Brushes 101: Changing the Brush Settings in Photoshop & PSE

June 27, 2013 by 5 Comments

Welcome back to the Brushes 101 Series. We are continuing to explore the world of brushes in Photoshop and PSE, both for photo editing and graphic creations. Before we go on, let’s do a recap of what we’ve covered so far. What is the brush tool? What the brush option menu is and why we […]

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Brushes 101: Using Brushes on Layer Masks

June 19, 2013 by 7 Comments

With portrait editing in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, the most effective and non-destructive way to edit is with layers and masks. The layer mask is useless without a brush, so that is what we are going to focus on today. If you are totally unfamiliar with layers and/or masks, please pause here and check out […]

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Brushes 101: The Default Soft Round Brush

June 11, 2013 by 7 Comments

Welcome back to the Brushes 101 series. If you are just now joining us, you can read about what brushes are, then about the brush Option Menu, to get you familiar with what we have already covered. The One Brush In the brush Option Menu you can change the type of brush, however the main […]

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Brushes 101: The Brush Option Menu

June 6, 2013 by 10 Comments

Brush Option Menu = Home Base Remember in the series intro post I mentioned that each tool has its own menu, ways you can customize it to be just what you need. That menu is called the “Option Menu.” Almost every time you need to alter the brush, other than for the size of it, […]

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