Drawing with Brushes, Shapes, and Other Tools - Photoshop Elements 13: The Missing Manual - page 609

Picking and Using a Basic Brush
In Expert mode, if you look at the Tools panel, you'll see the Brush tool at the upper left of
the Draw section. To activate it, click its icon or press B.
NOTE
The Brush tool shares its Tools panel slot with the Impressionist Brush and the Color Re-
placement tool. You can switch among them by clicking their icons in the Tool Options
area or tapping the B key. You can read about the Impressionist Brush later in this chapter
( The Impressionist Brush ) and about the Color Replacement tool on The Color Replace-
ment Tool . This section is about the regular ol' Brush tool.
The Tool Options area gives you lots of ways to customize the Brush tool ( Figure 12-2 ) .
Here's a quick rundown of these settings from left to right:
Figure 12-2. The Brush tool's Tool Options. By changing the settings shown here as well as the
hidden settings—click the Brush Settings button to see them—you can dramatically alter any
brush's behavior.
▪ Airbrush . This pair of icons lets you toggle the Brush tool so it behaves like an airbrush.
Click the pen-like airbrush icon on the right to use the Brush as an airbrush, and then