Brush Sets
Brush Sets
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 240 Foam Paint Brushes brush Set 1 2 3 4 New Tools  US $22.99
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 LIGHT DUTY Paint brush set of 5 indoor house painting US $7.00
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 5pc The Super Ox Masterbrush Paint Brush Set US $4.99
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 Purdy Paint Brush Set US $255.00
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 Project Select Paint Brushes Set of 6 Assorted Sizes 432 1 221 1 2 1 US $12.95
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 240 Foam Paint Brushes brush Set 1 2 3 4 New Tools US $22.99
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 1 PAINT BRUSH WOODEN Polyester 4 3 2 25 1 15 US $19.95
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 NEW 10 Piece Black Foam Brush Set Wood Handles 5 1 3 2 3 4 Crafts NIP US $2.99
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 Value Pack 10 Pc Foam Paint Brush Set Wood Handles US $3.89
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 240 Foam Paint Brushes brush Set 1 2 3 4 New Tools US $22.99
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 3 Piece Paint Brush Set 100 Polyester NEW US $.99
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 WOOSTER Paint Tray Roller Kit 3 Brushes Edger 3 Refills 10 pc Set NEW US $9.99
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 PAINT BRUSH BRUSHES UNI PRO SMOOTH COAT SUPER PACK SET OF 3 BRUSHES US $19.79
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 3 piece paintbrush set 1 15 2 paint brushes brush US $3.87
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 240 Foam Paint Brushes brush Set 1 2 3 4 New Tools US $22.99
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 240 Foam Paint Brushes brush Set 1 2 3 4 New Tools US $22.99
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 GRIP ON TOOLS 7 pc Contractors Paint Brush Set Polyester Bristles All Paints US $21.95
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 Wooster 3 Pack Paint Brush Set US $19.75
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 NEW Linzer 3 Piece Paint Brush Set US $4.95
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 36pc Acid Shop Brush Set tool paint artist chemical US $13.75
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 Vintage spray brush set US $9.99
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 5 Piece Set Nylon Bristle Paint Brushes Sizes 1 2 2 1 2 NWT US $4.50
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 5 Brush Paint Stain Varnish Set Wood Handles US $9.95
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 NEW 23 pc PAINT AIR SPRAY GUN CLEANING KIT SET Brush US $10.79
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 20pc Foam Brush Set Value Pack US $7.49
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 2 piece Painters Paint Brush Set 2 and 4 trim NEW US $2.75
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 10pc PAINT BRUSH SET 1 to 3 Nylon US $5.00
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 NYLON 10pc PAINT BRUSH SET 1 to 3 Free Shipping US $11.38
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 3 PCS BRUSH SET PAINT 1 15 2 WOODEN US $3.88
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 3 pc Paint Brush Brushes Set US $4.59
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 foam paint brush set New 10 Pc Foam Brush Set FreeShip US $7.95
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 New 24 Packs of Foam Brush Set w Plastic Pan US $37.83
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 Harris Classic 3 Brush Set 05 1 15 Decorating with Gloss Paint US $11.53
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 Nylon 3pc PRO PAINT BRUSH SET 1 1 1 2 2 brush Free Shipping US $6.88
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 10 pc Foam Brush Set US $11.95
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 5 Pieces Different Size Polyester Paint Brush Set New US $1.99
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 5 Pieces Different Size Polyester Paint Brush Set New US $1.99
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 LOT 5 ARTIST PAINT BRUSHES 10 piece SETS 50 TOTAL US $14.49
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 D2031 24 Pc Foam Brush Set Painting Staining Brush US $7.96
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 10pc Foam Brush Set US $7.95
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 Paint brush set of 3 LIGHT DUTY Home improvement painting NEW 55498 FREE ship US $5.00
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 4 Piece Paint Brush Set Thick Full Heads US $5.00
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 240 Foam Paint Brushes brush Set 1 2 3 4 New Tools US $22.99
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 PAINT BRUSH BRUSHES UNI PRO SMOOTH COAT SUPER PACK SET OF 5 US $27.28
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 5 Pc Paint Brush Set Wood Handle US $13.95
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 Finish Factor 5 pc Hobby Brush Set US $9.00
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 LOT 12 PAINT BRUSH SETS 5 piece 60 BRUSHES TOTAL US $28.99
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3 PCS BRUSH SET PAINT 1 15 2 WOODEN US $5.88
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3 PCS BRUSH SET PAINT 1 15 2 WOODEN US $3.88
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3 PCS BRUSH SET PAINT 1 15 2 WOODEN US $3.88
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Custom Brushes with Photoshop
I don't know why I've read some tutorials that make it out to be this multi-step, intimidating process. Creating your own brushes helps to customize both your artwork and the Photoshop work environment.
