Using the painting tools (ImageReady)

ImageReady provides the paintbrush tool, pencil tool, and airbrush tool to let you paint the current foreground color on an image. The three tools create different effects:

• The paintbrush tool creates soft strokes of color.
• The pencil tool creates hard-edged freehand lines.
• The airbrush tool applies gradual tones (including sprays of color) to an image, simulating traditional airbrush techniques. The edges of the stroke are more diffused than those created with the paintbrush tool.

To use the paintbrush tool, pencil tool, or airbrush tool:

1. Specify a foreground color. (See Choosing foreground and background colors.)
2. Select the paintbrush tool , pencil tool , or airbrush tool .
3. Do the following in the options bar:
• Choose a preset brush. (See Working with brushes.)
• Specify a blending mode. (See Selecting a blending mode.)
• For the paintbrush tool and pencil tool, specify an opacity. (See Specifying opacity, flow, strength, or exposure.)
• For the airbrush tool, specify a paint flow. (See Specifying opacity, flow, strength, or exposure.)
• For the pencil tool, select Auto Erase to paint the background color over areas containing the foreground color. (See Using the Auto Erase option.)
4. Do one or more of the following:
• Drag in the image to paint.
• To draw a straight line, click a starting point in the image. Then hold down Shift, and click an ending point.
• When using the brush tool as an airbrush, hold down the mouse button without dragging to build up color.