Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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15
16
$ Lift the pen or release
the mouse button to
select the color.
A The Current Brush Load
swatch fills with the
selected hue and shade.
% Click the drop-down
menu and select Dry.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
^ Click and drag to paint
in the blank document.
& Click the New Layer
button to add a new
transparent layer.
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* Repeat steps 8 to 14, selecting a
different hue and shade, and click
and drag to add more lines that
touch or overlap the original
painted lines.
( Click Sample All Layers
( changes to ).
) Click the drop-down menu and
select Very Wet, Heavy Mix.
q Click and drag over the lines to
blend the painted strokes.
TIPS
Did You Know?
You can load multiple colors on a
tip at one time by pressing Option
(Alt) as you click an area. You can
change the settings to load the
brush after each stroke ( ), or to
clean the brush after each stroke
( ) with the two buttons in the
Options bar.
More Options!
You can set Photoshop’s general
preferences to view the HUD as a
color wheel or a color strip. With
the HUD on-screen, you can press
the spacebar and release the keys
to temporarily lock the HUD in
place, and move over the hue
selector to change the hue.
Try This!
Use the Brush tool to experiment
with the Bristle tip brushes. The
Mixer Brush tool causes the Bristle
tip brushes to react more slowly.
Change the bristle qualities in the
Tool picker. You can also minimize
or turn off the on-screen brush
preview using the tiny arrows and
X on the preview window.
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