Photoshop Tutorial 03:photoshop6 wonderfully

After a close contact with the tutorial, we have a general understanding of the PHOTOSHOP6, whether or not the intention is still not done? That's for sure! Let's take a closer look at the Photoshop Brush tool first, so that I can show you how Photoshop has made us wonderfully!

First look at the brush panel.

After you select a tool that uses the brush shape, you can pull the brush panel from the Drop-down list in the Tools Options bar. To open it, click the small down arrow next to the window that shows the current brush shape. As shown in Figure 3-01.

Figure 3-01

From this panel, you can choose the brushes from various shapes that Photoshop brings, or you can customize the new brush shapes. To select a preset brush shape, simply click the appropriate brush icon in the brush panel. The shape and size of the icon in the box are the shape and size of the brush tip. Only the following is an exception to the number of brushes in the icon, which is the size of the tip in pixels. Its tip width can reach up to 999 pixels, about 14 inches. Note that when you click the Brush panel brush shape and you cannot select the tool, you must select a drawing tool in the toolbox, or press the shortcut key for the tool. The brush panel affects only the shape of the tool you select.

Photoshop comes with many different kinds of brushes. You can click on the top right corner of the brush panel to open the shortcut menu and install the additional brush group. But for beginners, the brushes in the panel are enough, aren't they?

New Brush

Right-click the Brush panel and choose, as shown in Figure 3-04.

Figure 3-04

The brush appears in the dialog box, as shown in Figure 3-05.

Figure 3-05

Here I need to explain, please note:

(1) iameter (diameter)--can control the size of the brush, through the input number and pull slider to adjust;

(2) Hardness (hardness)--you can control the size of a solid part of the brush, by inputting numbers and pulling the slider to adjust;

(3) Spacing (interval)--can control the tip distance, by inputting numbers and pull slider to adjust the value of 0-999%, this is not optional; Figure 3-06 shows.

spacing, respectively, of 0%,100%,200% effect chart

Figure 3-06

(4) Angle (angle)-------------------------------------

(5) Roundness (sleek)-control the ratio of the long axis, by inputting numbers and pulling the slider to adjust, 100% is a positive circle, 0% for the straight line;

Reset brush: As the name suggests, replaces the current brush and returns to the preset state.

Load brush: Not to say, is to add the stored brush to the panel. As shown in Figure 3-07.

Figure 3-07

Storage brushes: Do you want to ask? is to store the current brush as a file in the form of *. Abr. As shown in Figure 3-08.

Figure 3-08

Replace brush: Loads a new pen to replace the current pen.

Rename the brush: Rename the brush, and when selected, the dialog box appears as shown in Figure 3-10.

Figure 3-10

Delete brush: Deletes the currently selected 1.7 brush.

Airbrush Tools

The principle is similar to the actual paint spray gun, when used, just select a foreground color, select attributes in the taskbar, direct painting can be. Let's come back as a painter. As shown in Figure 3-12.

Figure 3-12

Did you find it? The two lines will have different shades, because the spray gun stays in a different time, the longer it stays in the same place, the darker the color is. I don't need to explain the truth.

The following highlights the taskbar for the airbrush tool. Its taskbar includes: Brush options, patterns, pressure. As shown in Figure 3-13.

Figure 3-13

One of the "brush options" has been said before, this is not repeated here.

Mode:

This option is used to select a blending mode, as shown in Figure 3-14. First, we introduce three kinds of color concepts. I'll tell you about it in the back.

Figure 3-14

Basic color: The original color of the image;

Blending color: The color of the tool plus the image;

Result color: The final new color after mixing;

1 Normal: The default mode, processing the image, directly generate the result color;

2) Dissolution: The result color is generated directly in the process of processing, but the basic color and the mixed color are dissolved randomly.

3 behind: Only in the layer of transparent layer editing, the effect is painted on the layer behind the transparent layer;

4 Multiply the bottom: the basic color and the mixed color add;

5) Screen: The basic color and mixed hue and then take its negative, so the color will become lighter;

6) Overlay: The image or color added to the pixel, will retain its basic color of the lightest and shadow;

7) Soft Light: The effect is similar to the diffuse spotlight on the image, when the color grayscale of the drawing is less than 50%, it will darken and turn brighter;

8) Strong light: The effect is similar to projecting a spotlight on an image;

9 Color Dodge: Basic color plus light to reflect the mixed color;

10 Color Deepening: The basic color deepened to reflect the mixed color;

11 Darkening: The basic color and the darker part of the blend color as the result color;

12) Lighten: The basic color and the lighter part of the blend color as the result color;

13) Difference: The base color minus the mixing color or the blend color minus the basic color;

14) Exclusion: The effect is similar to the former, but softer;

15 Hue: The saturation of the basic color and lightness and the color of the mixture to produce the result color;

16 saturation: The saturation and lightness of the base color and the saturation of the mixed color produce the result color;

17 Color: With the basic color of lightness and mixing color hue and saturation produces the result color;

18 Brightness: produce opposite effect with "color";

I've introduced so much in a breath, remember? No? It doesn't matter, take it slow, you will master it in future use.

Pressure:

Brush painting is the pressure, the higher the value of pressure, the darker the color. The real life of the brush does not have this function oh. As shown in Figure 3-15.

The effect of pressure is 25%, 50% and 100% respectively.

Figure 3-15

Brush Power:

Used to set the color to become lighter.

Click the taskbar icon to see the brush power options, as shown in Figure 3-17.

