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Is it just me or is the flow setting in PS (CS3) really odd? No matter what I do, the amount of paint comming out of the brush is waaaaaaay to much even when the flow is set as low as 1%.
Steps to recreate problem:
1. Create a new picture with white (#FFFFFF) background (1000 x 1000 px)
2. Select the Brush tool.
3. Go to brush presets (F5) and pick the ‘Hard Round 19’ brush from the default brush set.
4. Change brush diameter to 100px.
5. Enable Spacing and reduce its setting to 1(one)% to get rid of the visible spacing between the "brush marks".
6. Disable ALL brush dynamics except ‘Airbrush’ and ‘Smoothing’.
7. Set the brush mode to Normal.
8. Set Opacity to 100%.
9. Set Flow to 1(one)%.
10. Make sure Airbrush mode is enabled.
Set the brush color to black (#000000) and on a new layer, quickly draw a brush stroke with mouse or pen across the picture.
When I do this I get a VERY dark, nearly opaque, brushstroke that would almost cover any potential previous brushstrokes.
I was hoping that with the flow set as low as 1%, the flow would be so low that I could very slowly build up the opacity from translucent to opaque. I could o/c lower the opacity setting but then I’d have to release and press the mousebutton again before repainting the same area, which I don’t want to do.
Due to this problem it’s impossible to control the flow whith pen preassure on a tablet.
Am I missing something here or what’s going on??????
The odd thing is that if I very briefly just tap the pen on the tablet or quickly click on the mouse button without moving the pen/mouse, then I get a very translucent brush mark, just like I’d expect it to be. The problem appears only if the brush is moved.
(Specifically, what I’m trying to do is add shadows to a drawing using this method but obviously I can’t; the shadows get waaaaay too dark. Maybe this isn’t the right method to use for that).
/N
Steps to recreate problem:
1. Create a new picture with white (#FFFFFF) background (1000 x 1000 px)
2. Select the Brush tool.
3. Go to brush presets (F5) and pick the ‘Hard Round 19’ brush from the default brush set.
4. Change brush diameter to 100px.
5. Enable Spacing and reduce its setting to 1(one)% to get rid of the visible spacing between the "brush marks".
6. Disable ALL brush dynamics except ‘Airbrush’ and ‘Smoothing’.
7. Set the brush mode to Normal.
8. Set Opacity to 100%.
9. Set Flow to 1(one)%.
10. Make sure Airbrush mode is enabled.
Set the brush color to black (#000000) and on a new layer, quickly draw a brush stroke with mouse or pen across the picture.
When I do this I get a VERY dark, nearly opaque, brushstroke that would almost cover any potential previous brushstrokes.
I was hoping that with the flow set as low as 1%, the flow would be so low that I could very slowly build up the opacity from translucent to opaque. I could o/c lower the opacity setting but then I’d have to release and press the mousebutton again before repainting the same area, which I don’t want to do.
Due to this problem it’s impossible to control the flow whith pen preassure on a tablet.
Am I missing something here or what’s going on??????
The odd thing is that if I very briefly just tap the pen on the tablet or quickly click on the mouse button without moving the pen/mouse, then I get a very translucent brush mark, just like I’d expect it to be. The problem appears only if the brush is moved.
(Specifically, what I’m trying to do is add shadows to a drawing using this method but obviously I can’t; the shadows get waaaaay too dark. Maybe this isn’t the right method to use for that).
/N
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