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Brushes Panel

This panel contains brush presets and brush groups of the selected tool. Close & reopen the Brushes panel from the Window menu or by tapping the F8 shortcut.

Every brush, Favorites, Erase, Blend, Smudge, Clone, Water and Dry tools have various brush presets available. You can create your own brush presets using the Brush Creator panel. Show or hide the Brush Creator panel using the button in the bottom left corner of the Properties panel or via the Window menu.

Show Groups... - Open the list of groups for the currently selected tool and hide unnecessary groups by deactivating them directly from the list.

Click the button to duplicate the selected brush preset or the button to remove the selected brush preset.

You can change the order of brushes and move brushes between brush groups with drag & drop.
You can rename the selected brush or brush group by double-clicking on it, typing a new name and hitting Enter.

You can add a selected brush to the 'Favorites' tool by right-clicking the brush preset and selecting 'Copy Brush Preset to Favorites'. A copy of the brush preset will be created in the Favorites tool. The change of the settings of the brush in the Favorites tool will not change the setting of the original brush preset.

More about how to create custom brushes can be found in the Brush Creator Panel section.

Brush Groups - You can create new brush groups for the selected tool from the Brushes panel menu > Add Group or via the right mouse button click.

Rename the brush group by double-clicking its name, entering the new name of the brush group and hitting Enter.

Hide the brush group using one left mouse button click on the brush group title bar.

You can remove the selected brush group from the Brushes panel menu > Remove Group or via the right mouse button click.

Note

Groups can be created for brushes as well as for layers, stencils and canvas textures.

Tip

You can move the selected brush preset from one brush group to another using drag & drop.

Brushes Panel Menu:

- Icon - Select which parameters should be displayed in the brush icon preview: Image, Stroke, Volumes or Name. See below the examples of various brush icons:

Image, stroke volumes, name | Image, stroke, name | Image and name | Volumes and name

  • Copy Brush Preset to Favorites - Copy the selected brush preset to the 'Favorites' tool.

  • Copy Brush Preset - Copy the selected brush preset to the clipboard. (shortcut Ctrl + Shift + C on Windows / Cmd + Shift + C on macOS)

  • Paste Brush Preset - Paste the brush preset from the clipboard. (shortcut Ctrl + Shift + V on Windows / Cmd + Shift + V on macOS)

  • Duplicate Brush Preset - Duplicate the selected brush preset. (shortcut Ctrl + Shift + P on Windows / Cmd + Shift + P on macOS)

  • Remove Brush Preset - Remove the selected brush preset.

  • Import Brush Preset... - Import brush preset from the image file.

  • Export Brush Preset... - Export brush preset from Rebelle to another tool or save it to your computer.

  • Add Group - Add a new brush group to the current tool.

  • Remove Group - Remove the selected brush group from the current tool.

  • Share Brushes... - Share your custom brushes or brush groups with others. This option will open a new window where you enter the details for the brushes you would like to share.

  • Get More Brushes... - Visit Rebelle's online brush library from where you can download more brushes.

  • Close - Close the Brushes panel. You can re-open the panel from the Window menu.

Tip

You can easily duplicate or remove the brush preset, copy & paste the brush preset or add & remove groups for the current tool also via the right mouse button click directly in the Brushes panel.

How to Import Brushes

Import default or user-made Rebelle brushes or groups from the online Brushes Library: escapemotions.com/products/rebelle/brushes

To import individual brushes:

  • Click on the brush you wish to download. Drag & Drop the brush detail from this webpage into Rebelle; or

  • Click on the Download icon below the brush picture, then import the downloaded brush via the File menu > Import Assets....You can also drag & drop the downloaded brush file to Rebelle's window; or

  • Click on the Download icon below the brush picture and save it to:

    on Windows:
    C:\Users\you\AppData\Local\Escape Motions\Rebelle 7\Brushes\(corresponding tool)

    on macOS:
    user/Library/Application Support/Escape Motions/Rebelle 7/Brushes/(corresponding tool)

To import brush groups:

Download the brush group as a .zip file. Click on the Download icon below the brush group preview, then import the group via the File menu > Import Assets....
You can also drag & drop the downloaded .zip file to Rebelle's window.

How to share brushes

Share your brushes with others to the online Brushes Library: escapemotions.com/products/rebelle/brushes

...where you can share your custom brushes or the whole brush groups with other Rebelle users.

You can share the selected brush or brush group, via the Brushes panel menu > Share Brushes...

A dialog window will open:

Here you can decide whether you would like to share the brushes as individual presets or as a brush group.

The name of your brush group in the Brushes panel will be the name of the shared brush group.

You can select which brushes of the brush group you would like to share by ticking the checkboxes.

The maximum number of brushes you can share within a brush group is 10. To share more brushes, please share them as a new group.

Add your description for your shared brushes. This will give other users an idea about the usability of your brushes.

Accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy at the bottom of the window.

Confirm by clicking the "Share" button. The selected brushes or a brush group will be automatically uploaded to the online Brushes Library for other Rebelle artists to use.