<!doctype HTML public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="generator" content="Adobe RoboHelp - www.adobe.com">
<title>To define a custom brush</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../default_ns.css"><script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpSplitCss">
<!--
if (navigator.appName !="Netscape")
{   document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' href='../default.css'>");}
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" title="WebHelpInlineScript">
<!--
function reDo() {
  if (innerWidth != origWidth || innerHeight != origHeight)
     location.reload();
}
if ((parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4) && (navigator.appName == "Netscape")) {
	origWidth = innerWidth;
	origHeight = innerHeight;
	onresize = reDo;
}
onerror = null; 
//-->
</script>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
div.WebHelpPopupMenu { position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; z-index:4; visibility:hidden; }
-->
</style><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whmsg.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="../whver.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whproxy.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whutils.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whlang.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2" src="../whtopic.js"></script>
</head>
<body><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2">
<!--
if (window.gbWhTopic)
{
	if (window.addTocInfo)
	{
	addButton("show",BTN_TEXT,"Show","","","","",0,0,"","","");

	}
	if (window.writeBtnStyle)
		writeBtnStyle();

	if (window.writeIntopicBar)
		writeIntopicBar(1);

	if(1)
	{
	
	}

	if (window.setRelStartPage)
	{
	setRelStartPage("../Welcome.htm");

		autoSync(1);
		sendSyncInfo();
		sendAveInfoOut();
	}
}
else
	if (window.gbIE4)
		document.location.reload();

//-->
</script>
<ol><li class=P-ListNumber><p class=ListNumber>On the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Brush 
 Tip</B></span> tab, right-click and then click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add 
 Category </B></span>(you must create your new brush in a user-defined category). 
 </p></li>
	<li class=P-ListNumber><p class=ListNumber>In the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Category</B></span> 
 dialog, name your new brush category and click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span>.</p></li>
	<li class=P-ListNumber><p class=ListNumber>Use any<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> 
 Selection</B></span> tool to select part of your image to be used as a custom 
 brush. For best results, the shape should be on a solid white background. 
 (See <a href="Selection_tools.htm">Using Selection tools</a>.)</p></li>
	<li class=P-ListNumber><p class=ListNumber>On the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Brush 
 Tip</B></span> tab, choose the user-defined category you created in step 1, 
 then right-click and choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Define</B></span> 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Brush</B></span>.</p></li>
	<li class=P-ListNumber><p class=ListNumber>In the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>New 
 Brush</B></span> dialog, type a name for your new brush and click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OK</B></span>. 
 The new brush preset is added to the gallery category.</p></li>
</ol>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2">
<!--
highlightSearch();
if (window.writeIntopicBar)
	writeIntopicBar(0);
if(0)
{

}
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>
