OCTOBER 30, 2002
The Photoshop 7 Paint Engine, Part 2
Dual brush dynamics
by David Nagel
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Note that scattering affects the ways in which the blending modes change your brush's appearance, as does the particular dual brush tip involved. But the most dramatic difference can be seen when adjusting the primary brush tip's spacing, which you can access in the "Brush Tip Shape" parameter. Bellow are the same examples as above, but with the primary brush tip's spacing set to 62 percent.

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To this:



simply by adjusting the values in a single parameter in the Photoshop 7 Paint Engine. Not a bad start. Next time around, we'll look at more options and how they can affect the look of your brushes. If you have any questions, be sure to visit me in the Adobe Photoshop forum at http://www.wwug.com/forums/adobe_photoshop/index.htm.


Contact the author: Dave Nagel is the producer of Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; host of several World Wide User Groups, including Synthetik Studio Artist, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe LiveMotion, Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; and executive producer of the Digital Media Net family of publications. You can reach him at dnagel@digitalmedianet.com.


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