Scraptorial - Make a Custom Brush in Photoshop and VOTING

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WOOHOO!!!!

I have FINALLY been able to create and save a set of custom brushes!!!!!!

I eventually worked it out, with the help of Annette's Scraptorial, plus a link she sent me, plus the Obsidian Dawn tutorial.

All I have to do now is to write out exactly what I did, so that I can duplicate it!

Elements has different names and places for some of the settings, so I had to do a bit of guesswork, BUT I GOT IT TO WORK!!!

WOO! and HOO!

Thanks Christina... I think I got it... This is what I came up with... still in my VanGogh "collection"
Vangogh Brush

smiley , smiley smiley

I made a brush for my March blog train kit

Nice heart brush, Sarah! I like the different sizes.

Thanks!

Christina, I broke down and purchased PS elements and I already see about the drop shadow, Yikes!
Eye candy smiley I lost everything a while back, that is a good one. I loved the glass effect!

Thanks to this challenge I learned something new, made it in PSP but have discovered the brushes are interchangeable between PS & PSP!

Download link

I have plain ol' Photoshop for which I pay $10 a month. Elements never crossed my mind as an option. The drop shadow tool is totally different from PSP, and not in a good way. In PSP, you can create it on a new layer right in the panel before applying the shadow. Doesn't work that way in PS. In PS, you have to fiddle with the settings way too much to get the look you want, and I still can't consistently get a good-looking shadow. Eye Candy is awesome. I've had it since its early days. I'd love to make my own Photoshop styles, but I have no idea how to go about it.

Me too, early days when I was making myspace layouts and name blinkies & tags. hahaha smiley

Christina. You can put your shadow on a new layer in PS. Here is how to do this:

You can remove a Drop Shadow layer style from your current layer and have it appear on its own separate layer (so you can edit it on its own, erase parts of it, etc.) by going under the Layer menu (on Layer on the top tool bar), under Layer Style, and choosing Create Layer. Now the drop shadow is no longer attached to the layer—it’s on its own separate layer directly below the original layer. They’re no longer linked together in any way, so you can treat it as a completely separate layer. If you just want to hide it from ...

Hope this helps you.

Hi Christina. I started with PS elements and then moved to photoshop because there is a lot in PS that you can't do in elements.

HAHA I had quite the following on Myspace for my page layouts, especially my Star Wars ones. I made gifs of movie scenes for the "friend, block, etc." insert and animated the "online" icon. Fun times!

Thanks for this brush Beth.

Oh, yeah...I already know how to create a new layer for drop shadow, thanks to Marisa's tip. You can right click on the layer and choose "create layer" from there too. That's how I do it. Thank you, though! What I'm saying is that in PSP you can check off a box (Shadow on new layer) in the drop shadow panel to make it its own layer before clicking OK and applying the drop shadow. I don't have to do a "create layer" after the fact in PSP.

Yeah, exactly! That's why I went with Photoshop instead of Elements. If I'm going to pay for something, I want the full version. It never was much of a choice for me. I've thoroughly enjoyed all of these tutorials Annette does along with Marisa's tuts. There's still SO much to learn, though. When I told my son I was doing more stuff in PS, he was like, "So, you're finally making the switch, huh?" lol As I've said before, I don't think I'll ever let go of PSP entirely. Some things are so much easier to do in PSP and there's a lot I can't figure out in PS and that's going to take lots of time.

You're welcome Gail smiley

smiley Thanks for the mini tutorial on shadows Gail!

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