BRUSH FX
Brush effects
(Key:
Ctl+Alt+'B')
Displays a menu where the following options
are available:
- X: (Key:
'X')
Flip horizontally.
- Y: (Key:
'Y')
Flip vertically.
- Rotate by 90°: (Key:
'Z')
Rotates the brush by an angle of 90 degrees.
- Rotate by 180°: (Key:
Shift+'Z')
Rotates the brush by an angle of 180
degrees.
- Rotate by any angle:
(Key:
'W')
Triggers an interactive operation that
allows you to rotate the brush. For this,
start by placing the center or rotation with
the left mouse button (if, at this moment,
you press the right button, the operation
with be cancelled). After that, you can
define the angle of rotation as many times
as you want by moving the mouse and
left-clicking. Then validate with the right
button when you are satisfied. Meanwhile,
you can press on the 8 outer digits of the
numeric pad for defining angles multiple of
45 degrees:
135 90 45
\ | /
'7' '8' '9'
180 -'4' '6'- 0
'1' '2' '3'
/ | \
225 270 315
- Stretch: (Key:
'S')
Triggers an interactive operation
that enables you to stretch the brush. For
this, start by placing the upper-left
cornerof the brush with the left mouse
button (if, at this moment, you press the
right button, the operation will be
cancelled). after that, you can place the
opposite corner as many times as you need,
then validate with the right mouse button
when you are satisfied. If you place this
point at coordinates inferior to the ones of
the first point, the brush will be inverted.
Meanwhile, you can press the following keys
whose effects are:
'D' : Double the brush
'H' : Reduce the brush by half
'X' : Double the brush in X
'Shift+X': Reduce the brush by half in X
'Y' : Double the brush in Y
'Shift+Y': Reduce the brush by half in Y
'N' : Restore the normal size of the
brush (can be useful because
it's the only way for
cancelling)
- Distort: (Key:
Shift+'S')
Triggers an interactive operation
that allows you to distort your brush.
Start by placing the brush somewhere on the
screen and left-click. The brush will
appear, with a little peg at each corner.
Use the left mouse button to displace the
corners, which will deform the brush.
When you're done, click the right mouse
button.
- Outline: (Key:
'O')
This option permits you to draw the
outlines of the brush with the Fore- color.
- Nibble: (Key:
Shift+'O')
This option "nibbles" the outlines
of the brush. It's in some way the opposite
effect of the Outline option.
- Recolorize: (Key:
F12)
Remaps the brush so that it
looks like it would in the spare page, using
the current palette.
- Get brush colors: (Key:
F11)
Transfers the spare
page's colors used by the brush to the
current palette.
- Brush handle:
Allows you to choose where to place the
handle of the brush. Shortcuts are :
Center :
Ctl+KP 5
Top-left :
Ctl+Home
Top-right :
Ctl+PgUp
Bottom-left :
Ctl+End
Bottom-right:
Ctl+PgDn
- Load : (Key:
Ctl+F3)
Load a brush from disk.
- Save : (Key:
Ctl+F2)
Save a brush to disk.
BRUSH FACTORY
(Key:
None)
This menu allows you to run scripts. Scripts
are written in the Lua language, and allow
you to modify the brush (hence the name
'Brush factory'), or even modify the image
or palette, like a Photoshop filter. See
the online documentation for more help
on scripting.
You can select a script with the selector,
the bottom panel shows a short description
of what it does, and you can click Run to
launch it.
The scripts are located in the application's
data folder, under the '/scripts'
subdirectory. The list is refreshed each
time you open the window. Scripts are loaded
from disk when you run them.
- Repeat last script:
None