Start Using the Brush Tool – Basix
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Start Using the Brush Tool – Basix

on Feb 9th 2011 with 31 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Estimated Completion Time: 7 Minutes

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 10 of 29 in the Photoshop Basix Session
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Are you new to Photoshop? Have you been trying to teach yourself the basics of Photoshop but have found the amount of educational material available on the net a bit overwhelming? As the world’s #1 Photoshop site, we’ve published a lot of tutorials. So many, in fact, that we understand how overwhelming our site may be to those of you who may be brand new to Photoshop. This tutorial is part of a 25-part video series demonstrating everything you will need to know to start working in Photoshop.

Photoshop Basix, by Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor, Martin Perhiniak includes 25 short video tutorials, around 5 – 10 minutes in length that will teach you all the fundamentals of working with Photoshop. Today’s tutorial, Part 10: Start Using the Brush Tool will explain a little about brush diameter, hardness, opacity, the brush panel, how to save a custom brush, and work with a tablet. Let’s get started!

 
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  • http://www.graphiics.com Graphiics

    nice way to use……..wonderful i loved it

  • http://onflood.forumcommunity.net/ Golden Feather

    Nice! Thanks a lot! I’ve just bought a Design Tablet and I’ll learn to use it!;)

  • Dylan Roberson

    I am amazed at how much I learn from these series even after spending 5 years with Photoshop. This is the best tutorial series ever, and Martin always explains them so well. Great job!

  • rospiz

    very useful thanks…

  • Spreng

    Hi Martin. Can you tell me what brand, modal, and size of the tablet your using? I’m looking at different tablets, but I don’t know which is best for the money.

    • http://www.yesimadesigner.com Martin Perhiniak
      Author

      Hi Spreng,

      I have two tablets:

      1. Wacom Intuos4 Medium size
      2. Wacom Cintiq 21UX

      I use the first one most of the time, because I need to travel and it is easy to move around. I love it and it gives me everything I need for my professional work. I even made digital paintings with it, like this one:
      http://perhiniak.deviantart.com/#/d2vkm0b

      The Cintiq is a dream tablet still for me and I love working on it, but that one is big and I can only use it when I’m working at home. Most of the times I use it when I have time to make digital paintings – which is unfortunately very rare.

      I think the best option is the Intuos4 but you can also try the Bamboo tablet, which is also great for a first tablet. Maybe after a year or two you will feel the need for an Intuos, but the Bamboo is also a great quality tablet. I used to work with one for a year.

      I hope this helps to choose!

      • rk

        I saw that painting on deviant art, it’s awesome. It clearly reminded me of an Hindu Goddess called “Mahishasura Mardhini” (i.e. one who killed the evil Mahishasura) or ” chamundeshwari”. She even carries the trident, very similar to your painting, but for the *sexy* looks you have created. You are very talented!

  • maran

    Martin,
    I am eagerly waiting for Masking tutorial, Since I am new to photoshop I have alot doubts on it. Please have the tutorial ready :)

  • http://rankjanx.com AEVION

    Good stuff.

  • John

    I love this series! Great job and I await the next installment =D

  • Lisa

    Thanks Martin looking forward to your next videos

  • http://www.tutorialstag.com TutorialsTag

    Its nicely demonstrated. Should definitely help for photoshop beginners.

  • Trevor

    Once again, great stuff!

  • http://derektoigo.com Derek

    Martin,

    Just wanted to say thanks for putting on such a great series of tutorials. I love your presentation and the techniques you demonstrate are really valuable and handy to know. Thank you! :)

  • gobout

    wonderful!

  • http://www.yesimadesigner.com Martin Perhiniak
    Author

    Thanks a lot guys, I really appreciate it! :)

    I’m really glad you enjoy this series. This was part 10 and there are 15 exciting episodes still yet to come! I hope I can inspire and help you all develop your Photoshop skills.

  • Danny Juvet

    Thanks, Good job!

  • http://pipianmole.blogspot.com/ Bruno

    Wow, I’ve been using Photoshop for while and this is one of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen! It’s simple, fully functional… I will be using this one to help my PS beginner friends… :D

  • shah faisal

    nice i learn alot frm you so thank you so much..

    have a great life of u..tc

  • http://autoridadecrista.com João Victor

    Very good tut!
    Great work man!

  • Lawrence Waldron

    Thank you

  • Matt

    Martin, I just wanted to tell you that I’ve watched the first 10 of these tutorials now and being a beginner, these are absolutely invaluable! I’ve learned so much already, I feel like I can function in this tool, at least. I can’t wait to put this knowledge to work!

    I am wondering now that I am on number 10 of 14, but the description says there are 25… are the other 11 still in the works? Sorry, I don’t see how to tell when these were posted. Anyway, brilliant work, and thank you so much for taking the time!

    Is there a place somewhere that someone could send you a donation for your time?

  • Alec

    Great tutorial! I’m really enjoying the basix tutorials in psdtuts+, awesome job Martin Perhiniack!

    I do have just a few questions (I use a PC if that changes something):
    -First, when I Ctrl+Alt+RightClick, I can change the size and hardness but I can’t see if I’m changing the hardness or not because it just stays white inside: it doesn’t put blue colour or black like in your video (I have put a colour in my foreground colour), is there a setting I need to chose?
    -Second, are shape dynamics ONLY for tablets? Is there no way to use them on the computer?
    -Third, how do you delete all the brushes we made in the layer if the background color is not white? I use Ctrl+A and then Ctrl+X with a white background, but if I use this with a color or black on the background, the whole layer becomes the background color. I want only white on the layer, how do you do it at 3:16?

    Thanks so much!

    Alec.

  • amina

    Hi is there any way you can do the custom brushes and brush transformations on CS3

  • http://ashitvora.com Ashit Vora

    How can you write so well using your mouse. I can never do that…

  • Lizel

    Thank you so much! I now, Love you.. :) -cheers! from the philippines

  • Marco

    Where do I get the source files for the rest of these tutorials?

    • http://psd.tutsplus.com/ Grant Friedman

      Unfortunately, there aren’t any source files available for this series.

      • marcob

        On the previous four of five lessons there is a link to download the files for those lessons. Is there a reason that you stopped putting the files for download available?

      • http://psd.tutsplus.com/ Grant Friedman

        We just felt that it wasn’t necessary to include all the source files for this series after we got a bit deeper into it. Is there a particular file that you wanted to look at?

      • marcob

        There wasn’t a particular one I wanted. I just felt it was very helpful to be able to go along with the same files and copying what he was doing.