Set brush and paint opacity
Set brush opacity
Do any of the following:
- In the Paint Panel or Brush Options window, set Min Opacity and Max Opacity.
- In the Brush Options window, move the two sliders in the linear Opacity Scale (next to the Brush Preview image). The slider to the left is the minimum opacity; the slider to the right is the maximum opacity.
- With the brush tool active hold down the O key and drag:
- up to increase the minimum opacity
- down to decrease the minimum opacity
- right to increase the maximum opacity
- left to decrease the maximum opacity.
Set paint opacity
In the Brush Options window, set Color Opacity.
Tip:
To make any brush erase paint, set the Brush Color to black and set the Color Opacity to 0. (To keep these settings for the brush, turn on Preserve Color.)