

Many default brushes are now compatible with watercolor layers, letting you fuse dry media and watercolor brush marks on the same layer. Painter 2022 breaks down boundaries for mixed-media creators who want to combine watercolor with other art forms. (left) A brushstroke with Squeeze set to 0% (right) A brushstroke with Squeeze set to 30%, Ang Step set to 5°, Ang Range set to 360°, Expression set to Direction, and Spacing set to 50% to illustrate how the dabs rotate For more information, see Static Bristle controls. You can use the Angle controls to rotate and squeeze the brush, providing new, creative dab and brushstroke possibilities.

You now have additional shaping options when you’re painting with a Static Bristle brush and a stylus. For more information, see Changing dab profiles. Last but not least, you have the ability to reduce the opacity in the center of Watercolor dabs, which produces a stronger-looking fringe along the edge of the stroke. In addition, you can try the new Soft Profile that provides a strong core, with a large falloff area towards the edge.

This lets you fine-tune the opacity of dab profiles so you can create brush marks with soft edges, or with crisp anti-aliased edges, or even somewhere in between.

You can now experience improved anti-aliasing for Circular-type brushes by using the new Hardness slider in the Dab Options flyout. New and enhanced! Dab profiles for Circular dab types For more information, see Captured dab controls. You can choose from Feather, Threshold, Blur, Dilate, and Erode effects, and adjust the strength of each applied effect. The new Captured Dabs flyout on the property bar offers Dab Effects that you can use to customize captured dabs. For more information, see Importing Photoshop brush images. They will be added to a new captured dab library so you can use them with other brushes. When you import Photoshop brush stamps with Painter 2022, you now have the option of importing only the brush stamps. New! Import Photoshop Brush Stamps (ABR) as dabs To experience the improved color precision of Alpha Blend technology, set the Soft airbrush Opacity to 1%, Resat to 85%, and Bleed to 34%, and then blend two colors. Try the Flat Color brush in the Pens category for a great example of improved anti-aliasing, and the Soft variant in Airbrushes for a smooth buildup of paint with minimal artifacts. In addition, brush loading support has been added to all Enhanced Cover methods to give your brushstrokes that smeary, oily look. Grainy methods feature new options for grain control, opacity, and enhanced layer blending. Noise has been added for artifact reduction in all Enhanced Cover methods, and it is especially pronounced for Soft brushstrokes with feathered edges.Īlpha Blend technology has been added to improve color precision when blending adjacent brushstrokes, reducing the likelihood of unexpected color shifts near the edges. For Flat methods, anti-aliasing support has been increased resulting in opaque dab rendering. The Enhanced Cover methods, available only in Painter 2022, take advantage of the latest technology advancements for an improved brushing experience. Cover methods are also used for some Oils and Blenders, and with many stamp-type brushes. The versatile cover methods are the foundation of many popular brush categories, such as Acrylics, Chalk, Charcoal, Conte, Gouache, Pastels, and Pens. Whether you use a mouse or a stylus, we’re certain that you’ll feel the performance enhancements and enjoy a fluid brushing experience. In addition, the new Watercolor Sumi-e category offers exciting creative possibilities for watercolor compatibility, and the new Bravura Oils category features intriguing oil brushes and blenders that do not require any special layers, Impasto, or media settings.įinally, all Painter 2022 brushes have been adjusted to take advantage of brush engine technology developments, such as the new Enhanced Cover methods, layer blending, smoothing options, and dab profile anti-aliasing. We’ve also surveyed many Painter Masters to learn which brushes they most value, resulting in a single-click filter that focuses the library on just those brushes - more than 180! Throughout this process, many artists test drove and helped to optimize brush settings.
