Impressionist Brush & Color Replacement Tool

 

 

Impressionist Brush Tool

The Impressionist Brush Tool changes the existing colors and details in your image so your photo looks like it was painted using stylized brush strokes. By experimenting with different style, area size, and tolerance options, you can simulate the textures associated with painting in different artistic styles.

  1. In the Editor, select the Impressionist Brush tool  from the toolbox. (If you don’t see it in the toolbox, select either the Brush tool  or the Color Replacement tool , and then click the Impressionist Brush tool icon in the options bar.)
  2. Set options in the options bar as desired, and then drag within the image to paint.
    Original photo (left), and after using the Impressionist Brush tool (right)


You can specify any of the following options:

Brushes

Sets the brush tip. Click the arrow next to the brush sample, choose a brush category from the Brushes pop‑up menu, and then select a brush thumbnail.

Size

Sets the size of the brush in pixels. Drag the Size pop-up slider or enter a size in the text box.

Mode

Specifies how the paint that you apply blends with the existing pixels in the image.

Opacity

Sets the opacity of the paint you apply. A low opacity setting allows pixels under a paint stroke to show through. Drag the pop-up slider or enter an opacity value.

More Options

Style affects the shape of the brush stroke. Area controls the size of the brush stroke. A larger area value also increases the number of strokes. Tolerance controls how similar in color value adjacent pixels must be before they are affected by the brush stroke.

 

Color Replacement Tool
The Color Replacement Tool replaces color you paint on with foreground color without painting over image detail.
  1. In the Toolbox, select the Color Replacement Tool.
  2. On the Options bar, set brush size and style.
  3. Paint to replace a color.
  4. In the Options bar, you can choose a sampling mode:
    • "Continuous" replaces all the colors with the foreground color.
    • "Once" only allows to replace color, that you first click on; for example, if you start a stroke on a red area the tool replaces only red pixels.
    • "Background Swatch" only replaces pixels containing the current background color.
  5. Also on the Options bar, you can define blending mode, Tolerance (the tool's sensitivity) and Limits - the tool's range: all over the image (Discontiguous), only the adjacent areas (Contiguous) or the pixels inside only (Find Edges).