12. Painting and Drawing

In This Chapter

About Bitmap Images and Vector Graphics 236

Filling Areas with Color 237

Filling Areas with a Gradient 241

Adding a Stroke to a Selection or Layer 243

Using the Brush Tool 246

Creating and Saving Custom Brushes 248

Creating Special Painting Effects 253

Painting with Texture 255

Erasing with Customizable Brush Shapes 256

Understanding Shapes 258

Drawing Basic Shapes 259

Transforming Shapes 261

Creating Custom Shapes 264

Using the Cookie Cutter Tool 269

A lifetime ago (in computer years, anyway) a little company just south of San Francisco introduced a small beige box with a tiny 9-inch keyhole of a monitor and a mouse resembling a bar of soap. It could display and print only in black and white, was incapable ...

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