{"id":650,"date":"2014-11-06T11:46:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T08:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/?p=650"},"modified":"2019-02-24T15:42:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T12:42:02","slug":"learning-the-brush-tool-loading-new-brushes-in-photoshop-and-creating-new-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/learning-the-brush-tool-loading-new-brushes-in-photoshop-and-creating-new-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning the brush tool:- Loading new brushes In Photoshop and creating new ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Get The Book<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Learn-Photoshop-CC-With-Pictures.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Learn-Photoshop-CC-With-Pictures-Book-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures\" width=\"87\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><strong><strong>&#8220;Loading new brushes In Photoshop and creating new ones&#8221; is part of my Photoshop book &#8220;Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures&#8221;<\/strong><\/strong>, which is more revised and covers more concepts than the online tutorials,\u00a0feel free to check out the book<strong> by visiting my <a href=\"http:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Learn-Photoshop-CC-With-Pictures.html\">Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures Book Page.<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This is the 3rd and last lesson of Photoshop\u00a0brush tool in this series, after\u00a0finishing this article, you will\u00a0have a strong background on how to use the<\/span>\u00a0brush tool more effectively.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">One of the most powerful features of the brush tool is that you could change the brush you are using. And choose among various brushes available in P<\/span>hotoshop. You could also download more brushes online and even create\u00a0your own. Making your brushy world unlimited in space and capabilities.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To change the brush you are using, just right click anywhere on the canvas, and\u00a0then select one of the\u00a0brush you would like to use. You could also do that by opening the brushes preset panel by\u00a0<\/span>selecting Window &gt; Brush Presets.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-689\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-689\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brushes-Dialog-600x486.png\" alt=\"The brushes dialog, where you can change the brush you are using \" width=\"458\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brushes-Dialog-600x486.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brushes-Dialog-800x649.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brushes-Dialog.png 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The brushes dialog, where you can change the brush you are using<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-691\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-691 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-Presets.png\" alt=\"The brushes presets panel\" width=\"215\" height=\"230\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The brushes presets panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">Play\u00a0around with the various brushes to see how many things can be done with them. Here are 6 examples of some of the brushes that come with Photoshop:-<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-655 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-6-600x337.png\" alt=\"Brushes Example 1\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-6-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-6-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-6.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-656 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-5-600x337.png\" alt=\"Brushes Example 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-5-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-5-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-5.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-657 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-4-600x337.png\" alt=\"Brushes Example 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-4-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-4-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-4.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-658 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-3-600x337.png\" alt=\"Brushes Example 4\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-3-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-3-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-3.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-659 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-2-600x337.png\" alt=\"Brushes Example 5\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-2-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-2-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-660 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-1-600x337.png\" alt=\"Brushes Example 6\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-1-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-1-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Loading new\u00a0brushes in Photoshop from presets.<\/h2>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photoshop comes with more brushes it displays in the brushes option dialog or the brush preset\u00a0panel. But you have to tell it to load them for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the triangle at the corner of the brushes option dialog or the brushes preset panel. You see a various set of brush presets you could load.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-661\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Dialog-600x486.png\" alt=\"Click Here On The Brushes Dialog\" width=\"493\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Dialog-600x486.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Dialog-800x649.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Dialog.png 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-662 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Presets-Panel.png\" alt=\"Click Here On The Brushes Presets Panel\" width=\"442\" height=\"230\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit;\">Select the preset you want to load, I selected the M Brushes preset just now<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-664 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Menu-190x600.png\" alt=\"Loading new brushes in Photoshop that come with the program\" width=\"190\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Menu-190x600.png 190w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Menu.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photoshop asks you if\u00a0you want to replace the current loaded presets with the one you are loading. If you choose\u00a0\u201cOK&#8221;, Photoshop will unload all the brushes you have and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit;\">only keep the preset you are currently loading. Which is not what we want to do. So select\u00a0\u201cAppend\u201d to load the new reset to the brushes panel. And keep the ones\u00a0we already loaded.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-665 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Replace.png\" alt=\"Replace Or Append Brushes Dialog\" width=\"433\" height=\"153\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Et Voil\u00e0, the brushes will be\u00a0there in the brushes dialog or the brushes panel. Ready for you to use~<\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Loading new brushes\u00a0in\u00a0Photoshop after downloading them from the web<\/h2>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The online world is full of brushes you could use. Usually for free. There are many sites\u00a0specialised in brushes where you can download tons of them. For this part of the tutorial<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">we are going to\u00a0download and add the Starfields Brushes from <a href=\"http:\/\/MyPhotoshopBrushes.com\">MyPhotoshopBrushes.