Airbrush Tool
The Airbrush Tool is exactly what it sounds like. With a
Hardness setting of 0 (zero) it bears a remarkable
resemblance to a real airbrush.
Select the Airbrush Tool from the
Tool Palette and press the
Tab key to open the Airbrush
Control Palette. Press the
Brush Tip tab to bring the Brush options to the front.
As with the other paint tools, the brush Shape, Size,
Opacity, Hardness, Density and Step may be adjusted.
Paint is applied by pressing and holding a mouse button
while dragging your cursor across the
canvas. Pressing the Primary mouse button will paint
in the foreground color; pressing the Secondary mouse
button will paint in the background color.
The paint continues to 'flow' as long as a button is
pressed resulting in splotches of darker paint if you
hold your cursor stationery.
Notice how the
Color Depth
setting affects the way the
paint flows onto the canvas. A Color Depth of 16 Million
Colors flows smoothly; 256 Colors has more of a 'spritz'
appearance.
The Airbrush Tool works with different Brush Tip selections,
allowing you to choose from Normal, Pen, Pencil as well as
Chalk and Charcoal. Not only Brush Tips are available, but
the full array of Paper Textures may also be applied to the
Airbrush Tool. Using both options together gives a combined
effect of both.
In the example above I used a Paper Texture of Small Bricks
combined with different Brush Tips to illustrate the varying
effects that can be achieved.
Opacity levels may also be adjusted on the Airbrush Tool
allowing more, or less, of the background image to show
through the paint.
In the example, note that all three colors are
combined in the center most portion of the graphic.
Bezier Lines
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