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02/16/2007 11:31:04 PM · #1 |
I can't understand what's happened. If I need to go to the help section of photoshop, I could type in a few key words or a question and the help section would pull up & I could find my answer. For some reason, if I type in a word or a question, nothing happens. If I try & pull it up under the help at the top, again, nothing happens.. So, does anyone know why this has all of a sudden stopped working??? I don't know how to change my paint brush color and I'm about to throw this laptop accross the room... (taking deep breaths)..
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02/16/2007 11:37:29 PM · #2 |
If you have the original install CD, I would try and re-install it, or if the choice is given, repair the installation from the add/remove programs in the control panel, but keep in mind that you will probably have to reset your preferences and such. You may have un installed a program or similar that may have removed a needed dll file or such.
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02/16/2007 11:41:34 PM · #3 |
| I checked and the help file is still in the program.. I don't have anything saved under preferences so installing this again isn't a problem... I don't know how to change my paint brush color & I certainly didn't know I could make preferences.. lol.. Thanks for your time. |
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02/16/2007 11:54:36 PM · #4 |
I've never used PS 5 before, but imagine that is a feature that probably is still the same as it is in CS2. After you select the brush tool, click on the set foreground/background colors - should look like two squares in the toolbar, usually white on top, black on the bottom. Clicking on the upper one should open a color picker to select a color of your choice.
Again, this is in CS2, but imagine 5 is similar.
If it any help, here is the text from CS2's help regarding painting:
Painting
The painting tools change the color of pixels in an image. The Brush tool and the Pencil tool work like traditional drawing tools by applying color with brush strokes. The Gradient tool, Fill command, and Paint Bucket tool apply color to large areas. Tools like the Eraser tool, Blur tool, and Smudge tool modify the existing colors in the image.
The power of painting in Photoshop is in the options that you can set to specify how a tool applies or modifies color. You can apply color gradually, with soft edges, with large brush strokes, with various brush dynamics, with different blending properties, and with brushes of different shapes. You can simulate spraying paint with an airbrush.
You set tool options from the options bar. The options bar for the brush tool contains other palettes and menus of options:
Brush Presets picker Stores saved brush tip settings, such as brush size, hardness, and airbrush, and the brush options available in the Brushes palette.
Tool Presets picker Stores saved settings of a brush tip preset, other options from the options bar such as opacity or blending mode, and paint color.
Brushes palette Contains numerous options for setting brush painting characteristics, such as color dynamics, brush shape dynamics, texture, and paint scattering. The Brushes palette also contains a panel from which you can choose a brush tip preset.
Message edited by author 2007-02-16 23:56:29.
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02/16/2007 11:57:18 PM · #5 |
I use PS 5 for almost all of my DPC work -- I can help with most of the basic questions ... post them here or summarize and send me a PM and I'll try and answer any you still have (probably tomorrow, though).
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02/17/2007 12:02:20 AM · #6 |
Thank you Brad & GeneralE... That was the help I needed and I'm trying the tutorial on adding light.. My laptop will remain intact, at least for this evening..:-) Thanks again for your time.
Kristin
I mean, "move the light"..lol.. IT WORKED
Message edited by author 2007-02-17 00:03:03. |
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