Creative Discovery in PaintShop Pro
Lesson 19

There are no supplies for this lesson.
If you find you do need the Brush Tips that I use for this lesson, then you can get them from the Level 1 Downloads Page
Use the same password for Level 1 Lessons


First - Wait for the Video player to load
Then - You need to watch the video before doing lesson below - it has a lot more important information and explanations for you
You may do the lesson as you watch the video though
Also - Click the full screen button on the player to watch it full screen or you may not see all of the settings properly



1.BRUSH TIPS

    Open a New Image
  • 1400 x 500
  • Raster Background
  • Colour - White
Click OK

Click on the Paint Brush Tool - the keyboard Shortcut is B

Now go up to the Preview window to the right of Presets and open it by clicking on the little arrow on the side.


This will show you all of the brush tips that you have to use.
To get a brush tip to work, click on it and then Click the OK button


You can choose settings up the top in the tool bar options the same as we did for the Brush.
You can change the Size, Density, Opacity etc
You can also place anything in your Materials Palette to paint with - Plain colour, gradient, pattern

I have used these brush tips in the following order

  • Curlies 100
  • Brush Strokes Bricks 100
  • Bokeh Bubbles
  • Cracks
  • C-Circle 100
  • Bubbles
  • Caligraphy Swirl
  • Cloud
  • Watermarble 100
  • Tweed 100
  • Dense Dots 100
  • sparkles
  • Edge Mode - Reflect
Play and experiment with these brushes - use different colours and gradients or even patterns and see what you can come up with.
If you don't have some brush tips, there is a link up above.
Instructions are on this page on where to place them to get them to work.

Whenever you are missing something and if I have not supplied it, then go to the website and look on the right side under the Members area.
Go to the Downloads Page and then the level you are on to get what you do not have.
The password is always the same as the Level lessons you are working on


2. PUT IT TOGETHER

After watching the video and playing in the 1400 x 500 image with lots of brushes, shut that image down.

    Open a New Image
  • 600 x 550
  • Raster Background
  • Colour - White
Click Ok

Click on the Paint Brush Tool and display as many brush tips as you like.
Use different colours, gradients and patterns
Finish with a buttonize edge


Save as:- YourName - Lesson19

3. RESOURCE MANAGER

Making your own Categories

File > Preferences > File Locations
Choose the File type you wish to make a category for

Choose where you want to put your folder - preferably outside of PaintShop Pro
You might even have to make this folder if you don't have one

Tick both Enable and Use Sub Folders - Let's choose Brushes for this example


Click on Create Sub Folder to place a Folder inside your Brushes - this will form a Category inside the Resource Manager
Give your sub folder a name - Example "Christmas"
Click OK


It will not show up until you place something in that folder

Now go back to the Brushes ( You can check the Resource Manager - It will not be there yet)
So now I locate my Christmas Brushes
1 - Click on one of them to select it
2 - Click on the Resource Manager


It will open with that Christmas Brush selected
Click on Move



A Browse for Folder window will appear and you need to locate the Christmas Folder you just made.
Select that one by clicking on it.



Click OK and close the Browse for Folder Window
You should now see your Brush you just moved inside the Christmas Folder
You should also be able to see the Christmas Category inside the Resource Manager

Now you should be able to MOVE all of the Christmas Brushes into that folder in the Resource Manager.



LESSON REQUIREMENTS

  • 1. Display of Brush Tips - YourName-Lesson19
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