469 Creating a custom Dual Brush in Photoshop

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…This week, I'm going to show you how to combine…this powder blast, along with this dollop of oil paint,…to create what's known as a custom dual brush…inside of Photoshop. Which in turn,…will allow us to paint an organic brushstroke,…like this one right here.…Which really sums up my feelings today.…I'm feeling friendly.…Here, let me show you exactly how it works.…All right, here's a brushstroke that I…painted using that custom brush…that we're about to create.…

I'll start things off by converting this…glob of oil paint into a brush.…Incidentally, all the images that we'll…be seeing in this movie, hail from the…Fotolia image library, about which…you can learn more and get deals…at fotolia.com/deke.…Now, typically you want your brush to be grayscale.…That way you can infuse it with any color you like.…I'm going to do that by switching…to the Channels panel and then checking out…each one of my Red, Green, and Blue channels.…You can see that the one with the most contrast…