If you choose Append, the new brushes will be added to your original brush palette. After making a brush type selection, a dialog box gives you the options of OK, Append, or Cancel. Whew! There, you can choose New Brush, Reset Brushes, Load Brushes, Save Brushes, Replace Brushes, Drop Shadow Brushes, Calligraphic Brushes, Faux Brushes, Natural Brushes, Square Brushes, Assorted Brushes, and so on. A right arrow appears just to the right of the brush sizes palette which, when clicked, opens another drop down menu.
A drop down menu opens up when you click on the down arrow next to the brush size to reveal a variety of brush sizes and textures. Above in the Options bar appears a variety of options.Īn icon of the brush appears as well as the name of the tool, the size of the tool's brush, Mode, Opacity, and Wet Edges as shown in Illustration 1. The Options bar snaps into place directly under the Menu bar or at the bottom of the screen or you can drag it around anywhere on your screen.Ī feature that I really went crazy for is the Brush options. Just to the right lists Fill, Pattern, Mode, Opacity, Tolerance, a check box for 'anti-aliased, contiguous, and all layers options. For example, if you have the paint bucket selected, a paint bucket icon appears in the upper left side of the Options bar. The first thing I noticed when opening Photoshop 6, underneath the Menu Bar, is an "Options Bar" which lists the current tool selection and its features.
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