Start Chapter 6: Using Painting Tools Things we will learn in this chapter: Paint and patch an image. Create and modify a brush tip. Use the Smudge Tool. Use a library and an airbrush effect.

 Brush Libraries Offered By Adobe® Photoshop CS3:  Assorted Brushes  Basic Brushes  Calligraphic Brushes  Drop Shadow Brushes  Dry Media Brushes  Faux Finish Brushes  Natural Brushes  Natural Brushes 2  Special Effect Brushes  Square Brushes  Thick Heavy Brushes  Wet Media Brushes.

 Exercise #1: Use the Sharpen Tool:  Import the chapter 6 files from the S drive to your favorites in the PS bridge. Open 6-1.psd and save it as cyberart in your H drive.  Displays the rulers in pixels.  Click the sharpen tool on the tools palette.  On the brushes list, double click 19, hard round pixels brush.  Drag the brush pointer from 20X/20Y to 530X/20Y, to sharpen across the top area of the image.  Press and hold shift, click the image in the lower-right corner at 530X/530Y, then release shift.  Press and hold shift, click the image in the lower-left corner at 20X/530Y, then release shift.  Press and hold shift, click the image in the upper-left corner at 20X/20Y, then release shift.

 Exercise #2: Burn an area:  Click the Burn Tool on the tools palette.  Click the Click to open Brush Preset picker list arrow on the options bar, then scroll to and double-click 27 (27 soft round pixels).  Drag the Brush pointer from 20X/25Y to 550X/25Y.  Drag the Brush pointer back and forth throughout the upper-right corner from 400X/25Y to 530X/120Y.

 Exercise #3: Set fade options and paint an area:  Click the Eyedropper tool.  Click the image at 50X/490Y.  Click the Brush Tool, double click the 19 brush.  Click the Toggle the Brushes palette button.  Click the Shape Dynamics on the Brushes palette, adjusting your settings as follows: All Jitter Commands = 0%, Control: Fade 200, 25, 100, Minimum Diameter 1%, Minimum Roundness 50%.  Click and hold shift, drag the Brush pointer from 25X/25Y to 525X/25Y, then release shift.  Use the Brush pointer to click the image at 25X/40Y, press and hold shift, click the image at 25X/520Y, then release shift.

 Exercise #4: Patch an area:  Click the Patch tool, drag the pointer around the periphery of the glass.  Click the Source option button, if it’s not already selected.  Drag the selection so that the outline of the left edge of the glass is at approximately 60X/170Y.  Click Select, then Deselect. Make the Young girl on the layers palette and display the layer.  Click the Move Tool, then press the arrow keys as needed until the right side of the young girl covers the remnants of the glass.  Click the Scene layer.

 Exercise #5: Create a brush tip:  Click the Brush Tool. Click the Brushes button on the vertical dock. Click the list arrow on the right of the palette, then click Clear Brush Controls.  Click the Brushes palette list arrow again, then click New Brush Preset.  Type Custom Oval Brush Tip to replace the current name, then click OK.  Click Brush Tip Shape on the Brushes palette then adjust your settings as follows: Diameter 40 px, Angle 30, Roundness 35%, Hardness 55%, make sure spacing is checked and set at 43%.  Click the Brushes button on the vertical dock to close the palette.

 Exercise #6: Paint a border:  Click the Mode list arrow on the options bar, then click Multiply.  Double-click the Opacity text box, then type 75.  Click the Toggle the Brushes palette button on the options bar, ten click Shape Dynamics.  Click the Control list arrow under the Size Jitter section, then click Fade.  Type 400 in the list box to the right of the Control list arrow. Click the Brushes button on the dock to close the palette.  Use the Brush pointer to click the image near the upper-right corner at 515X/25Y, press and hold shift, click the image near the lower-right corner at 515X/515Y, then release shift.

 Exercise #7: Modify Smudge Settings:  Click the Smudge Tool. Click the Click to open the Brush Preset picket list arrow on the options bar, double-click 46 (Spatter 46 pixels).  Select the Finger Painting check box on the options bar.  Set the mode to Normal, Strength 50%.  Exercise #8: Smudge an image:  Verify that the Scene layer is active.  Drag the Smudge Tool pointer (zigzagging from left to right). From 0X/400Y to 530X/500Y. The effect may differ from time to time.

 Exercise #9: Load a brush library:  Click the eyedropper tool and click the image at 50X/230Y.  Click the Brush Tool, click the Click to open the Brush Preset picker list arrow on the options bar.  Click the Brush Preset picker list arrow, then click Load Brushes.  Navigate to the Brushes folder, if not already selected, then click Faux Finish Brushes.abr, click Load.  Click the Click to open the Brush Preset picker list arrow on the options bar, scroll to the bottom of the list of the brush tips, then double-click 75 (Veining Feather 1) near the bottom of the list. The active brush tip is from the Faux Finish Brushes library.

 Exercise #10: Create an airbrush effect:  Click the Set to enable airbrush capabilities button on the options bar.  Change the settings on the options bar to Mode = Multiply, Opacity = 65%, Flow = 56%.  Drag the brush pointer back and forth over the areas of the image containing the sky (from approximately 30X/50Y to 250X/200Y).  Hide the rulers and clear the guides.  Click the Young girl layer.  Click the Add a style layer button (fx) on the Layers palette.  Click Bevel and Emboss, then click OK to accept the existing settings.