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It's done! Yay! Page One of my Background tutorial! But warning - it's a beeeeeeg file!! Like HUGE! 
Please download it if you can, I'm not sure how it'll come out in Full View! Anyways, happy learning everyone! 
Tutorial is (c) to =Equinus
Tree brushes by *redheadstock
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Comments: 64
whah the background look easy by this tutorial !
thanks!
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I now use the trial of cs4 but i have a problem
I open my finised horse but then he is the backgound and if I make it a layer I don't get that transparncy stuff going on so how can I make the white around the horse transparent?
btw awsome tutorial
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this has helped me so much thankyou thankyou thankyou ^^
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cheers! this was very useful. i used it here [link]
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Thanks for using it, i'm glad it helped you! 
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would adobe photoshop elements 6.0 work? i tried it but I couldn't find any of those brushes
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Yes, Elements 6.0 definitely works! The grass brushes come with Photoshop, just make sure you are viewing the Default Brushes when you open the brush panel! They're there, just look towards the bottom, its called Dune Grass!
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oh thanks! I finally found it!
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i have 2 layers. one with the picture and one called "grass". i have the grass one under the main one. when i draw on the grass one it doesnt show up, but when i look at me layer list it shows up on that! what is going on???
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You're going to need your grass layer above the main layer, so when you look at it in the layers window, the main layer is at the bottom and the grass layer on top. Think of each layer like a see-through sheet of plastic - if you want to see your grass and draw on it, it'll need to be on top, right?
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Oh...ok i get it! thanks for the help! btw the tutorial is really good!
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Oh dear! 
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were did u get the grass brushes??
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The grass brushes come with Photoshop...
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I used your wonderful Tut here [link]
Thank You
It helped alot!
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thank you for using it!
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Hi Equinus.... I feel bad commenting this agian... but I've gotten a little less-n00bish at photoshop than the last question I asked in... February!! 
Alrighty! Whenever I choose the grass brush, select a swatch, and then start to move across the screen; the color seems to be like, light green and a little bit of semi-light green... which is not exactly the color I've picked as a swatch. Then, when I do things like trees right next to each other and overlapping and stuff, where the trees overlap that whole area just gets black. Do you think you could help me out? Or do you have no clue wtf I'm talking about?
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Aw don't worry! That's why these tutorials and me are here - to help!
As for the overlapping and those areas turning black, that sounds very strange! I've never had that before! Perhaps check your brush settings and the layer settings, sometimes downloaded brushes have settings that we're not aware of, and they might need to be changed. Otherwise, and this might be a bit tedious, but try put each tree on a new layer, and see if that works! It might get a little mad with all the layers, but it might just solve the funny overlapping problem!
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hey! I just got photoshop and am a complete n00b at it... i was wondering where the Dune Grass is and like... how do u get a horse onto photoshop?
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Getting a horse onto Photoshop, you'd have to start off with a new image. Create a new layer, make sure it's transparent, and then draw your lines. Then make a new layer, shift it so that it's underneath the lines and put your colour. From there, you can do your background. The dune grass is found in the first set of brushes that appear when you open the brush panel. Just scroll down, it's somewhere there!
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awesome! when i can im going to get on and try it out!!
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You uploaded this JUST as I was contemplating starting to make backgrounds for my deviations! Your timing couldn't have been better!
This is fantastic! I can't wait to use it (I will ref you with a link to this page if I do) You've clearly put loads of time and effort into this! It's really easy to follow and the results look excellent!
Brilliant work! Thanks so much for making it!
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aw thankies hun!!!
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Perfect sense, thankya!
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is that photoshop caus eif it is i'll use it cause i have it
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Wow! i had no idea of the little details you include, like the difference of the grass brush sizes!! 
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hehe yup, I put a lot of effort into my bg's, cuz it makes it worthwhile, and it looks so much better!
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No doubt about that! Your art is FANTASTIC!!
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WEEE!!! yay for backgrounds!! i think these background tutorials will seriously come in handy for me 
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ur more than welcome dear!
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*cheer* Yay! finally a background tutorial in a style that I like!
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*faints* YAY!!! A brilliant BG tut AT LAST!!!! My life's cause is now over, and I can PARTEH!!!
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Very good so far, learning learning learning!
Just a little question though, the grass- it's... I don't completely understand how you did it :S
Maybe it's just me being too excited so I'm a bit thick... ^^
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wow I did not kno that you can have grass brushes...will I have them or do I need to get them from some where? I only got photoshop for xmas and im still trying to colour in my line art
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yeh, they come with photoshop, which is really handy! To find them all you have to do is open your brush panel and scroll down! There they are!
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Hurray! A background tut!
Man, do I need one of these.
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Oh my, this is so helpful! You finally did a background tutorial!
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