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Change the opacity of the brush to 50 percent.
You can change the opacity by hovering over the word Opacity in the Options bar. A double-arrow
appears ( ), allowing you to slide the opacity down or up without revealing the slider.
4 Click and drag with the Brush tool to paint over the canvas. Make sure to overlap existing colors to see
how one color interacts with another. Take some time here to experiment with different colors, opacity
settings, and brush sizes.
5 Choose File > Save and then File > Close to close the file.
Save time—learn the shortcuts
There are many keyboard shortcuts to help you when painting in Photoshop, most of which are integrated
into the exercises in this lesson. Here is a list that will help you save time and work more efficiently.
BRUSH FUNCTION BRUSH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Open the Brush Preset pickerRight-click (Windows) Ctrl+click (Mac OS)
Increase Brush size
] (right bracket)
Decrease Brush Size
[ (left bracket)
Make Brush Harder
Shift+] (right bracket)
Make Brush Softer
Shift+[ (left bracket)
Change Opacity
Type a value, such as 55 for 55 percent or 4 for 40 percent
100% Opacity
Type 0 (zero)
Using the Brush Presets
In this section, you find out how to take advantage of the preset brushes that come with Photoshop.
1 Choose File > Browse in Bridge, and then navigate to the ps05lessons folder and open image
ps0502.psd . An image of a woman playing a guitar appears.
The file before you apply new brush strokes.
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