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;\">Go to the following\u00a0URL, which is where I found the StartField brushes:-\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/myphotoshopbrushes.com\/brushes\/id\/3390\/\">http:\/\/myphotoshopbrushes.com\/brushes\/id\/3390\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit;\">Click on the download brush bottom. Marked by the blue rectangle in the following picture<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-667 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Download-600x495.png\" alt=\"Brushes Download Example\" width=\"600\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Download-600x495.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Download.png 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit;\">Unpack the zip file you downloaded<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit;\">On my computer, simply clicking on the resulting file adds the brushes to Photoshop. But just in case, I will explain how to add the brushes to Photoshop manually<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-668 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Brush-File.png\" alt=\"Downloaded Brush File Icon\" width=\"180\" height=\"198\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the triangle at the corner of the brushes option dialog or the brushes preset panel. You see a various set of brush presets you could load.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-662 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Presets-Panel.png\" alt=\"Click Here On The Brushes Presets Panel\" width=\"442\" height=\"230\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-661 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Dialog-600x486.png\" alt=\"Click Here On The Brushes Dialog\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Dialog-600x486.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Dialog-800x649.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Click-Here-Brushes-Dialog.png 981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Select Load Brushes from the menu, which will open the Open dialog<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-669\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Load-Brushes1-192x600.png\" alt=\"Load Brushes\" width=\"192\" height=\"600\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Locate the brushes you downloaded in the file system, then press ok.<\/li>\n<li>And we are done, the brush(s) will be available to you just like any other brushes, ready for you to use them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-670\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Missing-600x486.png\" alt=\"Missing\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Missing-600x486.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Missing-800x649.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Missing.png 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Here are some sites where you could\u00a0download more brushes:-<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/browse\/all\/?q=photoshop+brushes\">Deviant art<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brusheezy.com\/\">http:\/\/www.brusheezy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/myphotoshopbrushes.com\/\">http:\/\/myphotoshopbrushes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US&#038;adInstanceId=aaecfc2d-4e65-4876-8263-00929d0486d8&#038;storeId=DrawingNativeShoppingAds-20\"><\/script><center><a    target=\"_blank\"   onclick=\"ga('send','event','Wacom Book','Click Banner','V')\"    href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/r2XEIvU.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"BookLinksContainer\"><b>Available in all Kindle Stores:-<\/b><a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">US<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">UK<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">DE<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">FR<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.es\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">ES<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.it\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">IT<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.nl\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">NL<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">JP<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.br\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">BR<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">CA<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.mx\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">MX<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">AU<\/a>&#8211;<a class=\"KDP-International-Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/dp\/B07CK4VR5V\">IN<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">About downloading brushes online and copyrights issues<\/span><\/h2>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The person who\u00a0created\u00a0the brushes is the one who choose how the\u00a0copyright terms goes. He can give it away or sell it for a certain amount of money.\u00a0<\/span>While in most cases you are going to use these brushes for personal things. Chances is that you will use them for commercial things.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The terms are\u00a0different based on the site you got the brushes from.Some are free to use for non-commercial purposes. But you will have to pay for them to use them c<\/span>mmercially. Some requires you to give attribution to the author when you use them.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-653\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-653\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/No-Royalties-600x547.png\" alt=\"No-Royalties\" width=\"442\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/No-Royalties-600x547.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/No-Royalties.png 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brusheezy term for a certain brush, the creator states that the brushes are free of royalties.\u00a0Meaning you won\u2019t have to pay to be able to use them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-652\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-652 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Copyright-Terms-600x369.png\" alt=\"Copyright Terms\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Copyright-Terms-600x369.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Copyright-Terms.png 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some brushes has terms associated with them, like having to pay for them for use in commercial purpose. So you have to check the site you download the brushes from just in case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-651\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-651\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Copyright-Terms-2-600x495.png\" alt=\"The\u00a0\u00a0Starfields Brushes we added to photoshop just now are free for both personal and commercial purpose.\u00a0\" width=\"600\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Copyright-Terms-2-600x495.