Cool Mixer Brush Techniques for Photoshop Painting
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- An interesting technique for the mixer brush in Photoshop, picked it up from Mathias Verhasselt, a fantastic artist who works at Blizzard. You should follow him on Facebook: / mverhasselt
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
For my fellow photoshop newbs who can't figure out how he sampled a section of the image; Alt+click.
You may need to choose the down menu for the little window that shows the sampled colour(s) of the mixer brush and uncheck 'Load Solid Colors Only'.
Thank you so much! It was killing me!
You're a life saver!
Was feeling like a fool for not knowing. Take this like, you earned it
thank you..
I love you,you saved a life today
Wow that's awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!
haha there you are :D
Sycra!!!!!!! did you use this tut for learing?? it helped me :D
+Leon Kowarschick For a second, I was surprised as well! On the other hand...this is Rahll. Oh, and I've never heard of this neat trick anywhere else so I guess even Sycra didn't...it's quite funny to see a pro learn something exactly where we just learned it, too.
When I saw this video, my eyes grew very big and shiny, like a person who discovered something revolutionary. I should have known about this method a long time ago, because it looks like an infinitely promising way to create abstract art from a photo. I have been looking for the perfect way to do it for a long time. Thank you for finally bringing me into the light.
I love how experienced artist look at their work and say it's no that great. Those quick examples are pretty realistic. I can only imagine what you're idea of finished is, lol. Really helpful!
wow, i've been using photoshop for so long and i had no idea that was in there, and the puppet thing too, thanks a lot!
I attempted this technique and it changed my workflow. Game Changer. Thank you for sharing this.
The best tuto video ever. It will changes all the world of digital painting for ever!
It is indeed "An interesting technique and very useful. At first I found this process daunting, but once I learned to use it, it quickly became one of my favorite tools. I learned that I can draw patterns, load them into the mixer-brush and while still using that "load", change the brush size, use a different brush and even work with the brush attributes to create many special effects. Thank you.
how do i change brush size or use a different one while still working
There are several ways to do this but I will try to give you the most direct. After the selection is loaded into the Mixer-Brush press (F5) to open the brush panel. Photoshop's brush panel allows you to choose different brushes, change the brush size, and tweak the brush's attributes. Since the Mixer-Brush is still active and the brush is loaded you are able to continue working with the image you chose. Remember, if your brush is loaded at less than 100% your color fades, make sure to keep your brush loaded. I hope this helps you master this wonderful technique. Good luck and happy drawing. Greg
Thank you for the help and it worked so well and it really is a wonderful technique.Happy creating
This is going to be a huge help for so many paintings I've been working on, thank you. (I may or may not be crying in joy here)
At long last, Photoshop finally supports the sort of instant opaque brush sampling capability DPaint had as far back as the 80s. Progress. I tried getting into TVPaint just to be able to do this, glad I can forget about that!
I'm mind blown right now. I will use this technique.
Dope underated tool, funny how this is getting recommended like 7 years later, was a kid back then, didn't even understand English
Jeez. You are Einstein to me! I've been in PS since 1998! You opened my eyes! Thanks a bunch! Russia
Man, thank you so much! Didn't even know there was a mixer brush, trees will never be so difficult again! :D
Mind = blown
The possibilities... this changes everything indeed.
Thanks for sharing!!
I.... have never even noticed that there's a tool called Mixer Brush in CS6. I thought this was a Photoshop CC technique at first, but lo and behold --- Thanks Rahll, this is indeed quite the trick.
It's even in CS5, I'll be damned.
Lol same here. At first I thought it is CC and thought maybe I should upgrade to windows 8 tto get CC. But wow this is amazing.
OH MY GOD THAT IS THE MOST USEFULL TUTORIAL I SAW for the past 3 yeasr! thank you so much!
For your robo tubing, I think you can turn angle jitter control to direction instead of doing puppet warp. It won't be 100% accurate, but it's just a little tidbit I think you should know :)
That part of the tree there's something cool about it. When I want to create foliage, specially for aerial view, I create a pattern just like you did using one layer, than I simply create another one on another layer and so on. On each layer I use a drop shadow effect, so we can control the shadow of each layer randomly and add depth to each part of the tree.
Best video ever! Seriously, this video will make everything so much easier for any artist
Awesome tutorial tnx! Btw for those who are only getting the Eyedropper tool when pressing the Alt Key, you need to change the settings, go under Edit - Preferences - General - Cursors then under 'Other Cursors' click Precise.
Thanks Marie! You don't actually have to change it to precise, I would personally recommend against that. What you actually just need to do is in the toolbar up top, where it has the swatch of color you've picked while using the Mixer Brush, click the arrow and make sure Load Solid Colors Only isn't checked. If that option is on, it will sample colors normally, rather than sampling the pixel information from your canvas :)
Thanks for the reply. I tried this before and made sure the Load Solid Colors isn't checked, but it always ends up going back to the color sample tool, and only getting one color. The only solution I can get was switching the cursor settings. It was weird, and hopefully not everyone has this problem.
Marie Anne Gonzales interesting, that seems like it might be some kind of bug.
Very useful. I've seen a lot of references to the Mixer Brush before, but this is a great demonstration of its practical uses.
This has just saved me so so much time... thank you!!!!! I have been wasting my time for months...
dud this Technique is Amazing! Thank you so much for making a tutorial, it completely solves the problem i've been having painting trees!
Can't wait to go home and try this!!
