PhotoPlus X2 User Guide - Serif

78 Painting and Drawing
3. Change brush tip's attributes, if necessary, on the Context toolbar. These
changes do not affect the brush presets present in the Brush Tip tab. Doubleclick
the Brush option to reveal the Brush Options dialog, which lets you set
more advanced brush characteristics.
4. Drag the cursor on the active layer, holding the left mouse button down to
paint in the foreground colour.
Stamping and spraying pictures
The Picture Brush Tool works like a custom brush
that sprays a series of pre-defined or custom images at
regular intervals as you drag. Used in conjunction with the
Brush Tip tab you can select from a variety of picture
brushes in different categories, and you can import Paint
Shop Pro "picture tubes."
You can use the tool either to "stamp" single images at
specific points, as in the letter "S" on the left—or lay out a
continuous stream of pictures.
The Picture Brush tool works on Background and standard layers, but not on text
layers or shape layers. It's especially effective with paths, which let you draw a
vector-based outline or shape and then use the Stroke command to trace the
outline/shape with the current picture brush.
To draw with the Picture Brush:
1. Choose the Picture Brush Tool and (on the Brush Tip tab) pick a brush
tip from one of the categories.
2. To "stamp" single images at specific points, click in various places on your
canvas. To spray a continuous line of images, drag a path across the page.
You can scale the size of the image elements produced by the tool, and control the
spacing and sequencing of elements for individual brush tips.
To set the size of image elements:
• On the Context toolbar, set the image Diameter to be higher or lower as
needed.