creating fibers in PSE

[TsMom]

Hi, I asked a question some time back about creating fibers in PSE2. Well, since then someone put up a great tutorial on making fibers that I really learned a lot from. But yesterday I found something else that adds a bit more realism to fibers. Now when I do a fiber, I use a fuzzy looking brush. Then I add a pattern to it. I just click the adjustment layer tab on my layers pallette, then choose a noisy looking pattern, (those under textures work well), adjust the scale and close. Make sure your pattern is grouped with the fiber. Then I pick overlay of soft light blending mode. Another blending mode might work well too, depending on the look you're going for and you might want to adjust the opacity. For brushes, I like fuzzball, flattened out a bit and spacing adjusted. I also like grass and dune grass. Others can be used too though. I usually just play around with the spacing and scatter.

LaWanna

[jamie]

That's a really great tip, thank you!

[Emma]

AWESOME! GREAT tip, and excellent on using adjustment layers. They are almost ALWAYS the right choice, and for patterns especially sinc eyou can resize them (can't do that with the Fill bucket)

I have my new PSE 261 class, and a whole lesson on fibers and ribbon and fabric, with a ton of brushes included! I made some of my own, and adjusted the settings on the Grass and Dune Grass to make them better for fibers. Registration should be open next week sometime, send me an email if you'd like a reminder to sign up. 4-weeks, $30, and the other lessons are Layer Styles and downloading/adjusting, Patterns, Custom Shapes to make elements, and Fibers

Again, great tip, thank you!