Mr. Johnson


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Graphic Design & Commercial Art
Commercial Art
Lesson 3 - Using Brushes
Brushes in Photoshop
Remember: Always Be Creative! Try different things!
Learn About
Different types of brushes
Brush "Opacity" (How much you can see through it.)
Shape Dynamics
All video clips and images on this page courtesy of digitalartanddesign.org. 2014.
Set your Brush to a Hard Edged small brush …
You can change the size of the brush by hitting the left or right bracket keys (right below the Delete key.)
… lower the Opacity (how much you can see through it) of the brush to around 20%.
Last Step
I set up a spot in Moodle to save any work in progress. But there is no required work to submit.
STEP #3
Set Up Your Brush
Click the Brush Tool or hit the keybord shortcut letter (B) …

STEP #1
Create a blank document (called a canvas)
in PhotoShop
Open PhotoShop & create a new canvas.
Hit Command (⌘) + N
Or choose File>New
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Select inches
It's a good idea to choose Transparent
in the Background Contents, too.