I found I liked the texture depth at about 70-75%. I decided that INVERT would be for darks and normal would be for lights, so I could keep it straight in my mind.Īlso, the depth slider allows you to determine how prominent or subtle you want the texture to appear. Keep in mind that when switching back and forth between the two, it is easy to forget and you may end up painting your highlights in the depths and the shadows on the peaks of the texture. I found this to be very effective when I wanted to 'glaze the shadows' without killing my texture. Normal will paint the 'high' points of the texture much as with drybrushing and if you select invert, the paint will fill in the low points of the texture and leave the high spots relatively paint free. You can choose to paint either the highlights or the valleys of the texture by leaving it NORMAL or by selecting INVERT. If you do, the size of your texture will not be consistent across the canvas.

If you want your texture to echo exactly what you have scanned and mimic a real gessoed board, DO NOT CHANGE THE SCALE SLIDER after you begin to paint. Things to keep in mind when painting with texture:

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