| • | To create a custom brush |
| • | To create a brush nib from an editable area |
| • | To load a preset brush texture |
The shape of a brush is determined by the brush nib. The preset nib shapes can be modified or a nib can be created from an editable area and saved. The nib attributes you can adjust are
| • | Transparency — lets you specify the transparency level for the nib |
| • | Rotate — lets you specify the angle at which the nib is rotated |
| • | Flatten — lets you specify the amount by which the nib is flattened along one dimension |
| • | Soft Edge — lets you specify the transparency and width of the edges of the nib |
The stroke attributes you can modify are
| • | Smoothing — lets you specify a value for the smoothing of the stroke when the mouse moves fast. A higher value results in a rounder curve. |
| • | Fade out — lets you specify the intensity of the fade-out effect for the brushstroke. A higher value results in a shorter brushstroke, i.e., the brushstroke runs out of paint faster. A negative value results in a fade-in effect. |
The dab attributes you can adjust are
| • | Number of dabs — lets you specify the number of dabs in a brushstroke |
| • | Spacing — lets you specify the amount of space between dabs along the length of the brushstroke. A value of 1 produces a solid line. A higher value separates the dabs in the brushstroke. |
| • | Spread — lets you specify the distance between dabs along the width of the brushstroke. A higher value results in a thicker brushstroke. |
| • | Hue — lets you specify the hue variation in the brushstroke |
| • | Saturation — lets you specify the saturation variation in the brushstroke |
| • | Lightness — lets you specify the lightness variation in the brushstroke |
| • | Brush Texture — lets you specify how much of the texture is applied to the brushstroke |
| • | Edge texture — lets you specify how much of the texture is applied to the edges of the brushstroke. The Edge Texture box is available only if the nib has a soft edge. |
| • | Bleed — lets you specify the extent to which brushstrokes become diluted throughout the stroke. If a Sustain Color value is specified, traces of the paint remain throughout the brushstroke. |
| • | Sustain color — lets you specify the extent to which traces of the paint color appear in a brushstroke with a specified bleed value |
The color attributes you can modify are
| • | Hue range — lets you specify the amount of hue variation in the brushstroke |
| • | Hue speed — lets you specify how fast the hue value changes |
| • | Saturation range — lets you specify the amount of saturation variation in the brushstroke |
| • | Saturation speed — lets you specify how fast the saturation value changes |
| • | Lightness range — lets you specify the amount of lightness variation in the brushstroke |
| • | Lightness speed — lets you specify how fast the lightness value changes |
| To create a custom brush |
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| 1 . | In the toolbox, click the Paint tool  . |
| 2 . | Open the Brush picker on the property bar, choose a brush category, and then choose a brush. |
| 3 . | Choose a preset brush in the Brush type list box on the property bar. |
| 4 . | In the Brush settings docker, move the Size slider. |
If the Brush settings docker is not open, click Window  Dockers Brush settings. |
| 5 . | In the Brush settings docker, click the roll-down arrow on any of the following bars, and specify values for any attributes: |
| • | Nib properties |
| • | Stroke attributes |
| • | Dab attributes |
| • | Brush texture |
| • | Color variation |
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Click the Nib options button
 on the Nib properties bar, and click Add current nib. |
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Click the flyout arrow
 on the Brush settings docker, and click Save brush. In the Save brush dialog box, type a filename. |
| To create a brush nib from an editable area |
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| 1 . | Define an editable area. |
| 2 . | In the toolbox, click the Paint tool . |
| 3 . | Open the Brush picker on the property bar, choose a brush category, and then choose a brush. |
| 4 . | In the Brush settings docker, click the Nib options button on the Nib properties bar. |
| If the Brush settings docker is not open, click Window Dockers Brush settings. |
| 5 . | Click Create from contents of mask. |
| 6 . | Type a value in the Nib size box. |
| To load a preset brush texture |
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| 1 . | In the toolbox, click the Paint tool . |
| 2 . | Open the Brush picker on the property bar, choose a brush category, and then choose a brush. |
| 3 . | In the Brush settings docker, click the Load texture button  on the Brush texture bar. |
| If the Brush settings docker is not open, click Window Dockers Brush settings. |
| 4 . | Choose the folder where the texture file is stored. |
| 5 . | Double-click the filename. |
| 6 . | In the Brush settings docker, click the roll-down arrow on the Brush texture bar, and type a value from 0 to 100 in any of the following boxes: |
| • | Brush texture — lets you adjust the amount of texture applied to a brushstroke |
| • | Edge texture — lets you adjust the amount of texture applied to the edge of a brushstroke |
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