Tutorial: AKVIS MultiBrush

How it Works

AKVIS MultiBrush can work independently as a standalone program and as a plug-in to a photo editor.

Follow the instructions below:

• Step 1. Run the standalone edition of AKVIS MultiBrush or open your photo editor (if you work with the plugin version of AKVIS MultiBrush).
• Step 2. Open an image.

  - If you work with the plugin:

  Open an image in your photo editor by calling the command File -> Open or using the key combination Ctrl+O (or +O on Macintosh).

  - If you work with the standalone edition:

  The dialog box Select file to open appears if you double-click on the empty workspace of the program or if you click on the button on the Control Panel. You can also drag the required image into the workspace of the program. The Standalone edition of AKVIS MultiBrush supports BMP, JPEG, PNG and TIFF file formats.

  
  The AKVIS MultiBrush window
• Step 3. In plug-in version only: call the AKVIS MultiBrush plug-in. For this purpose in Adobe Photoshop select the menu item Filter -> AKVIS -> MultiBrush; in Paint Shop Pro select the menu item Effects –> Plugins -> AKVIS –> MultiBrush; in Corel PHOTO-PAINT select the menu item Effects -> AKVIS -> MultiBrush.
• Step 4. Use the editing tools in the Toolbar to process the image.
  
  
  
  
  
• Step 5. In plug-in version only: press the button to apply the result and close the plugin window. The AKVIS MultiBrush plugin will close and the picture will appear in the workspace of the photo editor.
  
  Result
• Step 6. Save the processed image.

  - If you work with the plugin:

  Call the Save As dialog box using the command File -> Save As, enter a name for the file, choose the format and indicate the target folder.

  - If you work with the standalone edition:

  Click on the button to open the Save as dialog box. Enter a name for the file, choose the format (TIFF, BMP, JPEG or PNG) and indicate the target folder.

• Step 7. The standalone edition of AKVIS MultiBrush lets you print the image. For this purpose press the button , adjust print settings in the Print dialog box and press the button Print.
• Step 8. Close the program AKVIS MultiBrush.