Painting brush strokes

The Paint Brush Tool and other brush-based tools can be used to add brush strokes to your image for creative or corrective reasons.

Pixel painting example

Painting

Irrespective of brush tool, an impressive selection of categorized brushes is available for use from the Brushes Studio. Each category in the Studio contains brushes of varying styles, properties and characteristics.

Your last used brush will be remembered the next time you use the Paint Brush Tool. Any alterations to brush settings made via the context toolbar for a specific brush will be remembered the next time that brush is used, i.e. every brush can have its own customised context toolbar settings. If altered, you can reset any brush's context toolbar settings back to brush defaults at any time. Recently used brushes are stored in the Brushes Studio's Recent Brushes category.

If you want to create your own custom brush, these can be stored in the Studio for future use. You can also import brushes (.abr and .afbrushes formats) via drag-drop from your Files app onto the Brushes panel.

Mirror painting

Using the Symmetry and Mirror options found on the context toolbar, you can create variable repeating patterns with radial or Mandala-style symmetry.

Paint Brush Tool To paint brush strokes:
  1. Use the Layers Studio to select the layer that you want to work on, or create a new pixel layer.
  2. From the Photo Persona, select the Paint Brush Tool or other brush-based tool. (See tip below.)
  3. From the Brushes Studio, select a brush thumbnail of your choice. (See tip below.)
  4. Adjust the context toolbar settings.
  5. Select a brush stroke colour from the context toolbar or the Colour Studio.
  6. Drag on the page in the direction that you want the brush stroke to follow.
To smooth brush strokes as you paint:
Undo Brush Tool History Studio To undo painted modifications:
  1. From the Photo Persona, select the Undo Brush Tool.
  2. On the History Studio, scroll the list and select the camera icon that corresponds with the history entry that you want to paint back to.
  3. Paint over pixels which you want to return to their original value.
Erase Brush To erase brush strokes after you paint:
  1. From the Photo Persona, select the Erase Brush from the Brushes pop-up menu.
  2. (Optional) From the Brushes Studio, choose a brush thumbnail that you painted with.
  3. Adjust the context toolbar settings.
  4. Drag on the page in the direction that you want the erase brush stroke to follow.
To mirror brush strokes for symmetrical effects:
  1. From the context toolbar, tap Symmetry to enable it.
  2. Then, tap the Lines option on the context toolbar and change the numerical value to reflect the number of times you wish to mirror the brush stroke.
  3. If required, reposition the centre axis point by holding and dragging it.
  4. If the direction needs to be mirrored, tap the Mirror option on the context toolbar.
To rotate the brush nozzle as you paint using a keyboard:

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