Magic Wand, Paint Bucket, and Recolor Magic Wand, Paint Bucket, and Recolor Options The Gradient Tool has seven different gradient types. It also has options to operate in either color mode (gradients will be rendered as a blend from the Primary to the Secondary colors), or a special transparency mode (gradients will be rendered in the Alpha channel). This mode allows images to be blended or faded together. This section of the Tool Bar is used only by the Text Tool. Options found here configure the font family, size, style, and alignment of text. The latter two styles are useful when cropping to a specific size (e.g. The options are Normal (freehand), Fixed Size and Fixed Ratio selection drawing for the Rectangle Select tool. The next option in this section of the is Tool Bar sets the style of the selection shape. To find out more about these selection modes, visit this page Selection Modes. When a selection is created with one of the Selection tools any existing selection will be replaced if the Replace mode is used. If Add mode is used, new selections will be added to the original region. Subtract removes new selections from the original region. The Intersect mode keeps those areas common to multiple selections while the Invert mode excludes common areas from multiple selections.
The "Selection Mode" section of the Tool Bar allows quick access to the different ways that selections can be combined. These controls are common to all the Selection tools. Several tools use Brush Width, Style and Fill options. Here the width of the brush and line style can be selected. If a fill is also selected, both the Primary and Secondary colors will be used to render the pattern. The first two options shown are specific to the new Shapes Tool. These are covered in the Shapes Tool section. Shapes, Brush, Style, and Fill Shapes, Brush, Style and Fill The Brush Width has additional icons to increment and decrement the value and keyboard shortcuts are also assigned. Generally these controls will have a white background. Some tool options in the Tool Bar can be altered by hovering the mouse over the control and using the Mouse Wheel (not the Tolerance). This control is provided to augment the Tools Window in the case that the window is closed or obscured.Īfter the Tool button, the rest of the second row contains controls that configure the current tool. The second row of the Tool Bar starts with a drop-down list where tools can be selected.Ĭlicking on the menu opens a vertical list of possible tools. An alternative way of opening this dropdown menu is to use the Keyboard chord Alt + T There is a corresponding menu command in the View menu. When a selection is active, its bounding rectangle will be highlighted in the rulers, making it easier to measure. The cursor position is also shown in the rulers making it easier to accurately apply other tools. The Rulers can help when aligning image elements, making measurements or adjusting an image to a specific size. The rulers are always set to the current Units of Measurement. These units are able to be changed via the View menu or the Status Bar. This icon shows or hides rulers along the top and left edges of the image canvas. That is about it though, so that’s it for the crayon brush.The Pixel Grid is not visible below 200% magnification. Also, pigment still takes affect if you draw over previous strokes with the mouse. Now, with a mouse, there isn’t too much to say that I already haven’t said, as usual, things are a bit maxed out with a mouse, particularly brush size, the opacity effect is still there however. Lastly, as I’m sure you’ve already noticed, the brush also has a rather rough edge and doesn’t blend at all. Pigment and stroke size are most effected by pressure, pigment by far more then brush size.
That said, you could use this brush to simulate crayons, or to give something a rough texture look, if you use another brush to colour the white areas underneath (I’d recommend creating a layer underneath the layer with the crayon colours then filling in the areas). The brush also has a slight bit of an opacity thing going on, this is slightly affected by pressure with a tablet, but the effect almost isn’t visible. So, as you can see, I’m sure, there is quite a bit to this brush, it has a unique texture that would give whatever you’re colouring a rather…rough look. So, once again the top strokes are with my tablet, the bottom strokes are with my mouse. So the crayon brush, effectively, I’m sure you would have guessed already, this brush simulates colouring with crayons. Today it’s the Crayon brush which is…a fairly interesting brush, I’d have to say.Īlright. I have returned! With yet more stuff, with one of the last default brushes in SAI.