FIGURE 16.27Managing the preset brush list Brush panel Bristle Brush preview Preset Manager New Brush Delete Brush Painting with Non-Brush Painting Tools In addition to the brush style p
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Managing the preset brush list
Brush panel
Bristle Brush preview
Preset Manager
New Brush Delete Brush
Painting with Non-Brush Painting Tools
In addition to the brush style painting tools listed earlier, Photoshop also provides the Paint Bucket and Gradient tools, shown in Figure 16.28, that allow you to paint large areas of an image with a color, gradient fill, or pattern These tools apply paint using a general filling method rather than individual brush strokes
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The Paint Bucket and Gradient tools allow you to add paint to an image by filling an area rather than using
individual brush strokes
Gradient pattern
Gradient style
Source Pattern
Paint Bucket tool
The Paint Bucket tool applies paint to the layer when you click a pixel All pixels that match the pixel directly below the cursor are replaced by the foreground color or a pattern The Paint Bucket tool paints only to the layer currently selected in the Layers panel Also if a selection exists, the Paint Bucket tool paints inside that selection only
You can set the following options when using the Paint Bucket tool:
l Source: This allows you to select either the foreground layer or pattern.
l Pattern: You can use this option to select a pattern to fill the image from the drop-down
list shown in Figure 16.29 You also can select from several pattern sets using the side menu to the pattern list, also shown in Figure 16.29 Using this menu, you can load and save the preset lists, open the preset manager, and add new patterns
l Mode: This allows you to select the blending mode to use when applying the paint to the
image
l Opacity: This sets the opacity of the filling paint.
l Tolerance: This sets the tolerance to use in determining whether a pixel matches the color
of the selected pixel
l Anti-alias: This allows you to toggle anti-alias smoothing around the edges of the paint
fill When this option is enabled, the edges blend more with the surrounding pixels
l Contiguous: When this option is enabled, the fill occurs only in pixels of the same color
that are also contiguous to the selected pixel When this option is disabled, all the pixels
in the image that match the selected pixel are painted
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The Paint Bucket tool allows you to fill an area using a pattern from a list The side menu of the patterns list allows you to load different sets of patterns, load and save pat-tern presets, and even create new patpat-terns
Figure 16.30 shows some examples of applying paint with the Paint Bucket tool The first fill is a solid foreground color Notice that only the black portion of the image is painted The second fill is
a pattern fill with the Contiguous option selected Notice that only the white pixels contiguous to the cursor are filled in
FIGURE 16.30
Using the Paint Bucket tool, you can quickly paint over a color in the image with another color or pattern
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The Gradient tool applies a gradient fill by selecting start and end points in the image The Gradient tool paints only to the layer currently selected in the Layers panel Also if a selection exists, the Gradient tool paints only inside that selection
You can set the following options when using the Gradient tool:
l Gradient pattern: This allows you to select a gradient pattern or launch the Gradient
Editor The Gradient Editor is discussed in the next section
l Gradient style: This allows you to set the gradient style You can select from the linear,
radial, angled, reflected, and diamond styles
l Mode: This allows you to select the blending mode to use when applying the gradient fill
to the image
l Opacity: This sets the opacity of the filling paint.
l Reverse: This reverses the direction of the gradient fill.
l Dither: This adds a dithering effect as the gradient is applied that makes the transitions
appear smoother
l Transparency: When this option is selected, the transparency in the gradient allows the pixels
below to show through When this option is not selected, the gradient has no transparency
Figure 16.31 shows some examples of applying paint with the Gradient tool In one example, a lin-ear gradient is used to paint inside a rectangle Notice that the angle of the gradient follows the angle between the two points In the other example, a radial gradient is used to fill in a circle
Notice that with the radial, the gradient flows in all directions from the first selected point
FIGURE 16.31
Using the Gradient tool, you can add a linear gradient at an angle or a radial gradient that radiates out
from the first selected point
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The Gradient Editor allows you to define your own custom gradients To define a new custom gra-dient click on the Gragra-dient Pattern in the Gragra-dient tool options menu to bring up the dialog box shown in Figure 16.32 and set the following options:
l Name: This specifies the name of the gradient This name appears in the gradient lists and
when you hover the mouse above the icon
l Gradient Type: You can choose from two types of gradients: Solid and Noise The Solid
gradient is created from solid color points that blend into each other The Noise gradients are created by setting specific color channel settings and then generating a gradient based
on noise (randomly selected colors) in those channels
l Smoothness: This defines how smooth the transition between two colors appears.
l Transparency Stops: This sets the value of transparency for a specific spot in the
gradi-ent For each transparency stop, you can set the opacity and a location value The location value corresponds to the midpoint diamond shown between two stops The closer the location is to the transparency stop, the less effect the stop value has in that direction
l Color Stops: This sets the value of color for a specific spot in the gradient For each color
stop, you can set the color and a location value The location value corresponds to the midpoint diamond shown between two stops The closer the location is to the color stop, the less effect the color stop value has in that direction
FIGURE 16.32
Using the Gradient Editor, you can create custom gradients that involve several colors and transparency
levels
Gradient Preset Menu
Transparency Stops
Color Stops
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to select, load, and save sets from the preset lists
Example Painting Techniques
The tools discussed so far in this chapter provide an incredible arsenal for creative minds They can
be applied in limitless ways So far we have discussed only the basic behavior of the tools In this section, we show some examples and techniques to use the tools to paint creatively
Cross-Ref
One technique not listed here is to add a stroke to a shape or path Using paths to create shapes and then
add-ing a fill and stroke to them is a great way to paint specific objects To learn more about paths and shapes, see
Chapter 17 n
Painting from a blank canvas
The most basic form of painting is to use a blank canvas and use painting tools to paint onto the canvas You can paint onto a blank canvas in really countless methods, and this example simply gives you a few steps to try out some different techniques:
1 Open the blank image using the default Photshop size of 7 by 5 inches.
2 Select the Gradient tool, and set the foreground color to a good blue sky color and
the background color to white.
3 Use the Gradient tool to create a linear gradient from the top of the canvas down
You can use the Shift key to help you draw the gradient in a perfect vertical line The
gra-dient shown in Figure 16.33 is drawn by dragging from the top of the image down to the center of the image
4 Select the Rectangle Shape tool, and set the background color to a soft brown.
5 Use the rectangle shape tool to draw a rectangle that is brown on the bottom of the
canvas, as shown in Figure 16.33
Notice that you now have a skyline
Note
If you create the rectangle as a shape layer, you need to set the Style option to the default of None so that a
gradient style is not applied to the gradient n
6 Create and select a new layer
Although this step is optional, it is a good idea and shows how you can add to a painting