CodedColor PhotoStudio manual - digital photo software, picture viewer & image editor, photo album printing (compares to ACDSee, IrfanView)

Paintbrush

The paintbrush tool can work in 2 ways: with Color or with Textures.

Color

The Color selector automatically stores the last colors used. To select a specific color, first select the basic gradient (reds, greens, etc.) from the Rainbow Column, and then click on the left Gradient Box to finetune saturation and luminosity of the color.

If you want to load a color you used previously, just click on it in the Color Palette on the right.

Texture

The Textures selector allows you to choose a folder of textures on your computer and to load a single texture file. Textures are just picture files or photographs of any format supported by CodedColor.

If you load a photograph or texture, it may be useful to change the scale of the image with the spin buttons below the texture preview.

More Information

There are many places on the internet where you can download textures for free. You can also use the Google image search to find icons, symbols and pictures. That way, you could add a flying bird to an otherwise neutral sky, or insert a large moon into a night photograph.

See the General Settings topic for brush options and blend modes.

Before/After Tutorials

CodedColor PhotoStudio by 1STEIN is a powerful and versatile photo organizer and image editing software for digital camera users. Features include photo editing & printing, web album galleries, slide shows, photo management & cataloging, custom sorting, IPTC & EXIF display, thumbnail generation, resize & resample images, jp2000, batch conversion, database keyword searching, red eye removal, color / sharpness / brightness & contrast correction, artefacts removal, clone brush, scanner & TWAIN import, screen capture, lossless JPEG rotation, gamma correction and screenshows with transition effects, panorama stitch, RAW, photo books and layouts, collages, histograms, white balance, PDF export, watermarks, etc. Please visit the CodedColor FotoStudio homepage to learn more or download a free copy!