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Download: Fairy Brush Set

By Rick LePage  ·  August 21st, 2010

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This is a set of fairy brushes for use with your projects, including Wendy Williams’ “Baby in a Flower” tutorial.

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The Brush Tool

By Diana Day  ·  July 20th, 2010

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Learn to master one of Elements’ most useful tools–and unleash your inner artist–with Diana Day’s excellent overview on using brushes in Elements.

Where to Find Great Brushes Online

By Diana Day  ·  July 13th, 2010

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If you can’t find exactly what you want among the brushes included with Elements, try searching the Web.

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Combining Often-Used Brushes Into a Set

By Diana Day  ·  July 13th, 2010

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Tired of switching back and forth between different brush libraries to use your favorite brushes? Here’s how to combine the brushes you use most often into a custom brush set.

Online Tutorials for Drawing & Painting

By Diana Day  ·  July 13th, 2010

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Want to become more adept at working with brushes? Check out these tutorials across the Web.

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Using a Brush in Photoshop Elements Without Installing It

By Diana Day  ·  March 5th, 2010

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If you download many new brush sets to use in Elements, you may not wish to install them all in the Presets/Brushes folder as it may cause Elements to run slower.

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Intro to Brushes, Part 1

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  January 1st, 2010

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Not sure what the brushes in Elements are for? Mike explains them in this 2-part series.

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Intro to Brushes, Part 2

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  January 1st, 2010

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Mike shows you what the Color Replacement Brush and Pencil Tool can be used for.

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Tips for Creating Fantasy Images

By Diana Day  ·  November 10th, 2009

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If you have a cute photo of a child you wish to use for a fairy-tale image, but don’t care for the background, try selecting the child to place in a new background.

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Enchanted Fairy-Tale Book Effect

By Diana Day  ·  November 2nd, 2009

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Add a wonderful fairy-tale look to photos of your children and grandchildren with this great project.

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Links to free high-resolution brushes

By Diana Day  ·  October 4th, 2009

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Here are some Web links to high-resolution brushes you can use with your images to create clipping masks. (See “Creating and Using Clipping Masks,” in the September/October 2009 issue of Photoshop Elements Techniques magazine.)

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Grunge Brushes: Free Online Resources

By Diana Day  ·  June 16th, 2009

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Tips and tricks for finding your own grungy brushes online.

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Make a Wireframe Brush

By Corey Barker  ·  May 1st, 2009

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Corey shows you how to make a brush that will give you a slinky-type effect.

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Making a Simple Lace Mat

By Wendy Williams  ·  November 12th, 2008

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Lace mats are quite popular in scrapbooking so I thought that I would do a tutorial showing you how to make a simple brush and then use that brush to make some lace for trimming a mat.

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Lens Flare Brush

By Corey Barker  ·  February 1st, 2008

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Corey demonstrates how to make a lens flare brush.

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Custom Brush Rotations

By Mike Rodriguez  ·  January 15th, 2008

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Mike shows you how to modify and save custom brushes.

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Glare Brush

By Corey Barker  ·  October 14th, 2007

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Add interest to your images by using glare brushes.

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Custom Borders and Brushes

By Corey Barker  ·  September 16th, 2007

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Learn how to use custom brushes to create interesting borders around your images.

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Beginners’ Workshop: Brush It On

By Larry Becker  ·  October 10th, 2006

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Learn the basics of the Brush tool as well as a few advanced tips, such as using the Color Replacement Brush tool.

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Brush Tool Tips

By Matt Kloskowski  ·  February 12th, 2006

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If you haven’t experimented with the Brush Tool yet, you’ll be happy to find it offers many more options than are apparent when first using it. In this tutorial we’re going to make use of some of those options to create effects that can turn an ordinary photograph into something more exciting.

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