Digital Painting Tip Archives - GrutBrushes.com https://www.grutbrushes.com/category/digital-painting-tip/ Photoshop Brushes for Digital Artists Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:50:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.grutbrushes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-Logo-600px-3-32x32.png Digital Painting Tip Archives - GrutBrushes.com https://www.grutbrushes.com/category/digital-painting-tip/ 32 32 Crumpled Paper Background for Animators (FREE!) https://www.grutbrushes.com/crumpled-paper-background-for-animators-free/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/crumpled-paper-background-for-animators-free/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:50:39 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=639712 Download this free crumpled paper HD background video loop animation for free to put behind your animation. Paper Loop Video Specs: It is “animated on the twos” to give a stop-motion appearance. It is 24 frames per second with each frame of wrinkled paper lasting for two frames. Tips: Download this free crumpled paper HD […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/crumpled-paper-background-for-animators-free/feed/ 0 How To Convert Any Photoshop Brush to a Mixer Brush https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-convert-any-photoshop-brush-to-a-mixer-brush/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-convert-any-photoshop-brush-to-a-mixer-brush/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:09:47 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=584213 Did you know that you can convert any Photoshop brush to a mixer/blender brush by holding down ctrl+alt on Windows or Cmd+Option and clicking on it? I show you how in less than 30 seconds in this Photoshop video tutorial. Keep in mind that not all brushes will make ideal mixer brushes and you will […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-convert-any-photoshop-brush-to-a-mixer-brush/feed/ 7 How to Scale a Photoshop Art Surface Paper texture to 600dpi https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-scale-a-photoshop-art-surface-paper-texture-to-600dpi/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-scale-a-photoshop-art-surface-paper-texture-to-600dpi/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:34:09 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=515591 A customer told me that she always works in 600 dpi and wanted to put her artwork into an Art Surface and make sure it remained at 600 dpi so I made this video for her, showing two different ways to do it. There’s a text summary below the video Method 1 Change the dpi […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-scale-a-photoshop-art-surface-paper-texture-to-600dpi/feed/ 4 How To Fix Photoshop Brush Lag https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2019 22:04:07 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=480810 If you find your brush lags as you draw with your stylus, there are (unfortunately) many possible reasons but here are some things to try The very first thing to do is to turn off smoothing on your brush, if it’s on. This can make it appear as if your brush is lagging but that […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-fix-photoshop-brush-lag/feed/ 22 How to Export Multiple Photoshop Brushes as a Single TPL (to Import into Artstudio Pro) https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-export-multiple-photoshop-brushes-as-a-single-tpl-to-import-into-artstudio-pro/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-export-multiple-photoshop-brushes-as-a-single-tpl-to-import-into-artstudio-pro/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2018 21:04:13 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=445954 Q: Can I use GrutBrushes on an iPad Pro? A: Yes! I get this question almost every day now and while I don’t have any proper documentation for it yet, you can import GrutBrushes TPL files into both Artstudio Pro (I love this app!) and Adobe Sketch apps You can import any of the GrutBrushes […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-export-multiple-photoshop-brushes-as-a-single-tpl-to-import-into-artstudio-pro/feed/ 5 How to Make a Photoshop Brush/Eraser toggle switch on your Stylus https://www.grutbrushes.com/toggle-between-brush-and-eraser-in-photoshop/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/toggle-between-brush-and-eraser-in-photoshop/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:52:03 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=435667 1. Open Tablet Properties 2. Change one of the buttons to ‘erase’ Now when you are in brush mode and you hold down that button on your stylus, your brush will temporarily turn into an eraser! Just release it to return to brush mode and keep painting. The temporary eraser will have the same settings […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/toggle-between-brush-and-eraser-in-photoshop/feed/ 8 Adobe update breaks brush-to-eraser-tool hack Here’s a workaround https://www.grutbrushes.com/adobe-update-breaks-brush-eraser-tool-hack-heres-workaround/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/adobe-update-breaks-brush-eraser-tool-hack-heres-workaround/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:45:15 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=292936 UPDATE 2020:  Simplest method of all…while painting, hold down the TILDE key: ` (usually at the top left of your keyboard while you are painting and your brush will turn into an eraser, with all the same properties, as long as you hold it down) If, like me, you loved being able to select any […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/adobe-update-breaks-brush-eraser-tool-hack-heres-workaround/feed/ 2 Getting The Most out of Your Photoshop Brushes – Exploring The Low Pressure Range https://www.grutbrushes.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-photoshop-brushes-exploring-the-low-pressure-range/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-photoshop-brushes-exploring-the-low-pressure-range/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:51:03 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=110024 http://grutbrushes.wistia.com/medias/lpubpnx945?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=1020 Sometimes people ask me which brush I used to do the shading in this painting and when I tell them it’s the ‘Ocean Liner‘ brush they usually don’t believe me and I really don’t blame them because this is the stroke most people get when they use the ocean liner brush: The fact is […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-photoshop-brushes-exploring-the-low-pressure-range/feed/ 0 Impasto Painting in Photoshop – Quick Tips 01 https://www.grutbrushes.com/impasto-painting-in-photoshop-quick-tips-01/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/impasto-painting-in-photoshop-quick-tips-01/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:07:17 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=105667 Here are a few quick tips to get you going with the Photoshop Impasto brushes I will be doing a series of tutorials on how to use the GrutBrushes Photoshop Impasto brushes but this short video above shows a few brief tips. To summarise: – Vary your stylus pressure and use short strokes for a […]

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