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Grain Shader Brush Set Document Reference:

For Photoshop User Guide CS6-CC2017

USER GUIDE ( CS6-CC 2017 )

TO HELP YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR BRUSHES CHECK OUT
THE USER GUIDE BELOW FOR HELPFUL INFO ON NAVIGATING,
ORGANIZING AND TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR BRUSHES.

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR BRUSHES

SET YOUR BRUSHES a

TO LIST VIEW:

Due to their subtle brush tip appearance

your Grain Shader brushes are most
easily navigated in list view.

In your Brush Preset panel click the b

fly-out menu (a) on the top right
side of the panel and choose either
Small List or Large List (b).

VIEWING THE
STROKE PREVIEW:
c
You can view your brushes by name
and stroke preview at the same time by
stacking your brush panels together in
your workspace.

Open the Brush Preset panel (Window >

Brush Presets) and the Brush Panel
(Window > Brush) then stack one above
the other.

When you select a brush in the Brush

Presets panel (c) you’ll see the
brush stroke preview appear at the
bottom of the Brush panel (d).

HOW ARE THE BRUSHES NAMED & ORGANIZED?

BRUSH STYLES

Your Beat Tones Brush Set contains two different brush styles:

1 Grain Shader brushes with fixed width and variable width

strokes (Graphics tablet, Wacom or similar, required).

2 Pressure Shader brushes which darken with increased pen

pressure to create gradated shading effects.
(Graphics tablet, Wacom or similar, required).

GRAIN SHADER BRUSH NAMES

Grain Shader brushes have a few naming conventions that

will help you select the right brush for the job.

• Brush Number:
1A, 1B, 2A, 2B etc.

• Stroke Style:
Fixed or variable.

PRESSURE SHADER NAMES

Pressure Shaders are simply numbered 1 through 7 .

• Brush Number:
1 through 7.

GRAIN SHADER BRUSH SET FOR PHOTOSHOP

B R U S H C H E AT S H E E T

CHEAT SHEETS INCLUDED

Your download package includes a Pressure Shader 1 Pressure Shader 2

printable cheat-sheet with a full

Shader 1 Shader 2 Shader 3 Shader 4 Shader 5 Shader 6

detailed brush tip previews and

contextual stroke examples for
each and every Grain Shader brush.

Shader 7 Shader 8 Shader 9 Shader 10 Shader 11 Shader 12

Shader 13 Grain Builder 1 Grain Builder 2 Grain Builder 3 Grain Builder 4 Grain Builder 5

ADDITIONAL PRESSURE SHADER INFO

Example.psd (16 bit - RGB)

IDEAL IMAGE RESOLUTION

FOR SHADER BRUSHES
Minimum 1000px
Your Pressure Shaders are optimized for use on on longest side
canvasses between 1000px and 4000px wide on the
longest side but they work well up to around
8000px on the longest side.

Brush strokes on canvases below 1000px will be

noticeably pixelated due to the brushes
embedded dissolve mode.

CHANGING THE SCALE OF YOUR

PRESSURE SHADER TEXTURES

The embedded pattern in your Pressure Shaders come

2
pre-scaled to around 30% but you can easily change
this to suit your artwork as needed. 1

1 Open the Brush Panel (Window > Brush).

2 Go to the Texture tab and use the Scale slider to

increase or decrease the texture size.

3 The texture scale will reset to the default whenever you

select another brush. You may wish to save the newly
scaled brush by clicking the ‘Create New Brush’ button
at the bottom of the Brush Settings Panel.

NOTE Texture scales over 100% may affect the usability of

the brush or reduce the quality of the shading effect.
3

TROUBLESHOOTING
YOUR BRUSHES

If you’re switching back and forth between your Shader Brushes

and any other regular brush (eg default Photoshop brushes or
other custom brushes) you may experience unexpected results
caused by changes to your blend mode, opacity and flow settings.

To fix a glitchy brush try one of the following:

a Check the options bar to ensure your brush settings

match the settings shown below in diagram (a).

or
b
b Select the *** TROUBLESHOOTER BRUSH *** at the
bottom of your brush list and click anywhere on your
document for a quick reminder of the default brush
settings required for your brushes to work.

Mode Opacity Flow Off (Regular Brushes)

On (Shader Brushes)

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