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BUZZFX
08-12-2011, 03:25 PM
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When you overlay two colors in Painter they automatically blend like real paint but not in Photoshop. In Photoshop I can't get the brushes to blend the colors together.

What settings or brush do I need to blend the colors in Photoshop?
JanosHunyadi
08-12-2011, 04:14 PM
To get things to blend, I use the "heal" tool right above the brushes, and depending what you're trying to do, the main settings I use are "proximity" and "content aware"
BUZZFX
08-13-2011, 04:50 AM
Thanks. I'll try that. I was hoping a brush could be made to do the blending like in Painter but maybe PS CS 6 will incorporate that.
JanosHunyadi
08-13-2011, 05:22 AM
Thanks. I'll try that. I was hoping a brush could be made to do the blending like in Painter but maybe PS CS 6 will incorporate that.

I'm new to PS, there very well may be. But that is the tool I currently use, especially for green screening
VanillaCoke
08-14-2011, 11:20 AM
What about the mixer brush?
vapsman88
08-15-2011, 05:30 AM
Check out this video on Ctrl-Paint:

http://www.ctrlpaint.com/home/2011/6/21/brush-technique-blending.html

~John
BUZZFX
08-15-2011, 10:09 PM
What about the mixer brush?
Hi, sounds promising. :) Do you know where it is located and is it in Photoshop CS?


Check out this video on Ctrl-Paint:

http://www.ctrlpaint.com/home/2011/6/21/brush-technique-blending.html

~John
Thanks. Will Check it out after work. :)
JanosHunyadi
08-19-2011, 07:25 AM
Check out this video on Ctrl-Paint:

http://www.ctrlpaint.com/home/2011/6/21/brush-technique-blending.html

~John

Thanks for the link. Do you know how to open the Brush palette he refers to? I see brush-presets, and how are you able to assign hotkeys to brushes? Right now it seems to me like you have to manually change all the presets each time you want a different brush, even in CS5.
vapsman88
08-19-2011, 10:32 PM
Hi Andreas,

To open the Brush Palette, while the brush tool is active (b) select the panel icon in the options bar .
Window->Brushes.
This is for CS3, it should be similar in CS5 or check the documentation.

As for a shortcut for a brush preset, try using actions and set a KB shortcut to that action.

~John
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