Q & A: **digital bRushes**

First of all. I love digital brushes. I remember the first time I discovered them. It was about 6 years ago & I stayed up all night. playing. with my jaw on the floor.
i
couldn't
stop.

6 years later & I have learned a ton about brushes. I use them every day. I make them. I share them. I save them. I download them. I am a brush addict!
so...
Today's Q & A is about brushes.

...this time it's a question from an email:
Stacy asked:
I'm taking Jessica Sprague's free online class & I love your House of 3 free Sampler Kit! Thanks! Today's lesson was about using the brushes. They sound so great, but I have Photoshop 7 & so the House of 3 brushes don't work. I hate to miss out. Is there anything I can do?

Good news, Stacy! YES>>>>you can still use the House of 3 brushes for the class! You will just need to open up the PNG files & create your own brushes. Then, you can use them just as she shows you in the class!

Creating Brushes:

1. Open your PNG image to create your brush.
2. Go to SELECT>ALL.

3. Go to EDIT>DEFINE BRUSH. Name your brush when the box prompts you.
Voila! You've created a brush!

**This doesn’t mean your brush is saved. You may still lose it unless you save it.

Saving Brushes:

1. Select your Brush Palette. Notice the arrow that Jessica talks about in the video.

Select the arrow & you will see the drop down menu.

2. Here, you will see where you can Reset, Load, Save, & Replace your brushes.

Hit Save & you’ve saved your brush.

There’s tons more to the world of brushes, but this is a start.

**for another little video tutorial; check out this!

Heidi, Janet & I would love to see your class projects from Jessica's class using our Sampler kit! How about some House of 3House of 3 goodies? Just leave a link with your class projects & you'll be entered to win some more Hof3 goodies! Can't wait to see!

&...speaking of brushes...one of my daily blog stops, Le blahg, gave a little shout out here!
I love her brushes & love that she has the 'i'm very NICE' badge on her blog. She is. Very nice. She said some very kind things here.>>>
So...the above image is one of her free flourish brushes along with some of mine. See how many cool, wonderfully fabulously scrumptious things you can do with brushes?
It will blow.
your.
mind!
enjoy!
R
& P.S.
join in the happy throngs o' people who will be following the o-so-witty-and-clever Collin & Elizabeth for the 07.08.09 10:11 12 sec. take a picture challenge! I'm grabbin' my camera at precisely that time & I'll blog!