DESIGN A CUSTOMIZED BRUSH

Whether you retouch photographs, design brochures,or paint from scratch, you will use the Brush toolsmany times and in many ways. Selecting the Brushtool from the toolbox opens a variety of brushes inthe drop-down menu on the Options bar.You can modify the size, roundness, or otherattributes of any of the existing brushes to suit yourdrawing style or your image. You can then save themodified brush as your own custom brush so that itis ready to use for your next design.A number of other tools also have modifiable brushoptions, including the Pencil tool, the Eraser tool, theClone Stamp tool, the Pattern Stamp tool, the HistoryBrush, the Art History Brush, the Blur tool, theSharpen tool, the Smudge tool, the Dodge tool, theBurn tool, and the Sponge tool.Customizing Brush tools for your projects is atimesaving technique, and it is fun. You may findyourself experimenting with all types of brushes.

1 Click the Brush tool.
2 Click the Brushes button to openthe Brushes palette.
3 Click the preset brush that youwant to modify into a custombrush.
4 Click Brush Tip Shape.

5 Click and drag any of the slidersto change the size and look.

6 Drag the black handles and grayarrow to alter the roundness andbrush angle.

7 Click another attribute that youwant to change, such as DualBrush.

8 Click and drag any ofthe sliders to changethe size and look.

9 Click another selectionin the window.

10 Click the New Brushbutton at the bottomofthe palette.

11 Type a name for your brush.

12 Click OK.