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Halftone Smudge Brush

 

Here is an unusual way of using the Smudge tool to generate interesting halftone streaks.

Corey Barker

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

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14 Comments

  1. New Video: Halftone Smudge Brush | Blog | Planet Photoshop Pingback on — October 12, 2008 @ 10:45 am

    [...] There are so many cool things you can achieve with creating unusual custom brushes. Here, in this tutorial, we will look at turning a halftone pattern into a brush, then using the Smudge tool we can get [...]

  2. Eric Booth said on — October 12, 2008 @ 11:34 am

    Cool effect. How in the world do you come up with these things? Nice

  3. tonio said on — October 12, 2008 @ 1:35 pm

    another fantastic tut thankx

  4. Paw said on — October 13, 2008 @ 3:33 am

    wow very good tut.tnx alot

  5. Suri said on — October 13, 2008 @ 9:50 am

    Very cool effect. Thank you.

  6. BJ - said on — October 13, 2008 @ 12:18 pm

    Corey is definitely a photoshop/design genius !

  7. Andy said on — October 13, 2008 @ 6:15 pm

    Very Very NICE!

  8. EJ said on — October 13, 2008 @ 7:25 pm

    this is really cool stuff. i’m a junior in highschool and i’m currently taking a photoshop class. i have to say i think i have learned more on this sight than when i’m listening to my teacher! its real nice to be able to watch and see the end result than to listen and not see.
    i love this sight!
    EJ

  9. Bob Murray said on — October 14, 2008 @ 5:31 am

    Corey, your tutorials consistently remind me that experimentation is full of “happy accidents” as the late Bob Ross would say. You excel at demonstrating detailed procedures, sharing techniques and explaining Photoshop concepts. That said, the “raised-bar” quality of your tutorials owes to all of the visual fun (some call it eye-candy) that you share with us. Keepin’ it fun, therein lies the magic!

  10. Aljosa said on — October 14, 2008 @ 8:48 am

    well done mate

  11. Lori said on — October 14, 2008 @ 1:34 pm

    This tutorial made me want to go get a tablet!

    I can’t tell you how glad I am that I found this site and your tutorials. Each one is such a fun project that I can’t wait to do it, short enough to give me a finished product in one setting, and teaches me 5 to 10 new techniques because I came here having done almost nothing with Photoshop before. I am learning everything, basics to advanced techniques, about the program by going through your great tutorials. I only have Elements (and only Elements 3 at that since I had only done basic photo fixing and saw no need to upgrade) and I can still do at least 90% of your tutorials - sometimes by experimenting because tools are named or presented differently than in Photoshop proper. I hope others with Elements get to this site and realize how powerful our little program is. In just what I learned here in the past week I designed several very cool t-shirts for friends that I can have printed at Cafe Press or another print shop - some of them would be good enough to sell were I so inclined. Thank you for your great fun lessons!

  12. Joel said on — October 15, 2008 @ 11:12 pm

    This is just BRILLIANT! amazing.!

  13. Yevgeniy said on — October 18, 2008 @ 10:52 pm

    hi there, i saw the other day a tutorial in wich you can create a phone, please could you make a tutorial about that??? thanks.

  14. Krishnendu said on — November 11, 2008 @ 3:36 am

    Hallo Sir Barker, I am impressed with your tutorial. But in this case, the Shape Dynamics option does not change the shape of my brush. The brush remain same. Please help. Regards,

    Krish

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