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MARCH 11, 2004 Custom Brushes in Painter 8
Brush Dynamics With our basic brush style set up, we're now ready to move on to dynamics. Keep in mind that as you're making your adjustments, you can save any and all variants along the way. To do this, just type Command-S (Mac) or Control-S (Windows) while in the Brush Creator. Name the brush, and you'll be able to access it at any point in the future. (A little more on this later.) With a blending brush such as the type we're creating, there aren't too many parameters that you have to worry about. You already have a brush that's ready for use. So anything else you do to it is simply a matter of variation. We'll cover a few of the basics here, just the ones that apply to our type of brush. We'll also leave out the SIze category, since it's self-explanatory. [an error occurred while processing this directive] Spacing The "Spacing" of your brush determines how far apart along the stroke of your path the nib is applied to the canvas relative to the size of your brush (which you can adjust in the "Size" category). Damping doesn't really apply to this type of brush. But Continuous Time Deposition Does. Enable this to allow your blending brush to flow even when you're not moving your cursor around. You can also turn up the Cubic Interpolation to make your strokes smoother, though you will take a performance hit for using this.  Bristle If you've selected the "Static Bristle" dab type in the General category, you'll be able to make some adjustments to the shape of your bristles in the Bristles category. WIth blender brushes, this can help immensely, since it will affect the pattern your brush uses to interact with the paint on the canvas and also, to some degree, the depth of the interaction. Turning up the Thickness will produce a more solid brush, one that will wipe away most of the paint on your canvas, rather than just blending it. The Clumpiness setting introduces variation in the thickness of your bristles and so will give you a more natural look when you apply the brush. Hair Scale increases or decreases the base thickness of the bristles. And Scale/Size produces variations in the scale of your bristles as you apply your stroke. Here are my settings. On the right side of the screen shot you'll see the brush pattern these settings create.  Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next Related sites: • Animation Artist • Creative Mac • Digital Animators • Digital Media Designer • Digital Producer • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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