Monday, November 2, 2009

Brush Creation

Create 10 brushes and use them on at least 10 different .jpegs.

You will have 10 pictures and 5 sentences for this assignment.

To make a brush:

1. Cut out the picture you want to make a brush with and place it on a new blank layer.

2. CTRL + Shift + U will take out the color.

3. Image/Adjustment/Threshold will change the intensity of the black and white and give that "brush" look.

4. Edit/Define Brush Preset/ A dialogue box will open, and save your preset.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Bring a picture for a brush!!!!

Brushes

Assignment:

1: Use four pictures from the picture folder and apply 4 different brushes to each. Use different qualities (size, colors, hardness, single) to the brushes.

Post the 4 pictures to your blog and blog 5 sentences about the brush tool.

2: Next,,,,Create an 850 x 850 pixels document. Use brushes to create a unique refrigerator quality background. Cut out an object from another picture (i.e. fashion guy or a hefty giraffe) and place them in the picture background. Use the text tool and apply a famous (Google it) quote. Post the picture to your blog and blog 5 sentences about it.

3. Next,,,,Import brushes to Photoshop you find on the internet. Apply these to create unique backgrounds and make 4 of these and post them to your blog. Blog five sentences about these.


This lesson has 9 pictures and 15 sentences!