Making a Custom Brush

Here will be instructions for both PSP 7 and PSP 8. 
I will do the instructions for PSP 8 are below.
Instructions for PSP 7 are on the next page Just Click Here for PSP7

Sooooo lets start with psp 8
I will be using a Tube to create our Brush

1.  Open the tube you wish to make a brush from.
2.  If the tube is larger than 255 X 255 you will need to resize it so that it is no bigger than this.
3..  Select/Select All
4.  Select/Float
5.  Select/Defloat  ( this will have the marching ants arount the image.)  Now be sure to leave this image up and selected for the next steps.

Sample 1

6.  Click on your Paint Brush Tool (you will need to have your Tool Options Palette Open)
7.  See Screen Shot below.  Click on the brush icon #1 and then click on Custom #2
Sample 2

8.  When you click the Custom button the next box will pop up. As you can see by the screen shot below you will now see
the immage you are wanting to make a brush with.
Now just name it whatever you wish and click OK You now have made a custom Brush.


Sample 3

One last screen shot.  This shows what my bushes look like in the view window after I made the bunny brush to do this tut :)
sample4


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