Can anyone explain textures and brushes in photoshop?
admin | Jul 19, 2010 | Comments 3
I use photoshop and I know how to do a lot of stuff in it but I am completely comfused about brushes and textures(not the preloaded ones, the ones that you can like download and install…) can anyone explain to me how and where you get them and stuff? Thanks
You can find brushes and textures in zillions of locations on the web by doing a Yahoo or Google search for "Free Photoshop Brushes" or "Free photoshop textures" They usually come as a collection or set. Adobe refers to these as Presets. Most Photoshop users call them Plug-ins. To make them usable in Photoshop, first you should save them to a specific folder and then you have to load them from within the program.
Before I describe the install process, I need to clarify something about textures. Textures can be used by Photoshop in a couple of ways. If you want them to show up as Textures in the Layer Styles under Bevel and Emboss, you need to load them as Patterns. If you want to use them in the Texturizer, there’s no need to store them in a specific folder except to make it easier for you to remember where to find them later.
For Brushes and Patterns, you should save the file to the presets folder. In Windows, the path will look similar to this
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop %version%\Presets\%type of preset%
For Mac it will be similar but in the Apps directory. Once the file resides in the proper location you must then load it You would load a Brush set as follows:
• Select the Brush Tool
• Click the Brush field pull-down from the Options bar at the top of the canvas
• Click the little right facing triangle button from the top of the dialog
• If you loaded the abr file to the proper folder, the brush set should be listed
• Click on the desired brush set and Click the Append Button at the prompt
Texturizer textures are somewhat different in that they are a single image for a single file. They need to have a psd format and they should be saved as grayscale files. Grayscale isn’t a requirement, it just saves space. Clicking the sideways triangle button from within the Texturizer dialog will make the Load Texture option available.
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Sure. A texture is simply an image you can use to make an object look more realistic or create a cool background, etc. Google "free textures" and you should find a bunch. There is also this site called http://www.sxc.hu (stock exchange) where you can find stock imagery for free (including dozens of textures).
Using brushes is like using a seal with an image/shape. You can use it to composite graphical elements into your work, and there are many places online where you can get them for free. Anyone can make a brush, so it’s not that hard to find.
I recommend searching on deviantart.com for "photoshop brushes" and preferably something more specific like "tech photoshop brushes" or "clouds photoshop brushes" and you should find probably hundreds of them.
Another good place to get brush sets is http://www.myphotoshopbrushes.com.
Hope this helps.
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You can find brushes and textures in zillions of locations on the web by doing a Yahoo or Google search for "Free Photoshop Brushes" or "Free Photoshop Textures" They usually come as a collection or set. Adobe refers to these as Presets. Most Photoshop users call them Plug-ins. To make them usable in Photoshop, first you should save them to a specific folder and then you have to load them from within the program.
Before I describe the install process, I need to clarify something about textures. Textures can be used by Photoshop in a couple of ways. If you want them to show up as Textures in the Layer Styles under Bevel and Emboss, you need to load them as Patterns. If you want to use them in the Texturizer, there’s no need to store them in a specific folder except to make it easier for you to remember where to find them later.
For Brushes and Patterns, you should save the file to the presets folder. In Windows, the path will look similar to this
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop %version%\Presets\%type of preset%
For Mac it will be similar but in the Apps directory. Once the file resides in the proper location you must then load it You would load a Brush set as follows:
• Select the Brush Tool
• Click the Brush field pull-down from the Options bar at the top of the canvas
• Click the little right facing triangle button from the top of the dialog
• If you loaded the abr file to the proper folder, the brush set should be listed
• Click on the desired brush set and Click the Append Button at the prompt
Texturizer textures are somewhat different in that they are a single image for a single file. They need to have a psd format and they should be saved as grayscale files. Grayscale isn’t a requirement, it just saves space. Clicking the sideways triangle button from within the Texturizer dialog will make the Load Texture option available.
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long term PS user
Thank you for the article. I found it very interesting.