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INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5THE BASICS.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6

THE CANVAS..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................7TOP MENU SUMMARY..............................................................................................................................................................................................................9TOOL PANEL SUMMARY.......................................................................................................................................................................................................10COLOR PANEL SUMMARY....................................................................................................................................................................................................10

CREATE A CUSTOMIZED COLOR PALETTE..............................................................................................................................................................10LAYER PANEL SUMMARY......................................................................................................................................................................................................11START TO PAINT....................................................................................................................................................................................................................11

TOOLS PROPERTY PANEL.............................................................................................................................................................................................................12LAYER ALPHA PROPERTY.....................................................................................................................................................................................................13ROTATION PROPERTY...........................................................................................................................................................................................................14BRUSH PROPERTY...................................................................................................................................................................................................................15ERASER PROPERTY.................................................................................................................................................................................................................15TEXT PROPERTY......................................................................................................................................................................................................................16IMAGE PROPERTY...................................................................................................................................................................................................................16ZOOM PROPERTY................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17PLAY...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18

BRUSHES............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19CHOOSE A BRUSH..................................................................................................................................................................................................................20RESIZE A BRUSH......................................................................................................................................................................................................................20BRUSH LIBRARY.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................20

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CUSTOMIZE THE BRUSH PALETTE.............................................................................................................................................................................20COLOR PICKER................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21TEXT...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22

ADDING TEXT..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................23EDITING TEXT..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................23

FONT EDITOR..................................................................................................................................................................................................................23COLOR EDITOR...............................................................................................................................................................................................................24PICK A COLOR FROM THE SCREEN...........................................................................................................................................................................24TEXT BORDER EDITOR..................................................................................................................................................................................................25TEXT STYLE EDITOR......................................................................................................................................................................................................25CHANGE TEXT SPACING...............................................................................................................................................................................................25MOVE TEXT......................................................................................................................................................................................................................25

USE LAYERS......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26ACCESS LAYER PANEL...........................................................................................................................................................................................................27SELECT A LAYER.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................27ADDING A LAYER................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27CLEARING A LAYER................................................................................................................................................................................................................27DELETING LAYERS..................................................................................................................................................................................................................27ZOOM THE CURRENT LAYER.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 27

HOTKEYS...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28

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INTRODUCTION

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MyBrushes is the only digital illustration Mac drawing software that allows artists to draw on Mac with infinite canvas andPLAYBACK every drawing stroke on Mac OS X. It is an awesome alternative app to Microsoft Paint for Windows and Apple’s ownnow-defunct MacPaint. If you would like to find an equivalent excellent Paint for Mac , MyBrushes is the good choice.

There are 100 true-to-life digital paintbrushes to simulate effect of Brush painting, Watercolor painting, Oil painting and so on.This powerful Mac painting tool supports pressure and sensitive graphic tablets and comes with an easy-to-use brush collection.The ability to adjust paintbrush sizes for creating own brushes makes Mac drawing app a never-ending tool box.

MyBrushes can open and save to most major image formats, including BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and GIF. Full support for transparencyis available for image formats that support an alpha channel on Mac. Painter can also paste images copied from many common Macapplications.

MyBrushes is the most powerful Mac drawing software which is available for iPhone and iPad drawing. It is the excellent Macpainting tool that completely set you free with the Limitless Creativity to draw on Mac.

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THE BASICS

Get introduced to the main interface, from the canvas to tool panel, color panel, layer panel and top menu!

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THE CANVAS

When you open MyBrushes, you will see Following interface: Tool Panel with full painting tools; Color Pick to select your favoritecolor; Layer Editor with unlimited layers and Property Panel to set the property of selected tool!

