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Two Brushes Are Better Than One

 

*Adobe Bridge CS4 and Adobe Camera Raw 5 Tip*

To rapidly change the Size, Feather, Flow, and Density of a brush, use the A and B preset brushes.  To set them up, click one of the brushes ( A or B ) and change its settings.  Make one brush large with Auto Mask off for painting areas such as backgrounds.  Click the other brush and make  it small with Auto Mask checked on for finer detail and edge work.  Press the Forward Slash key ( / ) to quickly switch between the brushes.

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  1. Nano Bear said on — July 23, 2009 @ 2:53 pm

    This sounds really helpful except for the fact i don’t know where the Auto Mask option is ^^. Can someone help?

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If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

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