10. Painting and Drawing

In This Chapter

About Bitmap Images and Vector Graphics 232

Filling Areas with Color 233

Filling Areas with a Gradient 237

Adding a Stroke to a Selection or Layer 239

Using the Brush Tool 242

Creating and Saving Custom Brushes 244

Creating Special Painting Effects 249

Erasing with Customizable Brush Shapes 251

Understanding Shapes 253

Drawing Basic Shapes 254

Transforming Shapes 256

Creating Custom Shapes 260

Using the Cookie Cutter Tool 265

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 of reproducing ...

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