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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Painting
Last updated 7/26/2011
Auto Erase Paints with the background color over areas containing the foreground color. If you begin dragging from
an area that doesn’t contain the foreground color, the tool paints with the foreground color.
More Help topics
“About blending modes” on page 205
“About foreground and background colors” on page 205
“About painting tools” on page 204
“About brush options” on page 219
Use the Impressionist Brush tool
The Impressionist Brush tool changes the existing colors and details in your image so your photo looks like it was
painted using stylized brush strokes. By experimenting with different style, area size, and tolerance options, you can
simulate the textures associated with painting in different artistic styles.
1 Select the Impressionist Brush tool from the toolbox. (If you don’t see it in the toolbox, right-click either the
Brush tool or the Color Replacement tool , and then click the Impressionist Brush tool icon from the context
menu.)
2 Set options in the options bar as desired, and then drag within the image to paint.
Original photo (left), and after using the Impressionist Brush tool (right)
You can specify any of the following options:
Brushes Sets the brush tip. Click the arrow next to the brush sample, choose a brush category from the Brushes pop-up
menu, and then select a brush thumbnail.
Size Sets the size of the brush in pixels. Drag the Size pop-up slider or enter a size in the text box.
Mode Specifies how the paint that you apply blends with the existing pixels in the image. See “About blending modes”
on page 205 for more information.
Opacity Sets the opacity of the paint you apply. A low opacity setting allows pixels under a paint stroke to show
through. Drag the pop-up slider or enter an opacity value.
More Options Style affects the shape of the brush stroke. Area controls the size of the brush stroke. A larger area value
also increases the number of strokes. Tolerance controls how similar in color value adjacent pixels must be before they
are affected by the brush stroke.
