Create You Own Custom Brushes in Photoshop
Creating brushes in Photoshop is remarkably simple. The quick an simple technique follows. Create or open any black and white or grey scale image. (or any image with the understanding that it will be converted to grey scale.) Hit Ctrl + A to select the entire image. Click to Edit > Define Brush preset. While that is really all there is to it there are a few things to point out that might be off some assistance to you when creating...
Photoshop User TV Notes Episode 75
Scott (3:50) Using a stock photo of silver wear Scott shows how to create an interesting dark background by creating a black background, using the elliptical marquee tool to create a large oval, filling the oval with white, blurring the heck of of it and then duplicating it to make it really jump out. He then adds some noise to it to remove the banding from the blur and blends it with the black background to soften it up a bit. He...