Thanks, I'll have to check that out and also keep looking for that
elusive WYSIWYG switch. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Daniel Sepke wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> I am not sure if this will be the exact solution to your needs as I don't
> use PWP but if you set the hardness to 100% for any given brush diameter you
> will get the exact size of the brush sourced with no over spill. My test to
> confirm this was to make a black rectangle on a white canvas then sample
> from the black and stamp onto the white to see the end result.
>
> It was quite educational for me actually as there are many preset brush
> types that I never normally look at (I did the test in CS3 BTW). I am pretty
> sure I will be looking to use the texture brushes for those larger cover up
> jobs where variation in texture can be important.
>
> Dan.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: A Different Friday Flower by Jim N.
>
> You're right. The hardness slider was set at 0. But I don't know how
> it got there since I didn't deliberately put it there. Be that as it
> may, in PW Pro, when you select the source data area it is *always*
> surrounded by a circle showing you the exact size of the pick up area
> and the target data area shows a similar circle showing the outer limit
> of the target placement. I find it very disconcerting when Photoshop
> appears to show a source area image circle but is actually picking up
> and placing pixels well beyond the circle displayed. Is there some
> secret parameter I can set to cause it to behave like PW Pro.
>
> Chuck Norcut
>
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