In our Fundamentals of Design and Animation class, Adobe Photoshop has become an important tool we use in class. I wanted to learn more about things I could do in Photoshop and going more into detail for a few tools. I decided to look up guides on brushes to use in Photoshop and other tools used in painting. Some things I learned about brushes included specifics on what certain things mean and selecting a brush you want. The brush tip shape changes how your brush looks mostly on the beginning and end of a stroke, and you can select different brush tips according to what you want. The brushes differ in hardness, texture, and size. Hardness refers to if you were using a brush in real life, how hard you would press. In Photoshop, hardness makes your brush more or less even and smooth on the edges. Texture refers to what the brush looks like. Some brushes are straight and consistent, while others can change depending on how you move your mouse and can look more scattered. Size is how large your brush is. You can always change the brush size, but certain brushes have a default size. Some other things I researched were the burn and smudge tools. The burn tool can be used to darken parts of an image slightly and smoothly. You can adjust the exposure of the burn to to make the shading more or less extreme. The smudge tool can be used to mix together colors and textures in an image you are creating. Both the burn and smudge tools can be used together to make your artwork have a different meaning and look better in general.
http://planetphotoshop.com/using-the-dodge-and-burn-tools-2.html http://www.dummies.com/software/adobe/photoshop/how-to-smooth-with-the-smudge-tool-in-photoshop-cs6/
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