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Photoshop CS: How to create and use Brush (The end part)

Previous post TipsMake.com showed you how to use the Brush tool, this next lesson we will show you how to create your own new Brush

Author: Jessica Tanner2 minutes read

III. How to create your own brush.

In case, you have a brush or download a brush from the net, remember that the file extension must be ". Abr ", then Photoshop can be loaded.

- To load a brush into the Brushes Palette, click Window -> Brushes . On the Brushes palette -> Click the pop-up menu -> Load brush -> and navigate to the "*. Abr " file on your local computer.

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If you create a drawing according to your own preferences, or inadvertently you see a certain angle quite attractive. You want them to become a brush to be more flexible for their use, how do you do it? Work is simple!

You try to practice the following exercise with me .

Lesson 1 . Open an image you like

For example, I have the following picture.

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Select the part you want to create the brush

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Click Edit -> Define Brush Preset .

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Name the brush

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Check back on the Brush palette

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Try applying the brushes to the specific image. My result is

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