Creating Brush Tips

You can create your own brush tips to use with the raster painting tools. Select a brush, modify the brush options and variance settings, and then save the brush tip in the Brushes folder of the Paint Shop Pro pro­gram folder. The next time you want to paint with that brush tip, simply select it from the Brush Tip drop-list.

You can also make a selection, and then turn that selection into a custom brush with a width and height up to 500 by 500 pixels.

To create a brush tip:

1. On the Tool palette, choose a painting tool such as the Paint Brush, Air Brush, or Color Replacer.

2. Modify the settings for the brush in the Tool Options palette.

3. On the Tool Options palette, click the Brush Tip drop-down list . Current brush tips are displayed.

4. Click the Create Brush Tip button , or choose File > Export > Custom Brushes to open the Create Brush Tip dialog.

Note: To save the new brush in a folder other than the default Brushes folder, click the Edit Paths button . For more informa­tion on changing file locations, see Setting File Locations.

5. Complete the fields on the Create Brush Tip dialog, and then click OK.
   You can now use the new brush with one of the raster painting tools.

To create a brush from a selection:

1. Make a selection of the area you want to convert into a custom brush. The selection must be on a raster layer. For more informa­tion on selections, see Using the Selection Tools.

2. On the Tool palette, choose a raster painting tool such as the Paint Brush, Air Brush, or Color Replacer.

3. On the Tool Options palette, click the Brush Tip drop-down list . Current brush tips are displayed.

4. Click the Create Brush Tip from Selection button . A preview of the new brush appears in the Create Brush Tip from Selection dialog.

Note: To save the new brush in a folder other than the default Brushes folder, click the Edit Paths button. For more information on changing file locations, see Setting File Locations.

5. Enter a name for the brush in the Name field.

6. To set a default step value, select a step value.

7. Click OK, to use the new brush tip with one of the raster painting tools.

To import a custom brush:

1. Choose File > Import > Custom Brush to open the Import Custom Brush dialog.

2. Click the Open button to open the Open dialog, select the brush file that you want to import, and then click the Open button.

3. In the Import Custom Brush dialog, select the custom brushes that you want to import, and then click the Add button. If you want to import multiple brushes, click the Add All button.

4. Click OK to import the custom brushes.

Related Topics

Cloning Parts of Images

Erasing

Painting with the Paint Brush or Airbrush

Replacing Colors

Setting Brush and Paint Options

Using Brush Tips