User Guide

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2.0
User Guide
4 Specify a blending mode and strength.
(See “Setting options for painting and editing
tools” on page 135.)
5 Select Use All Layers to smudge using color data
from all layers visible in the image window. If this
option is deselected, the smudge tool uses colors
from only the active layer.
6 Select Finger Painting to smear the foreground
color at the beginning of each stroke. If this option
is deselected, the smudge tool uses the color under
the pointer at the beginning of each stroke.
7 Drag in the image to smudge color.
To temporarily use the Finger Painting option
as you drag with the smudge tool, press Alt
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS).
Using the pattern stamp tool
The pattern stamp tool lets you paint with a
pattern. You can select a pattern from the pattern
libraries or create your own patterns.
To use the pattern stamp tool:
1 Select the pattern stamp tool .
2 In the options bar, click the inverted arrow
next to the brush sample, choose a brush category
from the Brushes pop-up palette, and then select a
brush thumbnail. To learn more about using the
brush presets, see “Working with preset options”
on page 27.
3 To set the brush size in the options bar, drag the
Size pop-up slider or enter a size in the text box.
4 Specify a blending mode and opacity.
(See “Setting options for painting and editing
tools” on page 135.)
5 Choose a pattern from the Pattern pop-up
palette in the options bar.
To load additional pattern libraries, select a library
name from the pop-up palette menu, or choose
Load Patterns and navigate to the folder where the
library is stored. To learn more about patterns and
pattern libraries, see “Creating and editing
patterns” on page 145.
6 Select Aligned to repeat the pattern as
contiguous, uniform tiles. The pattern is aligned
from one paint area to the next.
If Aligned is deselected, the pattern is centered on
the pointer each time you stop and resume
painting.
7 Select Impressionist to apply the pattern with
an impressionistic effect.
8 Drag in the image to paint with the tool.
Setting options for painting and
editing tools
You set options for a painting or editing tool in the
options bar.
Selecting a blending mode
The blending mode specified in the options bar
controls how pixels in the image are affected by a
painting or editing tool. It’s helpful to think in
terms of the following colors when visualizing a
blending mode’s effect:
• The base color is the original color in the image.
• The blend color is the color being applied with
the painting or editing tool.