Working with the graphics editor Photoshop is a creative business. And sometimes, to process a photo or create your own image, you just need to use something more than standard brushes. What to do in this case? Download brushes from the Internet and then discover that there is nothing suitable in the new set? The way out can be to create your own brush.
Instructions
Step 1
Select the drawing that you are going to later turn into a brush. Erase it from the background using an eraser, but be careful not to “cut off” the edges of the picture. If possible, find the image you want to use to create the brush on a flat background in a contrasting color to your drawing. This will greatly simplify the task. If you can't find such an image, carefully erase the entire background. You can also paint over it with a brush. Color, again, choose a bright color that does not match the content of your future brush.
Step 2
Use the Magic Wand tool to select the background surrounding the drawing of your future brush. Then hold down the Shift + Ctrl + I keys, thereby inverting the selection. Your drawing is now in the selected area.
Step 3
Select Edit - Define Brush Preset from the context menu at the top. A window will open with a thumbnail image of your brush and a line to enter the name of the brush. Enter your invented name and click on the OK button in the window. Now in the list of brushes, at the very end, a new brush will appear, completely repeating the picture you have selected in miniature.
Step 4
Try a new brush before exiting the program. Create a new document, and on a blank background, select a brush from the list, click the mouse several times. Then draw a line several times. Is everything functioning? Excellent! Then you have done all the work correctly.
Step 5
Close the program without saving the changes in the pictures used to create the brush. If for some reason the brush does not appear in the list, save the picture in *.jpg"
