Graphics Software, ContinuedRendering toolsRendering tools are electronic replicas of traditional drawing tools fordrawing, tracing, and line work. To select rendering tools, click on the iconresembling the traditional drawing tool. . The input device (mouse, trackball,electronic tablet, or pen) used to draw imitates the effect of the traditionaldrawing tool. Some common rendering tools are the PENCIL, BRUSH,AIRBRUSH, ERASER, BUCKET, BLEND, EYEDROPPER, and TYPE.PENCIL: With the PENCIL tool, you can draw lines resembling pencilstrokes. You can change the width of the pencil stroke. Click the icon thatresembles a pencil to access.BRUSH: The effects of brush strokes are possible while working’ with thetool BRUSH. The width of brush strokes is variable.AIRBRUSH: The AIRBRUSH tool applies pigments in evenly sprayedpatterns. The width of the airbrush stroke and the density of the pigment areadjustable.Figure 8-21 illustrates the differences between rendering tools.Figure 8-21.—The difference between the pencil,brush, and airbrush rendering took.Continued on next page8-41
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