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Project 7 House pAinting 357
Stage 1 Preparing the Workspace ......................................................... 359
Convert a Bitmap to RGB ........................................................ 359
Import Custom Swatches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Stage 2 Filling Solid Areas .............................................................. 363
Create Fill Shapes ............................................................... 363
Fill Areas with the Paint Bucket Tool ................................................. 365
Stage 3 Painting with Brushes ........................................................... 368
Use Hard Brushes ............................................................... 370
Use Soft Brushes ................................................................ 372
Paint Strokes around Selections ..................................................... 374
Apply Strokes to Closed Paths ...................................................... 378
Apply Strokes to Open Paths ....................................................... 380
Paint Behind Existing Color ....................................................... 384
Modify Selections to Fill Behind Color ............................................... 385
Painting with the Mixer Brush ...................................................... 387
Create Texture with a Faux Finish Brush .............................................. 388
Use Opacity and Blending Modes to Create Shadows .................................... 389
Painting Back in Time ............................................................ 391
Stage 4 Working with Patterns ........................................................... 393
Define a Pattern from Existing Artwork ............................................... 393
The Pattern Stamp Tool ........................................................... 394
Erasing Pixels ................................................................... 396
Save Custom Patterns ............................................................ 398
Stage 5 Painting Nature ................................................................ 399
Paint Shades of Nature ........................................................... 399
Change Brush Settings to Paint Random Elements ...................................... 400
Brush Settings .................................................................. 402
Working with Bristle Brushes ...................................................... 405
Create a Brush Preset ............................................................. 406
Finish the Painting .............................................................. 407
The Tool Presets Panel in Depth .................................................... 408
Export a PDF File for Print ........................................................ 408
Project Review ................................................................. 411
Portfolio Builder Project .......................................................... 412

Project 8 pHoto gAllery Web pAge 415
Stage 1 Automating Repetitive Tasks ...................................................... 417
The Actions Panel in Depth ........................................................ 417
Save an Action Set .............................................................. 418
Create a New Action ............................................................. 420
Inserting Action Stops and Menu Options ............................................ 422
Batch-Process Files ............................................................... 423
Place and Align Thumbnails on the Page .............................................. 425
Arrange the Thumbnail Images ..................................................... 427

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