Basic Brushes, Photoshop and You – Part 2

 Photoshop  No Responses »
Jul 232012
 
Screen Shot 2012-07-23 at 17.32.38

The next section is really interesting. Colour Dynamics allow you to change the way colours work in your brush. To see this effect I have set the brush colour to red.

(Before colour Dynamics)

Hue jitter does just that, it varies the hue of the brush along the stroke. So when this is set low you will see a range of colours from yellows to reds, but if set to 100% you will see a whole range of colours from all hues.

Saturation jitter varies the saturation of the brush. So some spots of colour will be desaturated while others will be bright and vivid.  Read more...

Basic Brushes, Photoshop and You – Part 1

 Photoshop  No Responses »
Jul 232012
 
Screen Shot 2012-07-23 at 17.41.59

Brushes are really easy to use. Go on, open up photoshop, select the brush tool from the menu and have a go!

Using a mouse for brushes can be done, but an external drawing tablet (such as those made by wacom) really enable brushes to become smooth, lifelike and realistic. They allow for variable pressure (so when you press hard, more paint is applied) and some allow for tilt so when you tilt the pen, the stroke is different.

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Create an iPhone Graphic: part 2

 Illustrator  No Responses »
Sep 102011
 
Step 10-1c

Continuing on from part One, I will now show you how to use the Stroke Width tool and finish off the character in illustrator.

 

The exciting new feature for Illustrator CS5: The Stroke Width Tool (Shift + W) allows you to vary the width of a stroke along its length at any point regardless of where the anchor points are. This means that you can change a stroke’s weight at any point. To get started zoom in on your stroke, select the tool and click and drag from the middle of the stroke outwards. Continue to do this along the line until you achieve the desired effect.  Read more...

Free textures

 Blender, Photoshop  No Responses »
Feb 162010
 

Every so often i come across sites that give away free icons, textures, etc. I particularly look out for free textures, as i use them in my 3D and actionscript work.

So i thought, let’s put it in a blog and share it around. Here are a list of web sites that i have found.

If anyone has any others, let me know.

free icons

List of free texture sites

food textures

free vector glass buttons

useful textures

more textures

lovetextures.com

chicago reference pack

various patterns

free illustrator patterns  Read more...

Brushes and Photoshop

 Photoshop  No Responses »
Nov 252009
 

Using Photoshop generally means using a brush at some point, and not just for painting. Several tools within Photoshop  also use a brush – Eraser, Dodge, Burn, etc. Here are some useful shortcuts when using a tool that uses brushes…

Click, let go and shift – click elsewhere in your document and you will get a straight line

Click and hold with your mouse button, then hold the shift key, and then move your mouse – you will be constrained to horizontal/vertical lines  Read more...