Adobe 65089063 User Guide - Page 150

142 CHAPTER 7 Painting and Drawing 5 For Tolerance, enter a value or drag the slider. A low tolerance limits erasure to areas that are very similar to the sampled color. A high tolerance erases a broader range of colors. 6 Specify the rate at which a brush stroke fades dynamically. (See "Specifying a paint fade-out rate" on page 149.) 7 Drag through the area you want to erase. The background eraser tool pointer appears as a brush shape with a cross hair indicating the tool's hotspot ( ). Using the impressionist brush tool The impressionist brush tool lets you paint with stylized strokes. By experimenting with different paint style, fidelity, size, and tolerance options, you can simulate the texture of painting with different colors and artistic styles. Using the Auto Erase option The Auto Erase option for the pencil tool lets you paint the background color over areas containing the foreground color. To use the Auto Erase option: 1 Specify foreground and background colors. (See "Choosing foreground and background colors" on page 74.) 2 Select the pencil tool ( ). 3 Select Auto Erase. 4 Drag over the image. If you begin dragging over the foreground color, the area is erased to the background color. If you begin dragging from an area that doesn't contain the foreground color, the area is painted with the foreground color. A B C D A. Original B. Square brush C. Large brush D. Small brush To use the impressionist brush tool: 1 Select the impressionist brush tool ( ). 2 Choose a brush from the pop-up menu in the options bar. (See "Using pop-up palettes" on page 35.) 3 Choose a mode from the drop-down list. 4 Specify opacity for the paint. (See "Setting options for painting and editing tools" on page 147.) 5 Choose an option from the Style menu to control the shape of the paint stroke.