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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Painting
Last updated 7/26/2011
Creating a custom brush of a dog. When you paint with this brush, you paint on dogs.
1 Do one of the following:
• To use part of the image as a custom brush, select part of an image.
• To use the entire layer as a custom brush, deselect everything.
Use the painting tools to draw the brush shape and select it. You can use hard-edged or soft-edged strokes, or vary the
opacity of strokes to achieve soft-edge effects.
2 Choose Edit > Define Brush or Edit > Define Brush From Selection.
3 Name the brush and click OK.
More Help topics
“Use the Preset Manager” on page 232
Set up pressure-sensitive tablet support
Photoshop Elements is compatible with most pressure-sensitive digitizing tablets, such as Wacom® tablets. With the
software control panel for your tablet installed, you can vary brush tool properties based on the chosen tablet options
and the amount of pressure you apply with your stylus.
❖ Select the Brush tool in the toolbox and then set the tablet options in the options bar that you want to control with
pen pressure.
