Photoshop Zone

Photoshop brushes are tools often underestimated. Download the set, load it and click over your canvas: this is the typical use of them. Today I want to show you some powerful features of brushes. We will start with a musical note shape to create a custom brush and deal with some options like shape dynamics and scattering. Preview: Click on the image for a larger preview: step 1 Create a new document in Photoshop – mine is an A4 document – and fill it with a dark blue (#0a3556) Step 2 Create a new layer, set white as foreground color, grab a large soft brush and start gently painting over the canvas. Create a few spots on different layers and reduce the opacity. Take in mind that these soft light effects, that now look flat and boring, will be made more vivid using adjustment layers. Why don’t we simply apply a gradient overlay to the background? By using a brush and clicking on different layers you have a better control on how the background wil...

Final Image Preview Firstly create a new document ( Ctrl+N ) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1900px by 1200px ( RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch . Take the Gradient Tool (G) and open the Gradient Editor from Options Bar : Choose the Foreground to Transparent gradient. Apply the gradient from the top to down. Apply the next filter: Filter>Distort>Wave and choose the next settings: It’s the result you should get: Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Inner Shadow . Add Gradient Overlay : Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box. We’ve got the next effect: Create a new layer , fill it with black color applying the Paint Bucket Tool (G) and drag it under layer with gradient in Layer panel . Back to layer with gradient and make a copy of this layer ( Ctrl+J ) and apply Edit>Tran...