SOFTWARE:
Photoshop CC2018
or higher
(Mac + Windows)
HARDWARE:
2.5GHz processor
8Gb RAM or Higher
16Gb+ RAM recommended
470Mb of available
storage space
Graphics Tablet
recommended
SKILL BASE:
Suitable for
novice to expert
Photoshop users
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
FOR ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD
THANKS A MILLION FOR PURCHASING OUR
KOLORMARC STUDIO MARKERS. TO INSTALL
YOUR BRUSHES FOLLOW THE STEP-BY-STEP
INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.
Quick Install:
1 Open Photoshop.
2 Locate the .abr brush preset file in the folder
titled ‘Install This File’.
3 Double click the .abr file to automatically
Double_Click_Me.abr
install it into Photoshop.
4 The brushes will appear in the Brushes panel
whenever the Brush Tool is selected.
Or
Manual Install: (use if Quick Install fails)
1 Open Photoshop.
2 Open the Brushes Panel Window > Brushes
(or Window > Brush Presets in older PS versions)
and click the fly-out menu in the top
right corner.
3 Select Import Brushes… then locate the .abr file
in the ‘Install These Files’ folder and click
Open to install.
4 The brushes will appear in your Brushes Panel
whenever the Brush Tool is selected.
How To Install The KolorMarc
Swatch Palette
1 Open Photoshop.
2 Open the Swatches Panel Window > Swatches
and click the fly-out menu in the top
right corner.
3 Select Import Swatches… then locate the
KolorMarc .ase file in the ‘Install These Files’
folder and click Open to install.
4 Select ‘Large List’ from the flyout menu for
easy navigation by color code.
USER GUIDE:
Getting To Know Your Brushes
BRUSH GROUPS
Your KolorMarc brush set contains multiple brush
styles that work together as a complete system for
creating realistic alcohol marker rendering.
1 Outliners featuring a variety of bleed and taper profiles.
2 Markers in a variety of brush tip styles including chisel,
brush and fine tip. 1
3
3 Effects designed for adding ink blemishes and quick
4
background fills with realistic stroke overlapping.
4 Erasers with matching textures for easy blending.
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH BRUSH NAMES
a
SET YOUR BRUSHES
PANEL TO DISPLAY BOTH
THE BRUSH NAME AND
THE BRUSH STROKE
b
This makes it super-easy to
select brushes by name or stroke
preview at a glance.
In your Brushes Panel (Window >
Brushes) click the fly-out menu
on the top right side of the
panel (a) and choose Brush Name
and Brush Stroke (b).
You can also adjust the size of
your brush preview using the
scale slider at the bottom of the
Brushes Panel (c).
c
CUSTOMIZING YOUR BRUSHES
HOW TO CHANGE THE SCALE OF
YOUR HALFTONE TEXTURES 2
1
1 Open the Brush Settings Panel (Window > Brush Settings).
2 Go to the Texture tab and use the Scale slider to
increase or decrease the texture size.
3 The texture scale will reset to the default whenever you
select another brush. See below for info on saving a
copy of your scaled brushes.
SAVING A COPY OF A
CUSTOMIZED BRUSH
Any changes made to your brushes texture scale will
be lost when you select a new brush. To save a brush
with your custom settings take the following steps.
1
1 Go to the Brushes Panel (Window > Brushes).
Your customized brush will be highlighted in orange
to indicate that changes have been made to it’s
default settings.
2 Click the ‘Create New Brush’ button at the bottom of 2
the Brush Settings Panel.
3 Check the ‘Include Tool Settings’
checkbox and give your custom brush a
recognizable name then click OK to save.
4 Your saved brush will appear in the Brushes panel
directly below the original and will be highlighted
in blue to indicate that the brush settings have
been saved permanently to the brush.
ABOUT BRUSH BLEND MODES
You can edit any brush to apply opaque ink
BY DEFAULT, YOUR BRUSHES ARE
by changing the blend mode to Normal as
PRESET WITH THE BLEND MODE
shown above.
SET TO MULTIPLY.
This means that any time you lift your pen This may be useful when filling large, complex
or apply another color on top of the areas with multiple strokes or when making
previous stroke, the ink will be blended. touchups to existing fills.
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