[mr.wonton]

I was wondering two things;

A- How do u , in photoshop 6/7, remove the brush palette so that i t can float anywhere?

B-how often do u guys use custo brush and whats the best way to use them?? Thanks so much for your help


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[Tom Luth]

"I was wondering two things;

A- How do u , in photoshop 6/7, remove the brush palette so that i t can float anywhere?"

As far as I know, you don't...

"B-how often do u guys use custom brush and whats the best way to use them?? Thanks so much for your help"


I have a number of rough shaped, usually pretty large (300+ pixel) brushes I use for backgrounds and textures.

I am trying to back off on over using these, as it can quickly become a gimmick, as many filters can, if relied on too much. PS 7, with its ability to scatter scale and rotate the brush shapes, makes it even more seductive. Very easy to make a brush of several random dots to use as folliage, etc.

I am trying to mostly use the basic round, either hard or soft, brushes for most of painting, to force myself to actually paint, rather than rely on clever tricks to create my pictures for me. Not to mention it is easy to create a wide range of textures with these basic brushes in just a few layers. I'm not against using the custom brushes; I simply fear falling into the trap of letting a cool tool overwhelm my work, and replace the act of painting.

[zak]

i only use them to make bg's. they dont suit my style. hard round brush all the way!!!!

[Frog]

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Originally posted by mr.wonton:
A- How do u , in photoshop 6/7, remove the brush palette so that i t can float anywhere?

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In Photoshop 6 you can't. In Photshop 7 the brushes palette floats, press F5 to show/hide it, or do what I do: have F5 assigned to one of the buttons on your Wacom pen.

[eyewoo]

On a PC, when a brush is active, simply click the right mouse button and your pallete displays at the brush position. On a MAC, I'm not sure how it works...

[Frog]

Quick correction: the right-click menu doesn't bring up the full brushes palette in PS7, just the presets. In PS6 it does bring up the brushes palette (I had already forgotten )

To do this on a Mac hold down the Control key and click with the mouse.