Painting Tools in Photoshop Elements 12: Video
This video discusses the painting tools in Photoshop Elements 12. The term painting tools refers to the tools that change the pixels within a layer in a canvas.
Painting Tools: Overview
Photoshop Elements 12 has several useful tools that allow you to paint lines and color areas of the images and layers in an Elements file. You can use the Brush Tools and the Pencil Tool to paint and draw pixels in an image.
You tend to use the Brush Tools to create softer color strokes in an image. The Pencil Tool creates hard-edged lines. You can alter these settings by changing the tools’ options in the Tool Options Bar. Also, you can apply the airbrush effect to your Brush Tool to apply color in a spray effect, if desired. There are also other tools that you can use to create pixel color changes in an image.