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February 5, 2011
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Avoiding brush overlap buildup

  • February 5, 2011
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How do I avoid build up of color / opacity where two brush strokes overlap?  In other words, I want to use multiple strokes with the Brush tool but see no additive effect where strokes overlap each other.  In Brush Settings, I have Airbrush and Wet Edges both turned off (this is in CS5).  What am I missing?

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    Correct answer davetwo

    You've set your brush mode to multiply. This is what's causing you the issue

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    davetwoCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 15, 2011

    You've set your brush mode to multiply. This is what's causing you the issue

      ConstantOne
      ConstantOne
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      December 13, 2018

      All these years later, davetwo​'s answer is the correct one. Be aware that some brushes, especially those downloaded in brush packs, often alter the brush blend mode by default. Look at the top of your screen and switch the dropdown box from "mutliply" -- or any other mode -- to normal. There will be no more additive overlap. You can then add in your own if you want by adjusting the opacity for the brush to something <100%

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        frazoni_
        Participant
        April 17, 2020

        I have the same problem and my brush mode is set to normal. 

        Maybe I'm just inexperienced in ddigital painting as general, but I just feel that I'm not having the feeling that literaly everybody has while painting. I can't block main colours or even try to light and shade something because it always do what I've shown in the picture, and I'm using the same brushes and tablet configs as a random youtuber that at least I know that it works with him, and I'm using the exact same configs and I get a totally different effect. If I make my pressure sensitivity lower, it makes really uncomfortable for any other brush that I use, and if I set the minimum opacity in the Transfer settings I get a feeling that the edges of the drawing look super sharp.. 

        Example: https://prnt.sc/s0ge8s

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          s_mahn
          Inspiring
          May 15, 2011

          I think the OP should turn this into a feature request. There could be a use for a brush setting wherein it's accrued opacity maxes out a certain point.

          A use for me would be when painting with white on a black mask. I wouldn't want to decrease the mask's black opacity to 50% just to assure my accumulated white brush strokes don't exceed 50%. I'd want the black to stay at 100% but my whites to not exceed 50%, for example.

            c.pfaffenbichler
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            c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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            February 5, 2011

            Multiple overlapping Strokes will build up (if the region has not yet reached solidity so to speak).

            Within a single stroke the settings Opacity and Flow make a difference.

            A possible workaround might be to paint with 100% Opacity on a Layer that is set to the Opacity you want the Brush Strokes to have.

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              LarsonM17
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              May 15, 2011

              i am having the same problem and NOTHING is working. ive tried just about everything, including what you guys have said on here. is there something im doing doing wrong? did i miss something? im getting kinda pissed off with this cuz i draw stuff  for people and alot of them need photoshop and with this not working i cant get paid.

                c.pfaffenbichler
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                c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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                May 15, 2011
                is there something im doing doing wrong? did i miss something?

                Probably either the one or the other – because the behaviour of Brushes has been pretty consistent for some time now.

                Please post some screenshots to illustrate what you mean exactly. (To recreate the same Brush-strokes with different settings you could use a Path and Stroke Path.)

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                  Anonymous
                  February 5, 2011

                  You could create a blank layer (to paint on) and lower the layer

                  opacity instead of the brush opacity before painting to avoid that.

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