Tutorial: How to create your own custom brush in PhotoShop

Use brush on old fashioned, real white paper to make some more or less straight lines. Scan them in gray or B&W mode on 300 pix/inch resolution.

You should get an image that looks like this:

How to create your own custom brush in PhotoShop

Now you can simply create brush in 2 steps.

Use Rectangle Marquee tool to make selection. Go to Edit – Define Brush Preset.

How to create your own custom brush in PhotoShop

New Brush dialog pops out, rename it if you want.

How to create your own custom brush in PhotoShop
Your new brush in Brush Palette is now available for selection.And, if you need these brushes but don’t feel like going through all this, get them for free

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  1. omg. this tutorial is sooo cool. it was just that easy to create a brush. i found it hard making brushes using the tutorials from other sites. :D

  2. P.S. I love your kitty brushes, I’d love to see some birdie ones too (if you needed any ideas)

  3. Thank you Leanna, Vivayne and Bunny :)

  4. Hey I just wanted to let you know that I don’t have a hard time downloading the free stuff at all. Matter of fact, I love this brush and plan to use it do make my next digi scrap grunge frame. Thanks!!

  5. Thankyou so much for all your hard work and your wonderful great big giving heart .I am new to photoshop and I just got the cs3
    master collection as a gift , which will probably take the rest of my life to learn,but because of people like you, we can. again thankyou so much.

  6. btw- thankyou for all that you have done here- I am a beginner in photoshop- and I’ve learned more things than I knew just since yesterday. I am looking forward to learning from your sight in the future

    thankyou!

  7. How do you make a permanent custom brush in Essentials?

  8. Brian, we are so happy now! Thanks for your kind words :)

    Silvia

  9. great set of tutorials and free downloads, cant belive what that guy said above about not being able to download for free “idiot” comes to mind… once again thanks for all your hard work its really appreciated…

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