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TOP MENU SUMMARY

1. Create a new canvas2. Open a file3. Save your painting as .mbdb file4. Import an image5. Export your painting as .png image6. Undo7. Redo8. Show / Hide Tool Panel9. Show / Hide Color Panel10. Show/ Hide Layer Panel11. Show / Hide Property Panel

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TOOL PANEL SUMMARY

1. Adjust Layer Alpha2. Rotate Layer3. Brushes4. Eraser5. Color Picker6. Text Editor7. Select Image Effects8. Zoom Canvas9. Play the video that recorded

your painting process

COLOR PANEL SUMMARY

1. Current Color2. Slider3. Customized

palette4. Add your favorite

color5. Color Wheel

CREATE A CUSTOMIZED COLOR PALETTE

Add your favorite color from the swatch to the palette at thebottom of the Color Editor.

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LAYER PANEL SUMMARY

1. Show / Hide the Layer2. The Current Layer3. Set Layer Background4. Clear the Current Layer5. Add a New Layer6. Delete the Current Layer7. An Unselected Layer

START TO PAINT

1. Open MyBrushes2. Choose a brush3. Select a color4. Select a modification tool

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TOOLS PROPERTY PANEL

Get introduced about the properties of every tool! Painting tools will help you to paint more beautiful arts!

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LAYER ALPHA PROPERTY

1. Check “Auto Selection” box, you could automatically select the item you are painting and edit the item including zoom, move,adjust its color…

2. Adjust the layer alpha by dragging the bar3. Select the tool in tool panel, you will see the property panel of the selected tool

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ROTATION PROPERTY

1. Select the tool in tool panel, you will see the property panel of the selected tool2. Rotate the current layer by dragging the bar3. Adjust size of he painting by dragging the box4. Confirm rotating the layer5. Cancel to rotate the layer

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BRUSH PROPERTY

1. Select brush tool in tool panel, you will see the property panel of brush tool2. Click to get brush library3. Property of the current brush

ERASER PROPERTY

1. Select eraser tool in tool panel, you will see the property panel of eraser tool2. Eraser style3. Property of the current eraser

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TEXT PROPERTY

1. Select text tool in tool panel, you will see the text editor2. Show your text3. Click to get Font editor4. Left / Center / Right5. Click to get Color Editor6. Click to get Text Border Editor7. Click to get Text Style Editor8. Text Spacing

IMAGE PROPERTY

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1. Select Image tool in tool panel, you will see the image effect property2. Image Effects Filters

3. The current image effect

When you select an effect, you can see the property of the current effect!

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ZOOM PROPERTY

1. Select Zoom tool in tool panel, you will see the zoom property2. Dragging to zoom the layer3. Zoom out the layer4. Zoom in the layer

PLAY

1. Back2. Fresh start3. Pause / Play4. Fast Forward5. Edit the Playing Layer6. Back to Painting Layer

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BRUSHES

With MyBrushes, you won feel limited! When you select a brush, you could change its radius, opaque, pressure andhardness. Change the property to meet your needs!

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CHOOSE A BRUSH

From the tool panel, tap a brush and start painting.Select an eraser for modifications.

RESIZE A BRUSH

Access the brush property panel by taping brush in tool panel! To changebrush size, radius, opaque, pressure and hardness in the property panel!

BRUSH LIBRARY

In the Brush Property Panel, tap to access the Brush Library.There are many brush styles in the Brush Library. You could choose yourfavorite brushes to paint.

CUSTOMIZE THE BRUSH PALETTE

Replace default brushes with others to create a customized palette1. Select a brush from the Brush Library2. Tap-drag it onto the palette3. Click Done

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COLOR PICKER

Select a color from anywhere within the canvas.1. Tap in the Layer Panel to access the Color Picker.2. The cursor will become , when you click on anywhere within the canvas, the current color in the Color Panel changes,

displaying your selected color.3. Select a brush, you could paint using the displayed color.

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TEXT

Use Tex t to create simple RTF text objects. Set the font, size, style, border, spacing and color, selectand position them, change their transparency, and use Edit Text Layer to modify them.

