Clipping tool

[MC]

I've been reading through a lot of tutorials and a majority of them employed the clipping tool as a means of slicing up a brush. The thing that gets me is that when they have a picture showing the brush after taking a serious beating by the clipping tool, no pieces are missing. When I use the clipping tool, I have no choice of losing a piece or two. So basically, are they just clipping off a piece then creating a brush to fill that spot?

 

[imkongkong]

there are three modes for the clipping tool.. use the clipping tool over a brush but dont press enter.. press it a few times and you can see your different options of how to clip it

 

[MC]

Oh, alright. I didn't know that.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Ravendust]

Or you can just press Shift+X until the pieces you want are highlighted.