BRUSHES SAMPLER

Brushes are (c) 2000-2010 Andrew Buckle All the brushes packs and collection referenced in this sampler (as well as tutorials) can be found on http://www.graphicxtras.com. The brushescollection is a collection of 10,000+ brushes. The brushes packs are themedsets of brushes (as of this time, 59 sets of brushes are available) The brushes are for use in Photoshop (R) and Photoshop (R) Elements PC and MAC OS X. Alsomany of the themed sets also include bonus eps designs (vectors) as well as PNG files for use in other applications

BRUSHES SAMPLER

Brushes collection includes many different types of brushes, many of the brushes are abstractdesigns but the collection also includes realistic brush strokes such as graphite, ink pen, pencils,markers and more.

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The brushes collection includes many realistic brushes: this being a permanentmarker pen. The brushes can be set to aparticular color via the Photoshop or Photoshop Elements toolbox. Set viathe foreground color. In the case above: red and purple marker.

The brushes are loaded and replaced in Photoshop via the brushes paletteIf you have placed the brushes (ABR file) in the presets ‘brushes’ folder paththen you will be able to access them via the list at the bottom of the menu(see the GX42_Candles1_001 set). If you change your mind, you can always return to the default set of brushes via the reset brushes command. Selectthe brush and then apply

The brushes collection includes also many different grid brushes designs.These can be applied as a dab, or perhaps multiple dabs, combined with other design elements and much more

Many different grid designs are included in the brushes collectionset. The brushes are all stored in ABR files and can be accessedvia all the brushes tools

The hearts 3 pack includes many different hearts designs includingembossed hearts designs, embellish designs, shadow hearts andmany more.

Crosses pack 1 contains crosses, plus signs, circular designs, 3D designsand a variety of crosses.

The brushes are accessed via the Photoshop toolbox. Select the brush icon andthen apply the brush. There are also other brush tools on the toolbox such asblur tool, smear tool, clone, art history, history tool and others.

The cats 1 brushes pack includes a variety of cat poses. Poses being the right term as the brushes are all renders from Poser 8. The cats includeunusual cats, walking cats, licking cats, hungry cats and many more.

The brushes packs include many different festive / Christmas related sets. The items above show the brushes from the buables 1pack. Many different designs of Christmas baubles are included in the set

The example above comes from the overlays 1 brush pack from graphicxtras.comThe overlays are pattern like brushes but as they are not seamless, I really couldn’tcall them patterns. The brush has been applied to a layer and the layer has hada layer effect applied. The brush takes on the layer effect, though as with all layer effects, a little layer scaling via the layers menu was required as the defaultapply resulted in a totally black design.

Connections brushes pack includes many different types of connectionsdesigns / brain designs / tree designs. The brushes include many intensedesigns.

The brushes packs include many different rosettes brushes packs, the brushes displayed above are from the rosettes 4 pack.

Brushes from the rosettes pack 2. The brushes pack includes a lotmore rosettes brushes than the designs displayed above.

Festive 3 brushes pack includes teddy bears, trees, bauble brushes, bottle brushes.. many of the things associated with Xmas (ok, minus a few things like a games console, religious, etc)

Borders 1 brushes pack. Many different frame brushes are included in the set

Many different polka dot designs are included in the polka dots 1 brushes pack.

The brushes can be applied as is but you can modify the brushes in 100s of different ways. You can set the brush’s scattering, spacing,color, opacity and much more. You can also add a texture to the brushas well as modify the application of the brush using another brush via dual brushes

Spirals pack 2 - many different spiral designs are included in the set

X Brushes pack includes many different diagonal X brush designs.

Angels brushes pack.

Polygon brushes pack includes many hexagon designs, triangular brushes and many more

Letters brush pack includes many different letter designsincluding antique designs and more

The brushes are a wonderful tool for creating quick frame designs. The above frame was created using the O letter brush stroke from the letters brushes pack. The brushes can be applied in a controlled or distressed / rough manner to create 1000s of different frame designs. These can also be exportedto various frame plugins (or use as a mask)

Threads brushes pack includes many different weave designs.

Greek ornament brushes pack includes many different ornamentdivider designs.

The brushes (in this case, Greek ornament set) can be used to createdesigns for use as displacement maps. Save the design as a PSD file and thenuse the distort > glass command in Photoshop to load the map design intoPhotoshop. Text and images can be distorted and warped in 1000s of waysusing the brushes.

The butterflies pack set includes many different butterfly brushes. Great forscrapbooking designs and more

The brushes packs include many different embellishment / flourish brushes setsThe brushes above are from the embellish 7 brushes set

Strange brushes pack. All the brushes included in this set are pretty abstract and weird, tentacles, Lovecraftian-sort of creations and much moreAll the brushes in the set were created using an excellent 3D tool calledGroboto.

More brushes from the strange brushes pack

Radial pack 2 brushes. The set includes many science fiction radial brush designs as well as star designs, emboss designs

Diamond brushes pack

More embellish brush designs from embellish 5 pack. The brushes in this set include many art nouveau designs

The brushes so far in this document have been applied with the normalblending mode but you can always set the brush to a different blendingmode such as lighten, darken, difference etc. The brush stroke can also have the opacity lowered to create many different interesting brush strokesBrush used here is from the Embellish 5 pack

Brushes from the stars 1 brushes pack includes many different star designs such as gradient stars, inverted star designs

The antique brushes pack includes many scans from a 1753 play calledSophonisba (a play by Nathanael Lee) Quite a decent play as well, though sadly copies of it are fairly hard to find.

The antique brushes are used here in different color channels. Go to the color channel palette and set the red channel to active and then apply the brush stroke, then the green and so on. You can also use the brushes in different color modes such as CMYK,

Many different types of flower brushes are included in the flowers brushespack

3D Spheres brushes pack

Spirals brushes pack 1

Many different types of flames are included in theflames brushes pack. Combine flames for millions ofdifferent types of flames effect

Embellish 1 brushes pack. many different types of scroll andflourish designs are included in the set

The brush designs can be used also in Photoshop extended which includes many different 3D tools. The brushes can be applied to a3D layer and turned into a cone, sphere etc

Brushes from the distress brushes pack. The brushes can be applied as isbut after applying the brushes (or in between) you can always apply variouseffects such as stained glass filter, KPT effects, blurs, Eye Candy effects andmuch more. Use to create zillions of different distress effects

Brushes from the ink brushes pack

Brushes from the wavy line brushes pack

Brush from the lines brushes pack

Brush strokes applied using a ‘realistic’ line brush in the linesbrushes pack