Creating Photoshop Cloud Brush

In this quick tutorial, I volition exhibit you lot how to do your ain Photoshop cloud brush from photo.

Photo Source

Take a prissy photograph of clear blueish heaven together with white cloud. This volition brand the brush creating procedure easier later.

Important! Use entirely world domain images or Creative Commons epitome alongside derivative rights. Do non purpose random photos from google!

Brush Tip

Converting the photograph into Photoshop brush is a quick slowly process.

1. Copy the photograph into a novel canvas. CTRL-T to scale transform. I commonly do brush size less than 500 pixels.
2. CTRL-SHIFT-U to desaturate the image.
3. CTRL-I to invert the image.
4. CTRL-L to to choose upwards the Level Adjustment panel. Adjust it then the background is white. This is because white is transparent together with dark is opaque.

Define Brush Preset

Convert the epitome into brush past times using, "Edit > Define Brush Preset".

Brush Settings

Select the novel brush nosotros only created. The brush currently is without whatever settings, then enable "Shape Dynamics", "Scattering" together with "Other Dynamics". There is no 1 best settings for ikon clouds, you lot volition choose to modify the settings base of operations on your needs.

Shape Dyamics

• Size Jitter - Randomise brush tip size. Enable "Pen Pressure" volition scale brush tip base of operations on pen pressure.
• Minimum Diameter - Minimum brush tip size.
• Angle Jitter - Randomise brush tip rotation. Enable "Rotation" or "Direction" volition rotate brush tip base of operations on pen angle.
• Roundness Jitter - Randomise brush tip shape roundness. It volition squash the tip shape vertically.
• Minimum Roundness - Minimum brush shape roundness.

Scattering

• Scatter - Randomise brush tip location. Enable "Both Axes" volition scatter on X together with Y axis.
• Count - Number of brush tip scatter. Default 1 is practiced enough

Other Dynamics

• Opacity Jitter - Randomise brush tip opacity. Enable "Pen Pressure" volition touching brush tip transparency base of operations on pen pressure.
• Flow Jitter - Randomise brush tip flow. Enable "Pen Pressure" volition touching brush tip transparency base of operations on pen pressure.

Both "Opacity" together with "Flow" touching transparency. But "Flow" volition add together upwards the value every bit you lot pigment without lifting upwards your pen.

Reference

Youtube Creating Photoshop Cloud Brush
DeviantArt Photoshop Cloud Brush