Adding a New Brush

To add a brush preset to the Brush Presets Library:

  1. In your paint program, create a new square image (i.e., 256x256, 512x512, etc.) with a black background. You can build a brush in color, but it will be converted to grayscale when imported into the Brush Library.

    Create image in paint program

  2. Select a brush preset from the program or create your own image. The brush color should be set to white or a light gray.

    Select or create brush Completed example brush

  3. Save the image in one of the following formats:  .SGI .BMP .DIB .EMF .FPI .FPX .GIF .JP2 .JPE .JPG .MAC .PCT .PSD .PIC .PNG .PNT .TIF

  4. In Bryce, create a new terrain or symlat.

  5. Click on the button next to the selected terrain to enter the Terrain Editor.

  6. Click on New to load a new terrain.

  7. In the Brush Control Tools, click on the Brush Tool.

    Click on Brush Tool

    The Brushes Library will open up.

    The Brush Library will come up

  8. Click on Add at the bottom of the library.

    Click on Add button

  9. The Open File dialog will come up. Locate your brush image, select it, and click on Open.

    Locate and load brush file

    The brush will be imported into the library, ready to use.

    Brush will be added to library