How to use Your Images for a "brush" in Photoshop Elements 3

Photoshop Elements 3 has a place where a person can set up their own "brush". This article will tell you how to go about using one of your own images as a "brush".

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Photoshop elements 3 or higher

1. Firstly, either open up one of your images in photoshop or make an image up. The best kind is a silhouette type of an image.
2. Then take that image that you have selected and resize it to around 200 by 200 pixels, resolution 72.
3. Then go to the brush menu and select a brush, any brush is fine.
4. Then go to the "edit" menu at the top and select "define brush". PRESTO: your image that you have selected becomes the "brush"
5. You need to name this new "brush". It will then appear in the brushes menu.
6. Open up a blank practice canvas and select your new "brush" and paint with it, and watch what happens. YOu can paint or just "dab" as if the brush were a rubber stamp! Makes some really cool effects!