Sample: alt + left click
Adjust Brush Size: alt + hold right click + drag left/right
Adjust Brush Softness/Hardness: alt + hold right click + drag up/down
I usually don't comment on videos but i just wanted to thank you for making this video! It is very useful
I'm not 100%, but I think I love you. What a great tutorial you've put together on something I really find that I need!
Vary helpful thing to know. Thanks for sharing!!! If anyone is having trouble with (how to sample the original object that you are trying to copy) hold down the alt key or on a mac the option key then left click. I had a little trouble figuring that out.
This was so Useful
thanks so much for a great tutorial, even many years later still relevant for artistic guidance
dayum, great tutorial. fast and precise too, no ramble. you da man!
Great technique! Thanks for sharing!
hey thanks for the video! you didnt miss the point or started chatting about your life, so I could really got to the end of it, also learning something. Great!
Watched like 90% of this video and then realized who made it. hahaha Thanks, Reid.
Genius!
The 'so it doesn't look like you cheated it' cracked me up. xD
Thanks for sharing!!
so this has totally blown me out of the water - and so to see what else I could do I made a small cube and sampled that - and then I made a curvy path with the pen tool - and then I stroked the path with the mixer brush - and then I had to pick up my jaw from the floor
looks great would love to play around with that tree brush.
Saw you talk about this on facebook. I'm glad you made a video explaining things. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this technique. Amazing!
This is first time ever in my life youtube recommended video for me that I was actually interested in.
Awesome find. I usually only use one of the mixer brush settings, but it's nice to know some of the other things you can do with the other settings.
Also, love your brush template layout.
Awesome technique! Gonna have to utilize this brush more often. Thanks!
PS... Subscribed! :)
wow. I had no idea PS had a color hose type tool now. thanks!
This will be amazingly useful
Mixer tool and puppet warp... Two tools I did not know what they were... Thanjs
you are absolutely amazing! i can't even put it in words how useful this video is! thank you! subscribed and looking forward to watching more of your videos!
i Stumbled to my solution , you sir ..... are awesome!
Thank you soooo much! This was awesome knowing how to use another tool!
Wow, that was awesome!!!!!!!!
Nice Ideas. Thanks for sharing that !
some of the uses you gave to this technique remind me of Zbrush in 2.5D mode :D should come very in handy, thanks a lot!
Wow... I feel like my whole painting life was a lie.... Thank you very much!
Really good tutorial! One of the best I've seen in a long time
Daily Spitpaint just came one step closer
hey dude.. can you share the brushes you use or at least tell where you get them? Please thanks :)
I'm gonna up my game with this...... thanks
Real pro tip, thanks for upload
Weekly vids would be awesome. Good stuff on this Reid thanks a lot man!
Thank you. I'm sure I will use this technique to make some of my work faster.
this tutorial is different and cool and awesome !
I really enjoyed of puppet warp technique you mentioned.
Thanks.
dude, you are da real MVP...
thanks for sharing
Thanks I get it now no problem at all you have to click on the Window button on the top and then click Brush if it's already checked don't do that next go to the right panel and click on the icon that has brushes and then press Alt and now it will sample things.
+Moglin Mp (MoglinProductions) Just a follow up to that but in actual English that makes sense (sorry for the angry comment pal but what you wrote makes no sense). The problem if you're getting only colors when you sample is that you are in "solid color" mode. Right at the top where you have your mixture options (dry heavy etc) you will see your solid color in a box and next to it a small arrow, click on it and deselect solid colors, voilà.
Fantastic tutorial!!
Great tutorial!. Thank You!
Amazing Video! Thank you very much!
Holy cow, this is very cool! Like a more advanced brush with color info intact. I'm gonna play with this some, especially for landscape stuff! And yah, it does remind me of the image hose in Painter.
The new cc. Fill layer has tree and shrubs automation with bare stock to summer full blossom it is very cool. As well it has global 3rd directions.
that is super cool, have to try this out!
Amazing! The tree demo was excellent, thank you! That's going to save a lot of time in environment painting. :D
awesome! thank you for sharing!!
wow... i would've never discovered that on my own, thanks so much :D
Very much appreciate this tutorial!
This was very well presented and useful. Thank you for taking the time R
that is realy cool, never used this tool before, great tip thanks
great man thanks!!
tip: for resizing layers without quality lost, convert to smart object!!
Amazing!!!!
This awesome, Thank You!
Wow... Its awesome
Incredible! Thanks for sharing
Great tutorial thanks man
Aaron Blaise may have watched this tutorial back in 2016 before he made his video about the mixer brush because he painted the same color ball.
Haha, he absolutely did. I've had people accusing me of ripping him off since he released his because he basically does all the exact same examples I came up with and they don't know how upload dates work rofl.
can you make a tut of how you make such a clean working space. I wanna set up like you got there. no clutter no distractions.
really appreciate this video ive been trying to get a handle on this for a while now
Life got more simple! thanks:D
Great man. Thanks!
Where were you when i was working on my Doctor octopus art? i could have made the claws so much better and faster. Awesome video. Thanks
Good stuff! Thanks!
Amazing pal, thanks a millionsssssssssssss
Thank you very much for this tutorial!
Thank you so much for this!!! :)
epic. good shit Reid, thanks, i'm gonna try this right meow!
Thanks for sharing bro!
Godlike.
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing!!
Pretty interesting thanks for sharing!
This was great, amazing new skills learnt, thank you!!!
Nice video i'm gonna have to try this