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ADDING TEXT

1. To add text, in the tool panel, tap .2. Start typing in the Edit Text Layer window.3. Use the editing tools to make changes to the text. You can set the font, size, style, border, spacing and color.

EDITING TEXT

FONT EDITOR

1. Text Underline2. Text Strikethrough3. Text Color4. Document Color5. Add a new Collection6. Delete the selected Collection7. Collection Setting8. Search Box for text family

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▪ Collections – Manage the list of fonts that appear in Family and see only the fonts you want. Create custom font collections. Usedefault sets to load only fun fonts or ones with fixed width. Load only your favorite fonts or those recently used.

▪ Family – Select a font from the list. If a font family is not listed, change the Collections option to All Fonts.

▪ Typeface – Choose from Condensed, Condensed, Italic, Bold Condensed, BoldCondensed Italic typefaces.

▪ Size – Set the size of the text.

COLOR EDITOR

1. Tabs (various methods for picking colors):Choose a hue or tints and the value (light).Specify a color using color gradients, such as gray scale, RGB, CMYK, or

HSB values.Choose from a lists of colors (Apple, Developer, Crayons, Web Safe), or

create your own list of colors.Choose a color from a spectrum of hues and values.Pick from 48 colors displayed as a box of crayons.

2. Swatch (current color)3. Slider4. Customized palette5. Color Wheel6. Magnifying glass (color picker)

PICK A COLOR FROM THE SCREEN

Tap to change the cursor to . Move over and tap a color on your screen.

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TEXT BORDER EDITOR TEXT STYLE EDITOR

CHANGE TEXT SPACING

Just change text spacing with on the text property panel

MOVE TEXT

Drag the text, you can move them to anywhere on the TEXT EDITING LAYER!

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USE LAYERS

Use layers to make changes to an image without modifying the content on other layers. Use multiple layers fordrawing complex sketches or to test variations of a design.

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ACCESS LAYER PANEL

Tap Property on to access Layer Panel!

SELECT A LAYER

In the Layer Panel, tap a layer to select and highlight it. All actions are applied to this layer, until another layer is selected.

ADDING A LAYER

To add a layer to your painting, do either:. Tap in the Layer Panel. Tap in the Tool Panel will automatically add a Text Edit Layer. Tap on Top Menu Bar to import an image will automatically add a layer

CLEARING A LAYER

To clear a layer, select the layer and tap in the Layer Panel

DELETING LAYERS

To remove a layer from the Layer Panel, select a layer and tap in the Layer Panel.

ZOOM THE CURRENT LAYER

Just tap in the Tool Panel, you will get Zoom Property Panel.And you could zoom in and zoom out the current layer by dragging the progress bar or click .

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HOTKEYS

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Use this list to see hotkey assignment in MyBrushes for MacFunction Hotkeys

MyBrushes

Hide MyBrushes for Mac Command +HHide Others Alt + Command +HQuit MyBrushes for Mac Command + QQuit and close all windows Alt +Command + QHide MyBrushes for Mac Command +HHide Others Alt + Command +HQuit MyBrushes for Mac Command + Q

FileNew Command + NOpen Command + OSave Command + SSave As Shift + Command +S

EditUndo Command + ZRedo Shift + Command +ZSpecial Characters Alt + Command +T

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Pitch on “Brush” Tool BPitch on “Eraser” Tool EPitch on “Pick Color” Tool CPitch on “Text” Tool TPitch on “Image” Tool which can add “Effect” to your painting IPitch on “Zoom” Tool which can zoom the canvas ZPitch on “Play” Tool which will play the video that recorded thepainting process

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Minimize the Window Command + MShow/ Hide Tool Panel Alt + Shift + TShow/ Hide Color Panel Alt + Shift + C

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WindowShow/ Hide Layer Panel Alt + Shift + LMove Canvas Up Ctrl + WMove Canvas Left Ctrl + AMove Canvas Down Ctrl + SMove Canvas Right Ctrl + D