How to make a custom brush in Photoshop

How to make a custom brush in photoshop in just a few steps. It's easy and simple!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Photoshop

1. 
    

   Create a new document. (Ctrl+N. Dimensions is up to you! In my case 800x600 150 ppi

2. 
    

   In this case you are making a brush using a text layer but you can make a brush from a photo to! So ... make a text, in my case "eHow". The color of the text must be Black! Because when you are making a brush the script behind the tool is recognize black areas! That's why if you are trying to make a brush from a photo you have to turn it in Black and White! How tot turn a photo in B&W in next tutorial! So let's get back to work on our text!

3. 
    

   Go to Edit menu and select Define Brush Preset ... enter a brush name and the brush is ready!

4. 
    

   Select brush tool and go to the library brush using the right click on the canvas ... and the last brush is yours. In a next tutorial i will show how to custimyze the brush settings.

[tracysmith159]

on 7/9/2009 Every good aticle. Custom brush come in handy.