How to create a custom photoshop brush?

You can create a brush from an image, a photograph, a graphic shape or even a text.
Photoshop brushes can not be bigger than 2500 pixels, so if you like to turn a photo to a brush, you need to resize it first.

Step by step creating a brush

1. Choose an image at your computer. To create your own brush, first open an image to use as the basis of the brush.

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2. To reduce the file size and clear photoshop brush effect, try to clean background of the image. Erase background colors, any unnecessary details.

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3. You should select the area to convert to a brush using your preferred selection tool or you can select the entire image if desired.

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4. From main toolbar Choose Edit, Define Brush Preset and type a name for your brush and click Ok.

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5. You need to save the brush now. Click on arrow btton

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6. Give aname for your brush set and save it to your computer. You can add more brushes as you wish. The brush set will be saved as .abr file.

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7. You make any color of your brush image.

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8.You can create brush from a text as well as an image.

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9. You can type any text, rotate, give perspective or distord.

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10. You can mix match text and images too.

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Enjoy creating brushes:)

Nur

 

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