Custom Brush
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7/23/2019 Custom Brush http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/custom-brush 1/8 Create a brush tip from an image 1. Using any selection tool, select the image area you want to use as a custom brush. The brush shape can be up to 2500 pixels by 2500 pixels in size. When painting, you can’t adjust the hardness of sampled brushes. To create a brush with sharp edges, set Feather to zero pixels. To create a brush with soft edges, increase the Feather setting.
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Create a brush tip from an image
1. Using any selection tool, select the image area you want to use as a custom brush. The brush shape can be up to 2500pixels by 2500 pixels in size. When painting, you can’t adjust the hardness of sampled brushes. To create a brush withsharp edges, set Feather to zero pixels. To create a brush with soft edges, increase the Feather setting.
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If you select a color image, the brush tip image is converted to grayscale. Any layer maskapplied to the image doesn’t affect the definition of the brush tip.
Choose Edit
> Define Brush Preset.
Name the brush, and click
OK.
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Your brush is now ready in the brush selection menu!
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Step 1Open photo in Photoshop. Even though the smoke appears to be gray, there is some color information present.Photoshop disregards color when creating a brush, so it is best that we do the same. Add a Black & WhiteAdjustment Layer to desaturate the image.
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Add a Levels Adjustment Layer and pull the outer handles inwards to touch the edges of the histogram chart.This will increase the contrast of the image and ultimately create a stronger brush effect.
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Add a new layer just above the background layer and name it Edge Treatment, and then use the Brush (B) with blackpaint and a large, soft tip to make certain the edges are all completely black. In areas where the smoke touches thecanvas edge, reduce the brush Opacity and gently fade the edge to black. This will prevent the custom brush effect fromproducing sharp edges when used. Use this opportunity to also paint out any stray marks that might disrupt the brush.
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Photoshop's custom brushes interpret black as positive pixels and white as negative, so the image needs to beblack on white, not white on black. Add an Invert Adjustment Layer above the others to completely reverse theblack and white values.
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You can delete the brush by clicking on the brush setting
icon and choose “delete brush”.
