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Brush class
Brushes, pencils, and history brushes
: Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing brush tool, Patch tool, red Eye tool, color replacement tool, clone Stamp tool, pattern Stamp tool, eraser tool, background color eraser tool, magic Eraser tool, gradient tool, paint bucket tool, blur tool, sharpen tool, smudge tool, Dodge tool, burn tool, Sponge tool.
The pattern will be used in several tools to be learned later. In Photoshop, patterns and brushes, like a brush, belong to a global definition that can be called through multiple tools or multiple methods. is memorable and reusable, we need to learn the definition of a case first.
The definition of the pattern is simple, open an image, use the Rectangle Marquee tool to select an area, as shown in the left. You can then enter the name of the pattern by "Edit > Define pattern" and the settings box appears. The image below is shown below. The pattern is stored when it is determined.
It is important to note that the Rectangle marquee tool must be selected and cannot have feathering (either before or after selection), otherwise the ability to define the pattern cannot be used. In addition, if you do not create a selection directly define the pattern, the entire image will be used as a pattern.
Learning brush definition, contact with maple leaf, thatch and other such special shape of brush? They are also defined in this way. The difference is that a pattern defined as a brush can use a selection of any shape, and you can use feathering. Once you have created a selection, you can do so by editing > defining Brush presets.
9-1 definition of pattern and pattern brushes