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Photoshop Brush Help?

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sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
January 29 2014 00:39 GMT
#1
I'm having some problems... I'm hoping someone is knowledgeable enough with Photoshop to know what I'm doing wrong here....

so I'm trying to get my brushes working. I'm using a free pack. When they use the brushes it looks like this:

[image loading]

but when I use them it looks like this:

[image loading]

Now I'm guessing it has to do with the settings over on the right, but I've fiddles with them and I still can't make it look anything similar.

Same brushes, why do mine look like poo and his look realistic?

In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Kaeru
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Sweden552 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-29 00:54:02
January 29 2014 00:53 GMT
#2
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sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
January 29 2014 01:01 GMT
#3
Wait so I'm just fucked if I don't have a tablet?

Why does his look like an actual smeared brush? I can't get mine to look like anything but a repeated rubber stamp.
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
January 29 2014 02:34 GMT
#4
yeah u need a tablet to do that. pressure sensitivity set to shape dynamics on the pen is what creates the flowing brush strokes.
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
January 29 2014 02:39 GMT
#5
They should make a mouse with a pressure sensitive left click. Is that a thing that exists?
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Kaeru
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Sweden552 Posts
January 29 2014 03:00 GMT
#6
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Kaeru
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Sweden552 Posts
January 29 2014 03:03 GMT
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dravernor
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
Netherlands6192 Posts
January 29 2014 04:37 GMT
#8
Photoshop with mouse is hard. You should get a tablet if you're serious about photoshop But yeah, I agree with above posters re: wet edges and directional rotation.
Also, experiment. You will find you can do some REALLY awesome stuff if you just take some time to sit and play.
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Omnishroud
Profile Blog Joined November 2013
1073 Posts
January 29 2014 05:34 GMT
#9
There are definite pressure traces in that first picture.
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sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-29 06:41:40
January 29 2014 06:40 GMT
#10
On January 29 2014 12:03 Kaeru wrote:
If you give the source of where you downloaded it I would love to try out some settings and post them...


http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-hi-res-watercolor-photoshop-brushes-set-ii/

here they are. I can't find directional rotation options in PS either.

I did manage to cobble together a pretty solid brush:

[image loading]

looks nice especially with white. Still its really hard not to make them look like a repeating stamp. Seems like real painting programs like Corel are way ahead of PS in this regard.
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Skiro
Profile Joined November 2010
Netherlands87 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-29 17:23:00
January 29 2014 16:04 GMT
#11
haha, this has nothing to do with mouse pressure.
There are 2 kinds of brushes, 1 is mainly used for making paintings and the other one is used for creating nice effects.
This one is obviously not for painting. When u use this kind of brushes you select a large size and only click ONCE on the place you want it, dont move it at all. Those brushes are kind of like c4d, if you're familiar with that. You cant really change anything, except for the color maybe.
EDIT; used the brushes to show they work just fine without pen pressure.^^
they look pretty blurry right now but after you use sharpen they look pretty cool
[image loading]
enord
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
France258 Posts
January 29 2014 18:02 GMT
#12
just to chime in.. photoshop is the greatest app ever (and has been for over 20 years)

it is however not meant to be used for painting (not that it doesn't excel at the task, it surpasses any other app on that too) .. it is meant to rework images !

therefore, the "finding out stuff on your own" is a bit weirder/longer than on other apps (meant for drawing/beginners) .. however, internet has loads of help (just type your question and someone has probably posted something about it)

just "configuring" a brush (with tests on all platforms) could take days :D

disclaimer: truncated versions are hell on earth
make / have a good tl .. ohhh and i want my icon back :°D
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