MODULE 7 OF 8
Photoshop for Artists
Reshape a photographer's app into a painter's studio, then learn the brush engine and the non-destructive stack properly.
4 LESSONS · ABOUT 40 MINUTES EACH
LESSON 26
Photoshop Orientation for Artists
Photoshop arrives configured for photographers, and that is why it feels hostile the first time you open it to draw. In this lesson you rebuild the interface around a pen instead of a mouse, keep the six panels that matter to a painter, and learn to spin the canvas like a sheet of paper. You will also decide, on purpose, what to ignore.
Intermediate · 40 min · Photoshop
LESSON 27
The Brush Engine: Pressure, Opacity, Flow and Building Your Own
Opacity and Flow look like the same slider and are not, and getting them backwards is the single most common reason a beginner's digital painting looks plastic. This lesson takes the brush engine apart: where pressure enters, where it goes, and how to set it up so you are not squashing the nib all day. Then you build one brush from nothing and keep it.
Intermediate · 50 min · Photoshop
LESSON 28
Masks, Clipping Masks and Adjustment Layers
A layer mask hides parts of its own layer. A clipping mask uses the layer underneath as a stencil for the layer on top. They sound similar, they are not, and knowing which one to reach for is most of what separates a stack you can still edit tomorrow from one you have to repaint. Adjustment layers finish the set: colour and value changes you can undo six weeks later.
Intermediate · 50 min · Photoshop
LESSON 29
Line Art and Inking Digitally
Line weight is a decision you make about the drawing, not a setting you turn on. This lesson covers where heavy lines belong and why, how to set up Photoshop for solid confident inking, and an honest account of what stabilization does and does not fix. It finishes with closing your shapes so colouring is one click instead of an hour of patching.
Intermediate · 55 min · Photoshop
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