Gilly71 In reply to NickHerbert [2012-08-01 21:15:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.
I copied the background layer, then turned it to a custom B&W, then used the erasure splatter tools to bring out the natural colour underneath. I've done loads like this now. I'm going through a splatter phase

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NickHerbert In reply to Gilly71 [2012-08-02 00:20:31 +0000 UTC]

Lol, discovering the benefits of erasing too, splatter brush sounds interesting

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Gilly71 In reply to NickHerbert [2012-08-02 10:31:17 +0000 UTC]

There are loads of brushes here on dA that fellow deviants have submitted for download in the stock/resource pages. & not too difficult to make some urself too

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NickHerbert In reply to Gilly71 [2012-08-02 13:51:22 +0000 UTC]

I'm a fan of the custom brushes lol, just it never occurs to me to use them for erasing, but its very effective

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Gilly71 In reply to NickHerbert [2012-08-02 15:46:36 +0000 UTC]

I've only really started to use them in that way myself recently. Splatter & sun rays are pretty good & most used so far

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NickHerbert In reply to Gilly71 [2012-08-02 16:21:26 +0000 UTC]

There's some really cool brushes out there, sadly for some reason my version of photoshop won't let mecreate new ones, gotta figure out how to bypass that lol

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Gilly71 In reply to NickHerbert [2012-08-02 22:54:02 +0000 UTC]

What version are you using? I'm on CS3, no problems for me, but i hear that Photoshop7 is really good for creating brushes. Far better than any of the latter versions. Apparently.

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NickHerbert In reply to Gilly71 [2012-08-02 23:10:57 +0000 UTC]

I've got cs5 but its a little glitchy, might try their cloud service and get the new one for "rental" think its 20 quid a month

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Gilly71 In reply to NickHerbert [2012-08-09 18:54:09 +0000 UTC]

Might be worth it if urs is not working to its full potential. Especially if you use it a lot.

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NickHerbert In reply to Gilly71 [2012-08-11 05:50:49 +0000 UTC]

Trying cs6 now, i can make brushes lol!!!

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Gilly71 In reply to NickHerbert [2012-08-11 12:14:53 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like a result to me

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NickHerbert In reply to Gilly71 [2012-08-12 08:10:36 +0000 UTC]

yup, can make em...doesn't neccassarily make them any good lol, made what i thought would work as a shrapnel brush...seems to make odd leaf patterns instead...i'll suss it eventually lol

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Gilly71 In reply to NickHerbert [2012-08-12 12:06:19 +0000 UTC]

ha ha, yeah, it does take a bit of getting used to. I've not really nailed it yet myself. I see it as a challenge

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NickHerbert In reply to Gilly71 [2012-08-12 12:12:55 +0000 UTC]

Various chain and repetitive patterns would be useful, just got to figure out the directional functions... That and a make look awesome brush...think i could market that

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Gilly71 In reply to NickHerbert [2012-08-13 21:00:32 +0000 UTC]

You'd have people lining up for it

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