How to Turn Off a Brush. First thing to learn will be how to remove a brush from a graphic. Select the graphic(s) on the drawing then use the top popup menu and select None for the method. This will return the graphic to a normal non-brush-stroke state.

The two arrow buttons, seen in the middle of the palette, are used to transfer the Brush Stroke Path between the active Brush and the scratch pad. The design of a brush begins by bringing (the upward arrow button) a Brush Stroke Path "up" to become the active Brush. An initial guess for the brush method is applied based on recent activity and the shape and configuration of the Brush Stroke Path - this is only an initial convenience guess and will likely need manual selection.

The key parameter for Brush design is the Brush Method. This is selected with the top popup menu. The presented parameters and appearance of the Brush Inspector View changes significantly after the Method is selected. Changes, such as Method, are applied directly to selected graphics on the EazyDraw drawing. Only a portion of your design inspection will focus on this palette and the Brush Design View. The final appearance of the brush design is seen on the EazyDraw drawing and target graphic.

The central brush viewing area is called the Brush Design View. This will display the specific Brush Stroke Path and associated design parameters specific to the selected Brush Method. This display may or may not actually represent the appearance of the brush in use, a typical target graphic on an EazyDraw drawing should be used for the actual design appearance of the brush.

A brush should be assigned a name. This is inspected and edited with the text box centered just above the Brush Design View. The name is initially assigned from the name of the Brush Stroke Path. Since one Brush Stroke Path may be used for several brushes it will be a good practice to assign a descriptive unique name for the Brush. This will be the name used in the Use table, so it is good to name brushes during the design step.

There are two logical approaches for assignment of the Color and Style used when drawing the Brush path. The Color and Style can be though of as being the same as the "line" style of a graphic and therefore defined by the normal Color and Style palette. Or the Color and Style could be thought of as coming from the originating Brush Stroke Path, assigned and fixed early in the brush design process, not at the time of use. It turns out that both are needed in various brush designs, EazyDraw supports both. The Style popup menu is used to make the choice for this parameter.

The arrow button near the top right is used to send a completed brush design to the brush Use table. Click the button to place the full brush design (Brush Stroke Path, Brush Method, all associated parameters) to holding slot in the brush Use container. The brush, identified by the assigned name, is then available for quick convenient use from the Use table. Follow the documentation link to the left to learn more about using the brush.

The popup menu just below the right arrow button will show, by name, the current contents of the Use table. This popup will indicate when the current brush design matches a Brush found on the Use table.

EazyDraw ships with a small set of stock Factory brushes. These are intended to show the use of various parameters for the different brush methods. This set will initially populate your Use table and this popup menu. If they have been removed or partially deleted the factory set may be regenerated with the selection found a the bottom of the popup menu. The "Factory" selection will not show if all Factory brushes are present in the Use table.