This is a brush you’ll use a lot. This will show you how to set the parameters the way mine are set for my own shading brush:
- Begin with a soft round brush. If you use a large size to begin with, you won’t have to resize it much whenever you use it. I like 200 pixels for this.
TIP: Use the ] and [ keys to enlarge or shrink your brush size. Use } and { to make your round brushes harder or softer.
- Choose black for your Foreground color in the Color Picker square in the Toolbox.
- Click the Brushes tab and the WORDS “Brush Tip Shape.” Set Spacing to 28%.
- Now, in the Options bar at the top, set Opacity to 100%.
- Set Flow in the Options Bar to 28%.
- Turn ON the option for Airbrush in the Options bar.
Now we’re ready to save the Shading Brush:
- Click the arrow for the Brush Preset picker.
- Click the Gear at the top right.
- Choose New Brush Preset.
- Name your brush. Since you’ll be using this often, keep it near the top of your list, by naming it something like “AA Large Shading.”
- In that box, tick the Include Color button, so that black will automatically come up for it. (That’s optional.)
I also use these Brush Settings for my Easy-Does-It Eraser. This can be saved as a Tool Preset.