PIXARRA STUDIO PRODUCTS

USER GUIDE
Table of Contents
Basics .......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Getting Started .............................................................................................................................. 4
Tools ............................................................................................................................................... 6
ArtSets .......................................................................................................................................... 10
 Basics

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Getting Started

This User guide explains the basics of all Pixarra Studio products: Paint Studio, Tree Studio,
Blob Studio, Liquid Studio, Luminance Studio, Pixel Studio and Selfie Studio. These
programs are born from TwistedBrush Pro Studio, but are focused on different techniques
and toolsets, and have a simpler, streamlined interface.

Identifying the Major Workspace Areas

1. Menu

2. Menu Bar

3. Tool Bar

4. Tool Name Bar

5. Tool Adjustment Bar

6. Page View Panel

7. Brush Adjustments

8. Brush Shortcuts

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9. Brush Control Panel

10. Layer Bar

11. Current Color Bar

12. Color Adjustment

13. Color Palette

14. Drawing Area

15. Non-Drawing Area

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Tools

Tools are used to accomplish different image editing and drawing tasks in all Pixarra Studio
products.

Toolbar
The Toolbar and the Tool Options Bar are available for use starting version 3 of Paint Studio,
Tree Studio, Blob Studio, Liquid Studio, Luminance Studio, Pixel Studio and Selfie Studio.

1. Tool Bar - contains all available tools

2. Tool Options Bar - provides additional options for each separate tool

3. Tool Name Bar - shows the name of the selected tool

Tools Menu
In version 1 and 2 of Paint Studio, Tree Studio, Blob Studio, Liquid Studio, Luminance Studio,
Pixel Studio and Selfie Studio, the tools are available for use from the Tools menu.

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Tools

1. Brush Tool (S)

2. Color Picker Tool (I)

3. Crop Tool (C)

4. Transform Tool (V)

5. Line Tool (L)

6. Bezier Curve Tool

7. Rectangle Tool (U)

8. Ellipse Tool (O)

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9. Paint Bucket Tool (H)

10. Gradient Tool (G)

11. Rectangle Mask Tool (F)

12. Ellipse Mask Tool (J)

13. Polygon Mask Tool (Z)

14. Lasso Mask Tool

15. Magic Wand Mask Tool (K)

16. Warp Tool

17. Copy Tool (Q)

18. Paste Tool (W)

19. Pan Tool (P or SPACE)

20. Rotate Brush Tool (N)

The shortcut key for each tool is given next to its name in brackets.

Additional Hot keys for use with the tools can be found in this article.

Using the Tools

1. Select a Tool from the Toolbar (for version 3) or from the Tools menu (for versions 1 & 2).

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2. Adjust the settings in the Tools Option Bar.

3. Click and drag on your canvas.

NOTE: Pressing and holding the CTRL key will allow you to ajdust the starting placement of
your tool. More details about special keys for use with tools can be found in the topic Hot Keys
for Use With Tools.

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ArtSets

Each Studio product contains a number of collections of brushes called ArtSets. Each ArtSet
contains 60 brush slots. The ArtSets vary for each Studio program depending on its focus.

Brush Shortcuts Panel

The Brush Shortcuts Panel contains 16 most used brushes for each program. They can be easily
changed.

1. To replace a brush from the Brush Shortcuts Panel with another brush from the same ArtSet,
click with the mouse over it.

2. A dialog box appears. Click on the brush you would like to use, and it will become selected.

Note: Unlike TwistedBrush Pro Studio, if you change the parameters of a brush in the Brush
Shrotcuts Panel, the changes won't be remembered and if you want to save these settings for
further use, you will need to save the new brush to an User ArtSet.

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ArtSets

1. Right-click on any brush in the Brush Shortcuts Panel to open the ArtSet menu. The list
consists of a number of different collections with brushes and 5 User ArtSets, each
containing 60 empty brush slots where you can save your custom-made brushes.

2. Left-click on an ArtSet to open it. The Select Brush dialog appear.

3. Left-click on a brush to select it.

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