Questions tagged [brush]
Questions about the tools used for applying paint to a canvas. Digitally, a brush refers to a tool designed to mimic the application of color similar to traditional media. This often results in soft edges or specific "tip" shapes used to apply value or hue to pixels.
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How do I get out of Outline View?
I have drawn a broom in Illustrator and cant apply any brushes or strokes to it. I just don't get it. What do I have to do? Here is a screenshot:
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Wacom Tablet - Illustrator brush tool
I currently got the intuos art wacom tablet so still learning how to use it. I'm currently in illustrator trying to draw out a map and the brush tool is doing something weird and I cannot figure out ...
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Where did my default brushes go?
I was working on a logo design for a client in Illustrator CS4 when suddenly the default brushes were no longer there. The brush files are still in place but they do not show up in the brushes panel. ...
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Ink in water Photoshop
how can I best replicate an ink-in-water effect in Photoshop CS6? I'm guessing the best way is most probably to use brushes.
The following image is a good example of what I wan't to achieve:
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Is there a way to reverse the order of anchors in a path?
Is there any way to reverse the order of anchors in a path? I don't want to redraw the path again. I want to change the starting anchor point from the starting point of any path to its end.
reversing ...
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Uniform Scattering with vector
I'm attempting to create a random spread of dots to create a gradient look. I'm getting really close to the effect I want by blending two scatter brushes. The issue I'm having is that the blended ...
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Why my Photoshop brush pixelated instead of smooth
Sorry, I don't know how to describe this strange behavior.
I have no idea what happened on my brush...
Please help me.
Thanks a lot!!
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Why is the paint brush painting in a particular layer style?
I was trying to clean up the bottom of this bitmap bookmark by replacing blurry (i.e. Between black and the main grey color) pixels with the main grey color of the bokmarks.
I selected paint brush, ...
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Why do paintbrush loops get thicker at the top in Illustrator?
When I do swirls in Illustrator with the paintbrush tool I often get this result (see image).
The loops doesn't get perfectly rounded, instead sometimes some of them gets thicker at the top of the ...
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Photoshop CC 2019: Pixelated Brush Stroke
For some reasons my brush stroke suddenly looks like this:
As the picture showed, the edges are jagged and pixelated. It doesn't happen before and it's just one of the built-in inking brush.
I know ...
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How to draw an irregular line with photoshop
I have a path, a simple semi-ellipse (not closed) similar to an oblong "C" I'm trying to turn it into a form with the following aspects:
the brush must be flat and not round, the extremities must end ...
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Difference in Applying of brush strokes between the real world and the digital art world
I am new to Digital Art and it's a completely new world. I used to make sketches on paper and was accustomed to the usage, flow and technique of applying brush strokes in the real world. I am getting ...
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Only Fixed and Random Options are Working in Illustrator CC 2015 Callipraphy Brushes
App updated but still the same. Only fixed and random options are working in Calligraphy Brushes. I have searched but can't find a solution.
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Illustrator: How to exclude textured strokes (Chalkboard effect)
I'm trying to create a lettering with chalkboard effect in order to print it on a chalkboard mug.
However, most tutorials I found for Adobe Illustrator recommend applying a textured stroke to the text....
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Why does using additive blending with a linear colour dropoff result in dark fringes?
I'm developing a tool which allows for placing of lights in a black space, but when 2 lights are close to one another the areas near to where they overlap appear to darken:
I was able to reproduce ...
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How to create a one pixel pencil brush in Gimp?
I have googled this and found a number of answers and videos which all say that this can be done by setting the brush size slider in the brushes panel or brush editor panel.
I'm either clicking on ...
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Why can I not use the brush tool to paint my object?
I drew an image in Illustrator and now I would like to fill it with color. I created a second layer and placed it under the line art.
However when I try to painting with the brush tool I get a really ...
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How to use the duplicate brush in Krita
How do you use the duplicate brush in Krita.
I've got an X but can't seem to get further.
The manual is not very comprehensive.
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Horizontally distribute along path
How can I horizontally distribute objects along a path? Blend and Brushes don't work for me because they distribute objects evenly according to the distance along the path.
I began by using the Blend ...
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How do I make scratchboard/etching effects?