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Copyright-Terms-2.png 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The\u00a0\u00a0Starfields Brushes we added to photoshop just now are free for both personal and commercial purpose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Creating your own brushes in Photoshop<\/span><\/h2>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">One of\u00a0the best things about brushes in Photoshop is the ability it gives you to create your own brushes. Giving you an unlimited range of abilities. Right now, we are going\u00a0<\/span>create a double brush, brush that simply create two\u00a0parallel strokes instead of one.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Create a new Photoshop document (select File &gt; New from the main menu)<\/li>\n<li>Select the brush tool.<\/li>\n<li>Add two strokes that are side by side, like what you see here:-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-676\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-1.png\" alt=\"CB-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"314\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Select the two strokes using the Rectangular Marque Tool\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-684\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mark.png\" alt=\"Mark\" width=\"29\" height=\"27\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-675\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-2.png\" alt=\"CB-2\" width=\"481\" height=\"362\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Select Edit &gt; Define Brush Preset from the main menu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-672\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-3-180x600.png\" alt=\"CB-3\" width=\"180\" height=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li>A dialog appears asking you to name the brush, let\u2019s call it\u00a0\u201cDouble Brush\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-674\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-4.png\" alt=\"CB-4\" width=\"559\" height=\"108\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Click OK And we are done, and the new brush will be\u00a0available in the brushes dialog or the Brushes Presets P<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">anel<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-671\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-4-2-600x484.png\" alt=\"CB-4-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-4-2-600x484.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-4-2-800x646.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-4-2.png 984w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Now let\u2019s try the new brush, as you can see, it creates two\u00a0parallel strokes instead of one :D<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-673\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-5-386x600.png\" alt=\"CB-5\" width=\"386\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-5-386x600.png 386w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CB-5.png 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Playing with various brushes<\/span><\/h2>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Creating a space using the\u00a0star field brushes, I did two example, one that&#8217;s simple that represents a simple and tranquil space. And the other which represents a glamorous one.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-677\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sky-600x466.png\" alt=\"Sky\" width=\"600\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sky-600x466.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sky-800x622.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sky.png 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-678\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/StartField-Example-600x466.png\" alt=\"StartField-Example\" width=\"600\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/StartField-Example-600x466.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/StartField-Example-800x622.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/StartField-Example.png 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">For\u00a0those learning Photoshop to create signatures and banners. I created\u00a0this simple banner using few brushes\u00a0that represent plants. And also used\u00a0some\u00a0butterflies brush. If you looked carefully, you will notice that\u00a0<\/span>I applied the\u00a0colour dodge at the middle of the border to make it a bit lighter. More tweaking of the banner, plus applying a bit more of other Photoshop tools, can make this\u00a0banner look even better :D<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-679\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Banner-425x600.png\" alt=\"Banner\" width=\"425\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Banner-425x600.png 425w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Banner.png 532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Grasses Owl:-<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>With the grass brush, I hid this cute owl behind some grasses, the contrast between the colours in this brush is what I like about it<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-680\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Pwl-Grasses-600x422.png\" alt=\"Pwl-Grasses\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Pwl-Grasses-600x422.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Pwl-Grasses-800x563.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Pwl-Grasses.png 1064w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In this seemingly\u00a0complex example, I added a new grass on the sides of the road, I played with the fill of the brush tool, and I applied the hard\u00a0colour blending mode frequently.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To give the grasses a more natural look, I drew simple shades using black. And again, with small fill value of the brush. I\u00a0also applied a little white using the\u00a0<\/span>soft light blending mode to brighten the picture a little bit.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-682\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/New-Grass-600x198.png\" alt=\"New Grass\" width=\"739\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/New-Grass-600x198.png 600w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/New-Grass-800x264.png 800w, https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/New-Grass.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And now we are done with the brush tool. While I didn\u2019t cover everything related to this powerful tool. I taught you enough to do tons of things as a good start.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the next lesson, we will start to explore some of the other tools provided by Photoshop. The tool I am covering in the next two lessons are probably the most two important ones.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">Would you like to learn Photoshop?<\/h2>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">Check my Photoshop book<strong><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Learn-Photoshop-CC-With-Pictures.html\">Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>which contains a full course on how to use Photoshop in the simplest way possible.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a id=\"SeeAlso\"><\/a>See Also<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2uUMaEp\">Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get The Book &#8220;Loading new brushes In Photoshop and creating new ones&#8221; is part of my Photoshop book &#8220;Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures&#8221;, which is more revised and covers more concepts than the online tutorials,\u00a0feel free to check out the book by visiting my Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures Book Page. 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