Brushes

Overview

Brushes let you paint with any shape or texture apart from the default round and square tips. Draw a pattern, save it, and reuse anywhere.

Creating a custom brush

Select any region on the canvas with the marquee , lasso or wand tool, then click Save as brush. The selection becomes a new entry in the brush panel.

There are 3 types of brushes:

TypeColorsBest for
MonotoneForeground (or secondary)Textures and patterns
DuotoneForeground + backgroundDithering patterns, shading
PatternFull paletteTextures, terrain, tilesets

Managing brushes

Open the brush panel from ViewPanelsBrushes or press B. From there you can rename, reorder, duplicate, or delete any custom brush.

Keyboard shortcuts

Increase brush sizeCtrl+
Decrease brush sizeCtrl+
Select brush hotkeys1to0
Quick brush from selectionCtrl+B