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Free font: Againts
Beautiful. Free. Grab it.
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Free dry brush stroke brushes for Photoshop
12 awesome high-res dry brush stroke Photoshop brushes, from Spoon Graphics.
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Free brushes: Rising smoke
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Free Photoshop brushes: Decay
I came across this fantastic set of brushes at BlendFu and immediately downloaded it. Decay features six large and highly detailed brushes to add a little rust, cracking and decay to your background image.
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Changing your brush in Photoshop
When you’re working with the brush tool in Photoshop there are a lot of shortcuts to make it a bit easier on you. The following shortcuts assume you already have the brush tool active. You can jump from one brush to another in the brush list simply by using the Arrow keys on your keyboard. Once you have a brush you like active, you can make the selected brush larger or smaller by using the Left [ and Right ] Bracket keys. If you have the Brushes drop down menu from the Control palette open, you can have it automatically close when you select your brush simply by double clicking the sized brush you want. This ONLY works in the Control Bar drop down menu, not the palette. Once you have your brush selected, you can use it to paint a straight line by holding down the Shift key. And if you really want to get some cool effects with your brush, go to your brushes palette and select your brush, then turn on or off some of the Dynamic Brush settings (the check boxes to the left of the brush.
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Photoshop brush previews without clicking
If you’re like me, you collect Brushes for use in Photoshop. And you don’t just collect good Brushes, you collect ALL Brushes you find! I have about 25 to 30 brushes that make perfect clouds, another 50 or so that give some nice industrial texture, yet more that simulate broken glass. Brushes are fantastic! The problem is finding the right one for the job. This usually involves a trip to the Brushes palette to preview them until I find the right one. As you can see in the picture at the right, I have the 39pixel brush selected, but I’m previewing the 59pixel brush circled in green. If you want to preview various brushes In the Brushes palette but get frustrated with clicking on each brush, then simply hover over a brush preset until the Tool Tip show up – then run your cursor over all the brush presets to see a Preview at the bottom of the Brushes palette without having to click on each individual brush. With all the “clicking” involved in your daily life, saving a few is a real treat!