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More Fun With Brushes

 

Here we will explore another aspect of custom brushes to create a cool background effect.

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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16 Comments

  1. OsK said on — October 20, 2008 @ 5:40 pm

    Awesomeness made man…

  2. Walter D said on — October 20, 2008 @ 6:49 pm

    Most excelent tut. Leaves the door open for many varations with brushes

  3. Greg Snowden said on — October 20, 2008 @ 11:06 pm

    Great tut as always man!

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  5. Helmut said on — October 21, 2008 @ 4:45 am

    ist das geil!!! ups…that was german….awesome man

  6. tonio said on — October 21, 2008 @ 7:26 am

    wonderful stuff

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  9. Brett said on — October 22, 2008 @ 3:44 am

    I can’t make a brush once i created a text. please help. raiden_gray_fox@hotmail.com

    thankyou.

  10. flox said on — October 22, 2008 @ 6:43 am

    big fan of the tutorials here, first time poster…

    I followed this one and made another one myself without problems, now
    I am trying it again and I cant choose the “Define brush” option anymore.

    any help? cheers.

  11. Jamie said on — October 22, 2008 @ 8:00 am

    I need to experiment with the brush panel more!

  12. Celeste said on — October 23, 2008 @ 12:39 pm

    Very KOOL….love the brush tool options

  13. Mark R said on — October 23, 2008 @ 7:38 pm

    very nice, I make brushes for just about everything I do.

    I was wondering if you had a tutorial on how to extract hair from a multi-color background? All the tutorial I see,extract hair from white or single color background, which is quite easy.

  14. Brett said on — October 24, 2008 @ 12:01 am

    I think the problem to define a brush is due to the resolution. I doesn’t work if its 151 pixels/inch or more. So 150 should work. I don’t know why I would my resolution up hehe.

    That was my problem.

    this is a great tutorial. Thanks =D keep it up =D

  15. elia said on — October 29, 2008 @ 6:34 am

    mate lov it nd lov ur explanation

  16. 琪琪 said on — November 16, 2008 @ 9:18 pm

    very good.
    i like .thank you,thank you.

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