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user_manual/loading_saving_brushes.rst
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| 346 | Making a Brush Preset | 346 | Making a Brush Preset | ||
| 347 | --------------------- | 347 | --------------------- | ||
| 348 | 348 | | |||
| 349 | Now, let's make a simple brush to test the waters with: | 349 | Now, let's make a simple brush to test the waters with: | ||
| 350 | 350 | | |||
| 351 | Getting a default for the brush engine. | 351 | Getting a default for the brush engine. | ||
| 352 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 352 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
| 353 | 353 | | |||
| 354 | First, open the settings with F5. | 354 | First, open the settings with :kbd:`F5`. | ||
| 355 | 355 | | |||
| 356 | Then, press the arrow on the upper left to open the preset chooser. | 356 | Then, press the arrow on the upper left to open the preset chooser. | ||
| 357 | There, press the “+” icon to get a list of engines. For this brush we're | 357 | There, press the “+” icon to get a list of engines. For this brush we're | ||
| 358 | gonna make a pixel brush. | 358 | gonna make a pixel brush. | ||
| 359 | 359 | | |||
| 360 | Example: Making an inking brush | 360 | Example: Making an inking brush | ||
| 361 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 361 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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| 395 | #. Now, when you test, the fade seems to have a normal effect... except | 395 | #. Now, when you test, the fade seems to have a normal effect... except | ||
| 396 | on the really small sizes, which look pixelly. To get rid of that, | 396 | on the really small sizes, which look pixelly. To get rid of that, | ||
| 397 | check the anti-aliasing check box. If you test again, the lines should | 397 | check the anti-aliasing check box. If you test again, the lines should | ||
| 398 | be much nicer now. | 398 | be much nicer now. | ||
| 399 | 399 | | |||
| 400 | Saving the new Brush | 400 | Saving the new Brush | ||
| 401 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 401 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
| 402 | 402 | | |||
| 403 | When you're satisfied, go to the upper left and select “save new | 403 | When you're satisfied, go to the upper left and select :guilabel::`Save new | ||
| 404 | preset”. | 404 | preset`. | ||
| 405 | 405 | | |||
| 406 | You will get the save preset dialog. Name the brush something like “My | 406 | You will get the save preset dialog. Name the brush something like “My | ||
| 407 | Preset”. Then, select “Load from Icon Library” to get the icon library. | 407 | Preset”. Then, select :guilabel:`Load from Icon Library` to get the icon library. | ||
| 408 | Choose a nice tool icon and press OK. | 408 | Choose a nice tool icon and press :guilabel:`OK`. | ||
| 409 | 409 | | |||
| 410 | The icon will be loaded into the mini scratch pad on the left. Now | 410 | The icon will be loaded into the mini scratch pad on the left. Now | ||
| 411 | doodle a nice stroke next to it. If you feel you messed up, just go back | 411 | doodle a nice stroke next to it. If you feel you messed up, just go back | ||
| 412 | to the icon library to load a new icon. | 412 | to the icon library to load a new icon. | ||
| 413 | 413 | | |||
| 414 | Finally press “save”, and your brush should be done. | 414 | Finally press :guilabel:`Save`, and your brush should be done. | ||
| 415 | 415 | | |||
| 416 | You can further modify your inking brush by... | 416 | You can further modify your inking brush by... | ||
| 417 | 417 | | |||
| 418 | Changing the amount of pressure you need to put on a brush to make it full size. | 418 | Changing the amount of pressure you need to put on a brush to make it full size. | ||
| 419 | To do this, select the :ref:`size <option_size>` | 419 | To do this, select the :ref:`size <option_size>` | ||
| 420 | option, and press the pressure sensor from the list next to the curve. The curve should look like a straight line. Now if you want a brush that gets big with little pressure, tick on the curve to make a point, and drag the point to the upper-left. The more the point is to the upper-left, the more extreme the effect. If you want instead a brush that you have to press really hard on to get to full size, drag the dot to the lower-right. Such a brush is useful for fine details. Don't forget to save the changes to your brush when done. | 420 | option, and press the pressure sensor from the list next to the curve. The curve should look like a straight line. Now if you want a brush that gets big with little pressure, tick on the curve to make a point, and drag the point to the upper-left. The more the point is to the upper-left, the more extreme the effect. If you want instead a brush that you have to press really hard on to get to full size, drag the dot to the lower-right. Such a brush is useful for fine details. Don't forget to save the changes to your brush when done. | ||
| 421 | Making the fine lines look even softer by using the flow option. | 421 | Making the fine lines look even softer by using the flow option. | ||
| 422 | To do this, select the flow option, and turn back on the enable pen settings check box. Now if you test this, it is indeed a bit softer, but maybe a bit too much. Click on the curve to make a dot, and drag that dot to the top-left, half-way the horizontal of the first square of the grid. Now, if you test, the thin lines are much softer, but the hard your press, the harder the brush becomes. | 422 | To do this, select the flow option, and turn back on the enable pen settings check box. Now if you test this, it is indeed a bit softer, but maybe a bit too much. Click on the curve to make a dot, and drag that dot to the top-left, half-way the horizontal of the first square of the grid. Now, if you test, the thin lines are much softer, but the hard your press, the harder the brush becomes. | ||
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