Join Julieanne Kost for an in-depth discussion in this video The Mixer Brush, part of Photoshop CC 2017 Essential Training: Photography.
- [Instructor] In addition to the regular paintbrush,…Photoshop has a mixer brush which will allow us…to mix or blend colors together in our images.…Now, because I changed to the painting workspace,…the mixer brush isn't nested where it typically is,…which is it's nested usually with the regular brush.…In fact, if I switch back to the essential workspace…and then choose reset essentials, we can see…that if I click and hold on the brush tool,…that's where the mixer brush tool is.…
I'll select the mixer brush tool.…There are three primary controls…for the mixer brush.…There's the load control, the wet control…and the mix control.…The load control is the easiest one…to understand, so I'm going to set the wet control…down to zero, and I'm going to change…the load control way down to, like, 1%.…Now, I have white as my foreground color.…As I paint in this black color swatch up here,…we can see that as I continue to paint,…the brush runs out of ink rather quickly.…
Now if I change the load and bring that up…a little bit higher, now I can paint…
Author
Julieanne Kost
Released
11/2/2016Photoshop CC picks up where Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom leave off, and is loaded with tools and features that can help take your photography to the next level. This course demonstrates the most efficient and nondestructive ways to perform essential editing tasks, including retouching, color and tonal correction, compositing multiple photographs, and adding creative effects—all while maintaining the highest-quality images. Along the way, you will learn the secrets of features such as layers, Smart Objects, adjustment layers, blend modes, fill layers, filters, layer masks, and painting as well as master other features that make Photoshop the most popular and powerful image-editing software on the market.
- Making creative changes with adjustment layers
- Adding color and gradients with fill layers
- Retouching portraits
- Combining (aka compositing) multiple images
- Working with Smart Objects
- Applying corrective and artistic filters
- Painting with Photoshop
- Adding text and watermarks to photos
- Using artboards and libraries
- Exporting and sharing images from Photoshop
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome58s
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What you need to know1m 31s
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1. Creative Adjustment Layer Techniques
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2. Solid Color and Gradient Fill Layers
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3. Retouching Essentials
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Body sculpting with Liquify3m 46s
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4. Combining Multiple Images
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Adding a texture to a photo4m 50s
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Adding a deckled-edge effect2m 52s
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5. Working with Smart Objects
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Duplicating Smart Objects2m 46s
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6. Essential Filters for Photographers
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Artistic filters overview5m 13s
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Remove dust and scratches4m 23s
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Creating a Tilt Shift effect4m 27s
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7. Painting Essentials
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The Oil Paint filter2m 16s
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Art History brush6m 4s
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Natural media brushes8m 26s
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The Mixer Brush6m 47s
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8. Type, Shapes, and Layer Effects and Styles
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Type essentials5m 52s
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9. Artboards and Libraries
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Artboard essentials6m 19s
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10. Exporting Files and Sharing Images
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Quickly exporting images3m 56s
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Conclusion
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Next steps45s
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