WHS PHOTOSHOP
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  • Semester 1 Graphic Design
  • Tool Box
  • Lesson 1 - Magic Wand
  • Lesson 2- Clone Stamp
  • Lesson 3 - Color to B&W
  • Lesson 4 - Gradient
  • Lesson 5 - Create a Brush
  • Lesson 6 - Text out of a BG
  • Lesson 7 - Text tool
  • Lesson 8 - BG & FG color
  • Lesson 9 - Self-portrait
  • Lesson 10 - CD cover
  • Lesson 11 - Andy Warhol
  • Lesson 12 - Dream Landscape
  • Lesson 13 - Magazine Cover
  • Lesson 14 - 3 in 1
  • Lesson 15 - T-shirt
  • Lesson 16 - Visual Puns
  • Lesson 17 - Scrapbook pages
  • Lesson 18 - Design an Animal
  • Lesson 19 - Fortune Cookie
  • Lesson 20 - Soda can
  • Lesson 21 - Photoshop Effect
  • Lesson 22 - Bad apple
  • Lesson 23 - Logo
  • Lesson 24 - Midterm

5. Creating a Brush.

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Step 1
From the sample files, copy image 1.
Open Adobe Photoshop.
Paste image 1.
Go to Edit and select Define Brush Set.
This will give you the opportunity to create a "Penny Brush".
Save your brush.



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Step 2
Create a new project that is 8.5 inches Wide, by 11 inches Tall
150 pixels resolution.  You will have to change the height and width from pixels to inches, bur leave the resolution set for pixels.
Paste image 1.


Select the Paint brush tool.
In the Paint brush tool properties menu, scroll down to the bottom and select your penny brush.  You can change the size of the brush to make add interest and give your design more interest and variety.

Choose a Foreground color and "stamp" a pattern using different colors to create a design on the 8.5 x 11 project.  Add a second layer, and fill that with a solid color or a gradient fill.  Drag the fill layer below the brush layer.

Step 3
Create an additional brush using a different school appropriate image that you find on the internet.  When you finish your design, save your project as a .jpeg, medium quality.  Add a copy of your 2 designs to your weebly page.  Publish your page.

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