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This opens the Brush Presets toolbar.
3. Do either of the following:
• C lick any of the presets to use it instead of
the default brush.
•
Change brush settings and click Add
New Preset to add a new button with the
current settings.
4. Paint with the brush.
5. If you change brush sett ings with a preset brush
active, the preset will remember the changes
between sessions. Common setting changes
such as Size will apply to use of the brush with
any tool.
6. To change a preset’s name, copy it,
delete it f rom the toolbar, or save or load all
brush presets, click Brush Preset Manager (page
3–692).
Inter face
The Brush Preset toolbar controls are available
only when a brush tool such as Paint Deformation
(page 1–1064) is ac tive.
Brush Preset Manager—Opens the Brush
Preset Manager (page 3–692) dialog, w hich lets
youadd,duplicate,rename,delete,save,andload
brush presets.
Add New Pr eset—Adds a new preset with
the cur rent brush settings to the toolbar, first
prompting you for a name for the brush. If you
attempt to exceed the m aximum number of brush
presets (50), a dialog alerts you.
[brush presets]—Each preset is available on a
button with a gr ayscale bitmap showing its shape
and relative size. Click a preset to activate it and
use its settings. Each preset contains al l settings
pertinent to the current tool, such as Mode for
Paint Deformation brushes. You can see a preset
name by hovering the mouse cursor over it; the
tooltip that appears shows its name.
To deactivate a preset, click its preset again on the
toolbar. Its settings remain ac tive, but changing
the settings no longer mo d ify the preset.
By default, the toolbar contains five brush presets,
but you can add up to a total of 50. To activate
and use a preset, click its button on the toolbar.
The program remembers any changes you make
to the bru sh sett ings while a preset is ac tive and
automat ically restores these at the star t of the
follow ing session.
The button image updates automatically to reflect
changes to the size (by default, up to 40.0) and
thefalloff,whichisdepictedasagradienton
the button image. S et the falloff with the Painter
Options dialog (page 1–960).
Note: Changing a value for a setting the preset
has in common with other contexts, such as Size,
changes it for al l contexts. For example, if you set
a preset brush’s size to 11.6, the brush will be that
size when used with any other tool.