how to paint in photoshop
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Simple overview for creating art in Photoshop. Photoshop lends itself to drawing and colouring with a variety of brush effects and be ability to layer and collage scanned or drawn items. I would recommend drawing with a Wacom tablet or similar drawing tablet rather than a computer mouse to avoid muscle fatigue.TRANSCRIPT
How to paint in Photoshop
This can be in pencil, ink or any other media. It does not have to be
perfect, it is just a starting point.
Scan your picture
Save it at 300 dpi
Save the file to your computer
Open Photoshop Open the picture file you have saved Choose a paintbrush or the paint bucket option With the paint bucket, you can fill in solid areas of the
image With the paintbrush, you can fill in the details more
like painting Try using different brushes to get different effects If you don’t like it, click on the undo button and try
again
When you are satisfied with your picture, you can save it as a jpeg or TIFF
You can print this picture or email it or load it up to your website
300 dpi is high quality, if you want to use a lower quality image for a website, lower the dpi to about 97.
Photoshop is a wonderful program for artists, so experiment and have fun!