The Hard Part
"But ... you said this would be easy!!" Technically, yes, but I've found that some people actually reach a little stumbling block when trying to think of what would make a good brush. Well, the short answer is ANYTHING! I've made brushes out of fuzzy leopard slippers, bananas, old trash cans, fabric swatches, dirt ... hundreds of things. It helps to have a scanner and/or a digital camera ... that really opens up your possibilities. Just a quick walk around your house might yield dozens of fun textures you can make brushes out of. But, even if you don't have either of those, you can often snurch some good textures off the internet. Try a google search for marble tile and see what comes up. Sometimes you'll get a nice big image to work with. I'm not condoning stealing someone's art photos to rip a brush off with, but if it's just a sample photo of tile, or fabric, or screen, or whatever, I think it's perfectly fine ... you'll be drastically changing the image in the next steps anyway.
The Next Steps
Okay, so you've got some good textures then? Right, let's make a custom brush out of 'em! Open up your image in Photoshop. The first thing you'll want to do is desaturate the image (Shift+Ctrl+U in PS7). Then cut and paste what you've got into a new layer. Now delete the background layer. Once you're down to just the single layer, mess with the brightness/contrast until you get the desired effect (this will require you to think a little bit about how you might use the brush in the future - will you be wanting to use it as a 'grunge' effect ... something more technical ... etc. etc.)
[http://www.jvmediadesign.com/blog/img/tutorials/brush_tut1.jpg] ( The starting image)
[http://www.jvmediadesign.com/blog/img/tutorials/brush_tut2.jpg]
(The desaturated image)
[http://www.jvmediadesign.com/blog/img/tutorials/brush_tut2.jpg]
(After messing with brightness/contrast)
The Super Easy Part
Now that you've got the image looking like you want, you'll need to create it as a Photoshop brush. Go to 'Edit' then choose 'Define Brush'. Give your new brush a name and that's it!! Easy, huh?
Saving All Your Hard Work
There are few things worse than having hundreds of cool brushes gone in an instant. It's happened to me on one occasion where my hard drive fried out and I didn't save all my customized Photoshop stuff. So I'm going to help you avoid any tragedies and tell you how to save your brushes.
Once you've got an amount of brushes made (I personally like to create 'sets' of brushes that all kind of work together, or just happened to fit my mood that day!), go to 'Edit' then choose 'Preset Manager'. A window with all your current brushes will pop up. You can click on each little square individually. What you're going to want to do is shift+right click on the series of brushes you want to save. Once you've done that, click on 'Save Set', give the set a name and save it to your computer (of course these brush files are what you're going to want to back up!). There, you're done!
How To Get Other Custom Brushes Into Your Pallet
If you've found a cool brush set on the web and you'd like to use them, after you download the file (usually a zip file), you'll want to extract them to your Photoshop/Brushes directory. To load a brush set in Photoshop, open the Brushes Palette ('Windows', 'Palettes', 'Show Brushes'). Select Load Brushes from the menu on the Brush Palette and choose your file. That's it!
Sherry is the Senior Designer and Creative Director at Southern California studio, JV Media Design.
About the Author
Are brush sets from Ebay any good?
Just want to know before I waste my money.
Anything on Ebay should be judged not only by the description and such but by the sellers feedback score and by reading the feedbacks pertaining to that item. I never buy from anyone with less than 98% and always take the time to read a bit. It totally depends on individual things-it is not an overall judgement.
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