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86 Project 1: Composite Movie Ad8. In the Options bar, open the Brush Preset picker to access the tool options.This panel shows the different brushes that are included with Photoshop. The default brush set includes a number of specific-diameter hard- and soft-edge brushes, as well as some artistic options. A number below a brush icon shows the size of the brush; if you click a specific brush in the panel, the same number displays in the Size field.9. In the lower half of the Brush Preset Picker, expand the General Brushes folder and click the Hard Round brush option.10. In the top half of the Brush Preset picker, change the Size value to 50 px. Define the brush size in this field.The Hard Round preset automatically sets this field to 100%. Click this arrow to expand the General Brushes set.Click to select the Hard Round brush preset.11. Press Return/Enter to dismiss the Brush Preset picker.12. With the Brush tool active and Black as the active foreground color, click and drag over those pixels that you want to add to the mask area.The Brush tool paints with whatever is defined as the foreground color, which is black, in this case. Remember %u2014 when painting on a mask, black adds to the mask and hides pixels on the masked layer.As you paint to fine-tune a mask, keep the following points in mind:%u2022 You can use the bracket keys to enlarge (]) or reduce ([) the brush size.%u2022 You can press X to switch the current foreground and background colors. This is very useful to remember when you are painting on a mask, because you can reset the default (black and white) colors and switch them as necessary, depending on what you want to accomplish.%u2022 You can also use the Eraser tool on a mask. Be careful, though, because erasing an area of the mask when the foreground color is white has the same effect as painting with the background color.Paint with black to remove pixels from the image (add to the mask).Brush tool cursor