Brushes

To scroll brushes use mouse wheel or scroll it by pen like a smartphone screen. 

To scroll brush categories use the same way.
Sometimes part of categories list is out of range – use “drag and scroll” to scroll categories

To move categories list to the top click on the cogwheel at the bottom and choose “Move Category List to TOP”

 

 

 

To resize categories list drag it by the edge (1). To show only brush icons click at the right bottom icon  (2). To show brush shape use SHIFT+Click (3):

To change brush icon – click the icon and choose the desired icon from icons library. You can import custom icons, create icon folder, and delete it:

 

 Create new brush. The newly created brush will be a copy of currently selected brush.
To copy brush to another category – select desired brush, choose category and create a new brush (you can delete this brush from the previous category)

 Delete Brush

 Define special hotkey for the current brush.
(don’t use ctrl+z for undo binding, use ESC)

 Brushes options:
Create New Category

Remove Current Category

Change category icon (To import custom icon click on the cogwheel  at the popup window) 

Rename category

Category Move UP/DOWN

Move category list on TOP/LEFT 

Import brushes
To add imported brushes to the current library choose “Add”. To replace all library by importing brushes – use “Replace”

If you importing single brush it will be added to the current category. If you importing brush category – it will be added to the category list

Export Brushes. Choose “Export current brush”/”Export current category”/”Export all brushes”

Import ABR – Importing Photoshop *.ABR shapes.
All imported brushes inherit properties of the currently selected brush. 
Be sure that ABR file contains only classic shapes. You need to remove new-type brushes from Photoshop collection before export:

 

Load a default brush

Save as default brush

Rename – rename brush. Also, you can rename brush by double-click on it.

Reset brush color – reset custom color of the brush picture

Reset current category

Reset all brushesall brushes will be removed by the default library.


There are 2 special categories in Paintstorm:
1)The 2nd category is always the “erasers category”! If you remove this category – all brushes from 3rd category will be switched to erasers. All new create brushes in “eraser category” will be automatically switched to erasers.

2)The first 3 brushes of the 3rd category – is the brushes of the Mixer:

You can setup this brushes as you need.