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Create a brush from a photo in Photo Editor
Table of contents for Using Brushes in ACDSee Photo Editor
- Define a Brush in Photo Editor
- Convert your existing brushes to use with ACDSee Photo Editor
- Create a brush from a photo in Photo Editor
Well, if you’ve been following my series on using brushes in Photo Editor then you’ve been playing with making brushes from simple shapes and converting your ABR files from other software programs. Let’s do something a little more creative and make a brush from one of our own photos. The beauty of this technique is that you can make a totally fabulous brush from a not so great photo.
So the first thing you want to do is choose a photo. You’re going to be doing an extraction so find one where the background isn’t too complicated or with some simple outlines for the subject. Here’s a great tutorial for doing an extraction. I like to use the polygon lasso tool.
After you’ve cleared out the background and cropped your subject you’ll need to make three adjustments to your picture.
1. Convert it to gray scale by going to Adjustments|Color|Gray Scale.
2. Increase the contrast. You might also want to increase or decrease the brightness depending on the photo. Go to Adjustment|Light|Brightness/Contrast and adjust the sliders to that you have a crisp picture without losing too much detail. See how much clearer the differences between the highlights and shadows look before and after my adjustments?
3. The last adjustment is called Posterize and you can find it under Adjustments|Color|Posterize. Set your posterize adjustment to 5 or 6 levels and click OK. Now you’re ready for the magic! We’re going to do our 3-step process on your newly adjusted extraction so select your paintbrush tool and let’s go!
1. Double-click on the thumbnail in the object palette
2. CTRL-A to select all (or use the menu option Image|Selection|Select All Pixels.)
3. click on Saved Brushes|open the fly-out menu|Define Brush. Grab yourself an empty canvas, choose a paint color, and have fun playing with your new photo brush! Here are some layouts I created using my photo brushes:
So your Thursday challenge is to create a brush from a photo and then post a layout using your brush. I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Artwork credits for Viva Las Vegas: paper by Deanna Tafoya; alpha by Tamara Burwick and for Stitches: Paper, chain, and gems by Gisella; glass frame by Liz Pike; glass bubble by Jennilyn; and antique textiles by myself.
Define a Brush in Photo Editor
Table of contents for Using Brushes in ACDSee Photo Editor
- Define a Brush in Photo Editor
- Convert your existing brushes to use with ACDSee Photo Editor
- Create a brush from a photo in Photo Editor
Well, I’ve been having fun discovering lots of creative tools in Photo Editor and I thought I’d show you how to create your own brushes. So let’s get started! The first thing you need is a png file you would like to turn into a brush. I have a simple heart shape open in photo editor and I’ve selected my brush tool in the toolbar.
1. In your object palette, double click on the thumbnail of your image.
2. Select the entire layer using CTRL-A or go to Image|Selection|Select all Pixels. You should now have ‘marching ants’ around your image and crop marks in the corners.
3. Click on the Saved Brushes button on the toolbar for the paintbrush tool. Notice the small menu button on the right side? Click on that to find the brush menu.
4. Choose Define brush from the fly-out menu.
You can now make, save, load, and delete brushes.
You can always return to the default set that came pre-loaded by choosing ‘Reset Brushes’.
One important note: you can only use the ‘load brushes’ feature with .abr files created in Photo Editor. Not to worry, though…we’ll cover how to convert your other .abr files next!