creating your own brushes - step by step

ACCESSING THE NETWORK SPACE & SETTING UP YOUR FOLDER
1. open the RBHS share space (network applications > rbhs share)
2. click on art basics (students)
3. click on your block's folder
4. create a personal folder by right clicking and then selecting new folder
5. type your name

LOCATING YOUR BRUSH IMAGES AND MOVING THEM TO YOUR FOLDER
1. click on the folder marked mark making photos to open
2. view the folder in thumbnail view (view > thumbnails)
3. locate your photos
4. copy and paste (ctrl c = copy, ctrl v = paste) your photos into your folder

EDITING YOUR PHOTOS
1. open your photo by double clicking it
2. click edit pictures (near top)
3. click color, slide the saturation bar all the way to the left
4. click the backwards arrow to go back to the edit options
5.  click brightness and contrast
6. adjust your brightness and contrast so you have a high contrast image

GET YOUR IMAGE INTO PHOTOSHOP
1. open Photoshop
2. drag the icon for your photo directly into your photoshop workspace (just drag and drop)
3. click image > image size (top menu bar)
4. change your image size to 8 x 10 inches
5. follow the directions in the previous post to make your custom brushes

COLOR OPTIONS
kuler.adobe.com
http://www.colourlovers.com/