How to Use the Brush Tool in Photoshop | Day 9

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In day 9 of 30 Days of Photoshop, we show you why the Brush Tool is one of the most powerful and versatile tools for enhancing your photos! Learn how to add shape and definition to a landscape with dodging and burning, and then add some realistic fog with a custom-made cloud brush!

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[Level-xy]

Thank you for all the efforts, Aaron and your team. These tutorials are never allowed to leave the internet.

[MichaelKantormusic]

Thanks again Aaron. I am sticking with it and with my coffee it's my morning routine ! Finally dusted off the tablet and forcing myself to use during these videos is getting me better with it. Thank you for your effort. I know it's gotta be tough !

[whoozie]

I like your teaching style very much....instead of only showing the thing in the video title you do a complete editing workflow of an image and that method is sooo practical...Youtube needs more teachers like you

[Vidordesign]

When I see your face nowdays in this daily videos, my day becomes happier, I just wanted you to know ;)

[marcelavlckova]

Thank you a lot Aaron for your priceless tutorial. It is amazing what I have learnt in your 30 days Photoshop and thanks to you I have had the opportunity to start working as a junior graphic designer and was given an internship in an advertising agency. You rock, man!!!

[sherrioster]

I do appreciate your tutorials very much. You've added steps you don't explain, which is challenging for beginners like me. for example, at 3.34 you've added another layer but didn't say so. It took me some time to figure out why I couldn't paint with red like you did.

I'm going to dust off my Wacom and give it another try! I'll look for that tutorial next.

[joewalakovits]

Thanks for the series! Enjoying these tutorials, I have learned so much already. Photoshop+Aaron=time well spent

[jamieward]

Your tutorials are really helping me a lot, Aaron. Thank you. For this particular video, I had a problem that took a while to figure out. I'll mention it here just in case it might help someone else. When in "Brush Settings", if "Brush Tip Shape" is grey, options such as "jitter" will not show. For example, if you click the box next to "Shape Dynamics", you will still be in "Brush Tip Shape". To get the options under "Shape Dynamics", you must click the WORDS "Shape Dynamics" and not just place a check mark.

[patrickmcnair]

Absolutely great series by Aaron and the team. I bought a tablet ages ago and hardly had a chance to use it. I've been working through the series during lockdown and learning lots of cool techniques that I previously avoided learning. Aaron's teaching style is great and his examples easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time to do these and share them.

[abdullahzia]

Damn these are some underrated tutorials. Searched long before I finally found em

[larryfuentes]

Thank you so much for teaching us about the Brush Tool, i always saw it as something like a standard brushing thing, but i didn't know how powerful it can be, now i know thanks to PHLEARN, AS ALWAYS I APPRECIATE THE FREE CONTENT, thank you, and your team, for the time and energy poured into this series!!!

[CharlesSweigart]

don't forget the next time you click on your brush it will be set at the settings you used last so you might want to reset it when finished making fog or you might get a surprise when you expect to use the brush on a new image. Thanks Aaron for another great video.

[cekpi]

3:02 You can just hold Alt and resize, no need to hold Ctrl (unless it's different in other version?)

[AnicaPetkoska]

Day 9 done, looking forward to the tenth day video. I have always wanted to be able to easily create my own custom brushes. Thanks a lot.

[MarieNuchols]

I have way underestimated the power of the brush. Thanks for demonstrating the dynamic range of this everyday tool!!

[pratikbabhulkar]

Aaron you are like Jedi of the photoshop !

[lifelinegaming]

Im so amazed of how advanced Photoshop is. Its totally mind blowing and I used to previously edit photos in the mobile version of Photoshop but that didnt had all of these crazy features. Totally worth it for me to learn photoshop. And thank u Aaron for these amazing tutorials

[stefanbecker]

One of the main reasons I want to learn Photoshop was for drawing on digital, on this class I got a clue on how it goes, thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻

[jjkendjvnbehjnb]

You are an amazing teacher. Thank you so much, you’re the best part of my quarantine daily routine.

[ahmedtip]

That Aaron guy and his tutorials just made me love Photoshop, I'm very much thankful for you and I hope you all the best .