{"id":423,"date":"2014-02-10T10:44:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T10:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webmastersun.com\/blog\/?p=423"},"modified":"2014-02-11T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T13:02:11","slug":"how-to-make-custom-brushes-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webmastersun.com\/blog\/how-to-make-custom-brushes-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Custom Brushes In Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the following tutorials I will show you an easy way to create your very own custom brushes, shapes and patterns in Photoshop. <\/span><\/p>\n

Photoshop comes with a pretty useful array of pre-installed brushes, shapes and patterns but what if you can\u2019t find exactly what you need? <\/span><\/p>\n

The solution is to make your own and its not as hard as you may think!<\/span><\/p>\n

Lets start with brushes.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A brush is always pixel based, meaning that it will lose its definition and become blurry when enlarged too much. Therefore it\u2019s a good idea when making your brush to have a clear idea of the average size you\u2019ll need it to be. \u00a0<\/span>There are two ways to this, first by drawing our brush freehand and secondly by importing an image and turning it into a brush.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, with that said lets get going on the first option\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step One.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Open a new document and make sure you set it to have a white background. For this example I\u2019ve chosen 100px x 100px.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step Two.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to draw our new brush so select a suitable brush from the brush pallete.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve used a 5px 100% hard round brush here. If you\u2019re using a pre CS5 version you will need to make sure that you\u2019re drawing in black as all brushes must be\u00a0 <\/span>created in greyscale. Anything black will be solid, white will be invisible and shades of grey in between will be shaded. To easily set your background and foreground colors to black and white just click here:<\/span><\/p>\n

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or just press the letter D on your keyboard to reset the colors to default.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step Three.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Draw whatever you want.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step Four: The magic bit!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

To create our brush we go up to >Edit\u00a0 <\/span>>Define Brush Preset\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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A dialog box will appear and ask you to name your brush, name it whatever you want.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click OK . Close your document and congratulations\u2026 you\u2019re done!<\/span><\/p>\n

Step Five.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

To find you newly created brush simply click on Brushes and scroll to find your brush. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Open a new document and draw!<\/span><\/p>\n

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OPTION TWO:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As I explained earlier you can easily make a brush out of pretty much anything, so lets try.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step One.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Grab an image that you want to use. Its best if the image is isolated on a white background, here\u2019s what I\u2019m going to use:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This image is pretty big so I\u2019m going to resize it to something\u00a0 <\/span>bit more manageable. \u00a0<\/span>First we will crop the image to get rid of the unused space. To do this go the Crop icon on your toolbar<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m using Photoshop CS6 so your cropping tool may look different if you\u2019re using an earlier version. Crop your image to the size you need.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hit Enter and its cropped.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step Two.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

To resize the image go up to >Image > Image Size.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My image is presently 708 x 768px, this is a bit too big for me so I\u2019ll reduce it to a height of 200px, but I want to keep the aspect ratio the same so this is what I need to do:<\/span><\/p>\n

Make sure that the \u201cConstrain Proportions\u201d box is ticked and enter your desired height. Next we need to ensure that the resize is the best quality so click on the dropdown menu and select Bicubic Sharper (Best for reduction).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step Three.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

From now on it is the same procedure as before. Go up to >Edit\u00a0 <\/span>>Define Brush Preset and hit OK. Locate your new brush and get drawing!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0I hope you found this tutorial useful and that it helps you get more out of Photoshop.<\/p>\n

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In the following tutorials I will show you an easy way to create your very own custom brushes, shapes and patterns in Photoshop. Photoshop comes with a pretty useful array of pre-installed brushes, shapes and patterns but what if you can\u2019t find exactly what you need? 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