Brush Setting Sample

This is only one example of brush settings in Adobe Photoshop. The look is similar to using acrylic, oil, or heavy watercolor. The best part is not having to mix jars and jars of paint, clean up, and spilled water. It dries instantly and you can zoom in to create detail with hunching over.

CHECK: Shape Dynamics (see green)
Using a drawing pad, such as Intuos Wacom tablet and stylus, checking “Shape Dynamics” along with the Pressure Preference “ON” allows you to use your hand pressure to make the brush size smaller and larger just like using a real brush.

CHECK: Color Dynamics (see blue)
The foreground and background color toggles between light pressure and heavier pressure, like paint (color) on a brush ONLY it’s slightly different in AP: The harder you push—more pressure—the FOREGROUND color appears and lighter pressure produces the BACKGROUND color. Switch foreground color and background color with quick key “x”.You’ll have to play with the BRUSH setting  (to the right bottom) while “Color Dynamics” is selected to find what you like.

CHECK: Transfer (see yellow)
Just see it as a fade and not just size. Check Transfer on and off while viewing the sample brush stroke and you will see more clearly with Transfer does. It also gives an added rough edge that can simulate using a real brush on canvas.

CHECK: Smoothing (see magenta)
It might seem contradicting to use Transfer and Smoothing for what Transfer does. It’s a preference; zoom in and see the difference with and without Smoothing. Smoothing has more to do with transitioning all your choices such as color, size, and pressure but it’s very subtle. It doesn’t cancel out Transfer so leave it on for the effect of a brush and paint.

Not in view: Hardness at 100% and Opacity at 100%.