Quick links to procedures on this page:

Auto-painting photos

After the photo is cloned, you can start the auto-painting process.

Auto-painting applies brushstrokes to the canvas.

If you want to isolate an area for auto-painting, you can create a selection first. In the final result, the areas protected by the selection are filled with the canvas color. For information about selections, see Selections and transformations.

Auto-painting using a selection

You can control the speed of auto-painting so that you can see how and where individual strokes are applied. You can also stop the auto-painting process at any time.

Smart Stroke painting

You can choose a Smart Stroke brush variant and let the Smart Stroke painting and settings do the work. Although the Smart Stroke brush variants are optimized for auto-painting, you can also use any Cloner brush variant. You can choose from the following options:

Customizing stroke settings

If you want more control over how the brushstrokes interact with the canvas, you can set individual stroke settings as follows:

You can also record a custom brushstroke.

To auto-paint a photo by using Smart Stroke painting Back to Top

 

Enable the Smart Settings check box.
Move the Speed slider.

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If only a solid color is used for painting, undo the auto-painting, and make sure that the Clone Color button in the Color panel is enabled.

To auto-paint a photo by using a custom stroke Back to Top

 

Move the Randomness slider. The settings in the slider determine the range of randomness for Pressure, Length, and Rotation. For example, if the Randomness for pressure slider is set to 32% and the Randomness slider is set to 64%, the pressure for each stroke is between 0% and 32% with a variation of 64%.
Click the Randomness for pressure button, and then move the slider.
Click the Randomness for length button, and then move the slider.
Click the Randomness for rotation button, and then move the slider.
Move the Brush Size slider.
Move the Speed slider.

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You can use a custom stroke by clicking the Recording Options button and choosing Record Stroke. Paint a stroke on the canvas, and choose Save Stroke from the same menu. Your stroke is added to the Stroke list box. For more information, see Recording and playing back brushstrokes.


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