Making Brushes

The following link is a tutorial on how to make brushes in photoshop 7, which should also be compatiable with all other photoshop platforms. Paint shop pro can be applied as well.



::Making brushes::
By: Rini

First, please make a new canvas with the following demensions:



And the brush tool to outline a brush you wish to make:



Make your object, I am doing flower petals like so:



If you want to make variance to the brush, like the stem within the petals, then you'll want to make a new layer:



Then fill the object with solid black and then go to the Fill: in the layers and drag it to where it'll fade:





Once you get it to where you wish to have it fade, go to Edit menu then down to where it says "Define Brush...":



The following window will pop up, name the brush so you can get it later and for easier search:



You now just made a new brush! To use it, go make a new canvas or the piece you are working on, go to the following window and play around with the presets that you wish to have and watch the circled area to see how it will turn out:







Then I made this one quickly to show you how it can be used in:



So there you have it, making a brush!

Note: The more brushes you make, the slower it gets when you open photoshop when it first loads so don't make a thousand new brushes unless you got a fast computer!

So good luck on your venture! :)