or the Color Editor).
- Brushes may be more responsive if you
do not have any other applications running.
- If you cannot paint, the active image
layer may be hidden (the cursor becomes a ) or may contain hidden paint
(you cannot paint over hidden paint) or the active layer may be
a shape layer (you cannot paint on a shape layer; the cursor becomes
a ).
The rest of the Alias windows
are hidden while the brush is down. You can go to Preferences > General Preferences and change the setting for Hide
Windows During Brush Stroke to change the amount of time
(in seconds) that it will take before the windows reappear.