Finally, since I'll want to print my final result, I'll enter a Resolution value of 240 pixels/inch. You may need to enter a different size (5x7, 8x10, etc.) for your document, but make sure you set the measurement type to inches, not pixels. I'm going to use a standard photo size of 4圆 for my document, and since the photo I'll be using is in portrait orientation, I'll enter 4 inches for the Width and 6 inches for the Height. Just as we did previously, go up to the File menu at the top of the screen and choose New to bring up the New Document dialog box. Let's create another new Photoshop document, this time for our holiday photo border. Step 9: Create Another New Photoshop Document We'll be creating a brand new Photoshop document for our holiday photo border next. Our snowflake brushes are now ready to go. Once you've created the third snowflake brush, you can close out of the document window since we no longer need it. Remember to press Ctrl+Z (Win) / Command+Z (Mac) after you've created the 'Snowflake 2' brush to clear it from the document before drawing the third snowflake shape. Go up to the Edit menu and choose Define Brush Preset, then name the new brush either 'Snowflake 2' or 'Snowflake 3' depending on which one you're creating. Click in the center of the document and begin dragging out the snowflake shape, then hold down Shift+Alt (Win) / Shift+Option (Mac) and continue dragging out the largest snowflake that will fit inside the document.

Make sure the Fill Pixels option is selected in the Options Bar. Right-click (Win) / Control-click (Mac) inside the document window to bring up the Shape Picker and click on the next snowflake's thumbnail to select it. Then repeat Steps 4 - 7 for each of the other two snowflake shapes. You should see only the solid white background. Step 8: Create Brushes From The Other Two Snowflake ShapesĪnd with that, our first snowflake brush has been created! We still need to make brushes out of the other two snowflake shapes, so first, press Ctrl+Z (Win) / Command+Z (Mac) to undo the snowflake we just drew in the document window. If you need to reposition the snowflake as you're drawing it, hold down your spacebar, drag the shape around inside the document, then release the spacebar and continue: Drag out the largest snowflake you can fit inside the document window, then release your mouse button, then the keys (once again, make sure you release the keys after you release your mouse button). Holding the Shift key down will constrain the dimensions of the snowflake so it doesn't end up looking tall and thin or short and fat, while the Alt (Win) / Option (Mac) key tells Photoshop to drag the shape out from its center. Make sure you wait until after you've started dragging before holding down these keys (if you see your cursor temporarily switch to the Eyedropper Tool, it's because you held the keys down too early). Then, click in the center of the document and, with your mouse button still held down, begin dragging outward to draw the snowflake shape.Īs soon as you begin dragging, hold down Shift+Alt (Win) / Shift+Option (Mac), then continue dragging. Press the letter D on your keyboard to quickly reset Photoshop's Foreground and Background colors to their defaults, which sets the Foreground color to black. When creating a brush in Photoshop, black areas in the document become the brush itself while white areas become transparent, which means that even though snowflakes are usually white (and they'll be white in our photo border later on), we'll need to draw a black snowflake against our white background if we want to create a brush from it. The 'Fill Pixels' icon is the one on the right.

Each icon in the row of three selects a different type of shape.

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