I'm having a hard time grasping how to get the same brush stroke with the right proportion of space in between like in this image (Marilyn). I'm sure it wasn't free handedly drawn with a brush tool, ...
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Plugin or brush for transforming a photo to a fractal in gimp?
Folks,
I've been looking all over for a plugin or brush that will help me take a photo and reduce it to that 'electric look' (or fractal?) that i'm seeing in various places. I'd vastly prefer one for ...
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How do I save brushes to use in new documents in Illustrator?
Why don't brushes that I import into Illustrator save in the library? I'll open a new file and they won't be there any more. Is there a way to make them stay in there permanently?
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How do I achieve a 'grainy' / 'snow-dusted' effect in Photoshop or Illustrator?
If someone could point me to a tutorial for getting the "grainy" or "snow dusted"-like effect, I would very much appreciate it. Thanks!
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Simulate pressure brush with mouse in Illustrator
I want to get a brush working like in Adobe Illustrator Draw where the ends are thinner than the main body. I cannot figure out how to apply a fake pressure like this without having a drawing pad/...
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How to convert or replicate Mystic Mountains brushes from Corel Essentials 6 to Corel Painter 2019
Last year, I asked Is there a good free replacement for the "Foliage" brush in Corel's Bob Ross "Mystic Mountain" toolset?, about doing the provided Mystic Mountains tutorial ...
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Diagonal lines for brush stroke or dashed stroke
I would like to stroke a path with 45 degree diagonal lines that are set a fixed distance of of 0.125 inches to each other.
I'd also like the diagonals not to distort on curves- in other words, I ...
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Illustrator: Brush without gap
Can some one tell me how to use Brushes in Illustrator so that when I draw complete paths such as Rectangles and Circles the stroke doesn't taper off like it does here:
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Gimp - jagged pencil and brush strokes [SOLVED]
I am using Gimp 2.8.14 on Ubuntu 14.04 and a Wacom tablet (Intuos 3 6x8).
My problem is that I cannot make a smooth stroke even when I check the Smooth stroke in the Tool Options panel. When I do ...
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Cannot change the width profile of a brush stroke in Illustrator
I'm learning to use Illustrator and I've maid a brush stroke, but I cannot change the width profile of the brush stroke.
This is what I do: I select the stroke I've made with my custom brush, I go to ...
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How do I use the paint brush with a fill in illustrator?
I'm watching the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cljS0rL5-Ko . The video's author uses the paint brush tool with a fill and a stroke to draw the character.
Every time I try to draw with a ...
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Algorithm for drawing calligraphy brush strokes *in SVG* [closed]
This is what I'm wondering about. You have a stroke and the actual brush stroke rendering.
The final result looks something like this:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="200" width="...
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Make stroke path tips fading fading on both tips in Photoshop
how could i achieve to have a brush like the one in the picture with both tips fading? I checked in the brush window but I could only affect (alpha and size) the ending tip of the brush stroke..
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How to make the brush with the side of an even size (GIMP)?
I created a brush in the GIMP that is in the shape of a square.
I created the same so I could draw mazes for a game I'm doing. It turns out that the width of my maze is 10 pixels and I can not make ...
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What's the difference between the Brush and Pencil tools?
I don't frequently use either - I'm a pen tool guy. (which may explain my lack of knowledge in them), but what is the actual functional difference between them?
Paintbrush Tool B
Pencil Tool N
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Creat a transparency mask such as clipping mask?
I can see a "Creat mask" button in the transparency pannel. Its such an easy way to quickly add texture on my shape. But the thing is that its made to manage transparency whereas i would like creat ...
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How do I stop Illustrator filling in areas of a path even when 'no fill' is assigned
I'm using a 0.5 3pt round brushstroke and no fill yet Illustrator often fills in areas where there is a loop or corner, as in the example image. How do I stop it from doing this? Fidelity is on 0.5px ...
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Is there a good free replacement for the "Foliage" brush in Corel's Bob Ross "Mystic Mountain" toolset?
I recently acquired a copy of Corel Essentials 6 from the Bob Ross Humble Bundle as well as what was billed as the "Corel Painter Essentials Mystic Mountain Essentials Brush Pack". Much to my chagrin, ...
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