Making your own brushes in Photoshop.

Here is a brief outline to follow up class demonstration.

Making your own brush in Photoshop.

Preparation of the image:

1. Pick your imagery from any visual source.
2. Keep your brush below 2500 pixels by 2500 pixels.
3. Make black imagery with white background (de-saturate).
4. Adjust your levels for high contrast.
5. Eliminate unnecessary space when selecting.

With your brush shape on the artboard in Photoshop and selected:

1. Edit/Define brush preset.
2. Use your brush from the brush palette.
3. Save your brush. Choose brush preset, click the right top arrow, choose save brushes.
4. When using the brush, choose colors to show brush colors, and choose brush settings for size, angle, etc. by opening window/brushes.

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