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How To: Paint with another Image

PRO version. If you click twice on the Brush tool, you will find a Paint with Image tool. The Fill tools also have a Fill Style option which allows you to flood an area using material from another Image. E.g., if you were to edit an image of a tropical beach, and you also had a second image file containing a picture of a snowman, you might use this feature to "paint" the snowman onto the tropical beach.

When you select the Paint with Image tool, the bottom of the editing screen displays new controls. Click on the folder icon to select a second image (the source) to use as the "paint". The source image will be aligned at the top/left corner of the editing window. If you want to place the source image in another location, click on the arrow button which is located next to the folder icon.

If the source image is smaller than the image which is being edited, you can choose to Tile
the second image to fill the remainder of the screen. Otherwise, your brush will create blank areas when it passes over locations not occupied by the source. You can move the source image to a specific location on the screen by typing X and Y locations (these would be the new screen coordinates for the upper/left corner of the source image).

The Tint Source Image option allows you to add the current brush color to the copied material.

Use the Emboss image using light source option if you wish the source image to be embossed as it is being painted. This is particularly useful for painting textures into an area. Slide the Color Intensity bar to the right to reduce the amount of the selected color used in the embossed areas. Use the Candle Flame tool to set the light source prior to using the Paint with Image tool.

Merging Images
The Composite tab at the bottom of the editing window contains a function which allows you to merge another image into the image currently being edited. You may specify the amount of transparency to use when the images are combined. See the Composite topic for more information.

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