Customize brushes and paint

Choose an option box for any paint brush, such as airbrush, pencil, marker, solid brush, and so on, to set the Brush Options.

To customize a brush

1. Do one of the following:
   • Choose a brush, then choose Preferences > Workflows > Paint to display the Paint panel.
   • Choose Paint > [Brush type] > [Brush name] and open the Brush Options window.
     Note:

     If the Brush Properties section is not open, click Brush Properties to open it.

2. To customize the brush, do the following:

   To set the brush’s...	See...
   Mode	Set brush mode to paint, erase, hide, or show
   Color	Set brush paint color
   Opacity	Set brush and paint opacity
   Marker wetness	Set marker wetness
   Blur strength	Set blur strength
   Sharpness and sharpen strength	Set sharpness and sharpen strength
   Size, shape, or profile	Set brush size, shape, and profile
   Stroke properties	Set brush stroke properties

   Note:

   To reset a brush to its default settings, click Reset at the top of the Brush Options window or hold down and click the brush tool icon.

3. Drag the stylus on the canvas plane to begin sketching.

To save a brush to a shelf

Use the or the equivalent stylus button to drag the brush icon from the Brush Options window (or from the Paint palette) to the shelf.

To adjust a brush to work on high resolution canvas

If you use a high resolution canvas and want your brush to keep the same appearance as on a standard resolution canvas, you can scale several properties of your brush at once, by using the Size hotkey located in the Special:Paint section of the Hotkeys editor. By default the Size hotkey is mapped to the letter S.

1. Choose a brush.
2. Press S on the keyboard, and drag the mouse to scale the Min/Max Radius, and Max Opacity of the brush at once.