Beginner's note: Photoshop brush tool basic usage tutorial-PS tutorial

This article provides Photoshop beginners with the basic usage of the basic Photoshop brush tools, which can be said to be the most important function of Photoshop. I hope that my beginner PS will learn it carefully and help me to provide the basic usage of Photoshop brush tools for beginners in this article. this can be said to be the most important function of Photoshop. I hope my beginner PS will study hard and help me!

Tools/raw materials

Photoshop CC 2014 or other newer versions of ps

Photoshop paint brush tools:

1. where is the paint brush tool ?, Find the paint brush tool in the toolbox.

2. adjust the size, hardness, and shape of the paint brush in the paint brush preset.

3. some may wonder why there are so few brush shapes? Why are other people's brushes rich? Such as drops of water, stars, clouds, grass and grass ...... Where does this brush come from? How can I install it in my own photoshop?

Many materials websites can find the paint brushes, which are easy to find.

The following describes how to install the paint brush:

In the upper-right corner of the paint brush preset, find the gear-shaped button, click it to find the loaded paint brush, and select the downloaded paint brush.

4. when using a paint brush, adjust the size and hardness of the paint brush according to the actual situation.

5. for your convenience, let's take an example.

Create a canvas of 800*800, and fill it with a color, such as dark blue.

6. create a new transparent layer and set the foreground color to white.

Select the snowflake brush from the paint brush preset.

Adjust the paint brush size (based on the actual situation)

7. after selecting the snowflake brush, click on the canvas and you will see

-- Wow, it's amazing that a snowflake appears.

8. after selecting the paint brush tool, the options such as mode, traffic, opacity, and spray gun appear on the top. you can set the options based on the specific needs of the drawing.

9. create another example.

First, make a gradient from dark brown to light brown ,.

10. select black for the foreground color (that is, black for the paint brush), create a new layer, select a snowflake brush, click the canvas, and draw the Black Snowflake.

11. but the Black Snowflake is hard to see. how can we make it look good? Note that there is also a mixed mode, which is the same as the mode in the top paint preset.

We select the snowflake layer, and then select the color fade in the mode. the snowflake on the canvas will become much better.

12. change the opacity to 40%, and the snowflake becomes lighter.

13. you can try other options in the mixed mode. different values have different effects than the mixed mode.

14. another important function about the paint brush tool is the paint preset.

15. for another example, select a maple leaf brush. Note that this brush is a leaf.

16. make the following settings:

17. set the color to white, create a new layer, and draw any picture on the canvas. Many maple leaves will appear.

18. change the hybrid mode to overlay. It's pretty soon.

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Notes

1. when using a paint brush, you must first create a new transparent layer and then draw it on it.

2. when selecting the blending mode, select the layers to be mixed ~

The above is the basic tutorial for using the Photoshop brush and brush tool. I hope you will be helpful after reading it. thank you for reading this article!