From the course: Photoshop 2021 Essential Training: Design
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Creating symmetrical brush strokes - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop 2021 Essential Training: Design
Creating symmetrical brush strokes
- [Instructor] Photoshop has the ability to make mirrored brushstrokes along a symmetry axis to create symmetric groups drawings, radial designs and Mandela's. I'm going to create a new document by clicking create new and just select the default Photoshop size. Then I'll tap the B key, to select the paintbrush and right-click in order to reset it. we're going to be using the paint brush but you can also use the pencil or the eraser tools. And then I'll click on the butterfly icon in the options bar. I'll choose vertical, Photoshop creates the access which I could rotate or reposition. In this case I'll just tap the check in order to apply it. Now, as I start dragging, we can see that Photoshop is going to create a symmetrical paint stroke on the other side of the axis. All right. I'll undo that and let's go back to the butterfly icon and I'll choose dual access. Again I'll tap the check mark in order to apply that.…
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