Figure 3-17

Open its Drop-down menu, including size, pressure, color three options, you can enter the range is 1-9999 Integer, the larger the value, the longer the curve. What is the use of it? Let's try it out. The three options are set to 50 (as shown in Figure 3-18), and the effect is shown in Figure 3-19. is not very interesting, change the parameters of their own try.

Figure 3-18

Figure 3-19

Brush Tool:

Brush tool: The principle is similar to the actual brush, which differs from the airbrush in that the lines drawn during painting do not become thicker because of the time the mouse pauses. It works the same way as the spray gun.

The taskbar for the Brush tool includes brush options, methods, opacity, watercolor effects, brush power. As shown in Figure 3-21. Give me a brief introduction.

Figure 3-21

(1) Brush options, methods, brush power and the same as the airbrush tool, here is no longer described in detail.

(2) Transparency-set the opacity of the brush, you can enter a number or pull the long axis of the brush to adjust.

(3) Watercolor effect-set the watercolor effect of the brush, you can produce a wet edge with a watercolor pen effect. As shown in figures 3-22 and 3-23, there is no watercolor effect compared to the watercolor effect.

No watercolor effect

Figure 3-22

Have watercolor effect

Figure 3-23

Pencil Tool:

Pencil tool: The working principle is similar to the actual pencil, the curve is hard, angular, working in the same way as the spray gun and brush. As shown in Figure 3-25/3-26/3-27, the drawing effect for three brushes.

Pencil effect

Figure 3-25

Brush effect

Figure 3-26

Spray Gun effect

Figure 3-27

The taskbar for the Pencil tool includes: brush options, modes, modes, opacity, auto erase, brush power. As shown in Figure 3-28.

Figure 3-28

1 brush options, methods, opacity and brush power are the same as the airbrush and brushes, no longer detailed here.

2) Automatic erasure-This is the special function of the pencil. When selected, when drawing with a pencil, the pencil erases the foreground color and fills in the background color when the image is colored to the scene. This allows the pencil to have the erase function

Rubber Stamp and pattern stamp

The two tools I put them as brushes because the basic function of both stamps is to copy images, like the ink, but only in different ways. The following will be described. As shown in Figure 3-29.

Figure 3-29

Rubber stamp

Let's give an example to see:

1. First select the rubber stamp;

2 Move the mouse to the image you want to copy, hold down the ALT key, then the icon will become, select the copy starting point, release the ALT key;

3) Drag the mouse to start copying at any point in the image;

Figures 3-31 and 3-32 are images before and after the replication. There's no aliasing, and you can copy as much as you want, which is really convenient for us lazy people.

Figure 3-31

Figure 3-32

The taskbar of the rubber stamp includes brushes, methods, opacity, arrangement, and application to all layers. As shown in Figure 3-33.

Figure 3-33

Brushes, methods, opacity, have been introduced before, here will not repeat.

Arrange--This feature is useful for copying an image for multiple brushes, regardless of how many times it is drawn after the pen has been checked, and the continuity of each copy interrupted. If you cancel this item, each time you stop the pen and draw it, you draw from the original point of the drawing. This applies to copying the same image multiple times.

Pattern Stamp:

Pattern Stamp: Use this tool to define a pattern first by selecting the image you want to copy with the rectangular selection tool, and then executing the definition pattern in the Edit menu. Pattern stamps are used in the same way as previous.

The task bar for the pattern stamp includes: brushes, methods, opacity, arrangement, pattern, brush power. As shown in Figure 3-35.

Figure 3-35

Brushes, methods, opacity, alignment and brush dynamics are used in conjunction with rubber stamps;

Pattern: Here you can choose the pattern you want to copy. Clicking the icon in the upper-right corner of the pattern panel will appear with a Drop-down menu that uses the same brush panel drop-down menu. As shown in Figure 3-37.

Figure 3-37

History brush and art history brushes:

They all belong to the recovery tool and need to be used in conjunction with the history panel. However, compared with the history panel, historical brushes are more convenient to use and have the properties of brushes. As shown in figures 3-38 and 3-39.

Figure 3-38

Figure 3-39

History Brush Tool:

The history brush tool is used to record each step in an image. Click in the Working window to display the history Brush options panel as shown in Figure 3-39, which records the previous execution action on the image. The specific use of the method we have an example to illustrate.

1 Open a prepared picture, as shown in Figure 3-41.

Figure 3-41

2) execution-; re-execution--final execution--。 The final effect is shown in Figure 3-51.

Figure 3-51

3 with the mouse click to sharpen the history of this layer of the left side of the box, then the box will appear a history of the brush icon. As shown in Figure 3-52.

Figure 3-52

4 Select the history brush, determine the good attributes, painting on the image, you can make a watercolor painting. As shown in Figure 3-53.

Figure 3-53

The task bar of the history brush is shown in Figure 3-54. Includes: Brushes, way, opacity. The use and usage of the same as the previous, here I will not wordy.

Figure 3-54

Art History Brushes:

Art history brushes, using methods with history brushes. Let's just look at her taskbar.

The task bar of the art history brush is shown in Figure 3-56. Includes: brushes, mode, opacity, format, fidelity, area, spacing, brush power.

Figure 3-56

(1) Brush, mode, opacity and brush power with the same, here is no longer described in detail.

(2) style--a painting style that uses the art history brush. These include: Tight short, tight, tight long, loose medium, loose long, Dab, tight bend, tight curved long, loose bend, loose bend length.

(3) Fidelity-the degree of restoration of the image similar to the original. The range of values is 0~100%. The larger the number, the closer it is to the original.

(4) Area--the range of the history brush's induction.

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