+Leon Kowarschick For a second, I was surprised as well! On the other hand...this is Rahll. Oh, and I've never heard of this neat trick anywhere else so I guess even Sycra didn't...it's quite funny to see a pro learn something exactly where we just learned it, too.
For my fellow photoshop newbs who can't figure out how he sampled a section of the image; Alt+click. You may need to choose the down menu for the little window that shows the sampled colour(s) of the mixer brush and uncheck 'Load Solid Colors Only'.
When I saw this video, my eyes grew very big and shiny, like a person who discovered something revolutionary. I should have known about this method a long time ago, because it looks like an infinitely promising way to create abstract art from a photo. I have been looking for the perfect way to do it for a long time. Thank you for finally bringing me into the light.
I love how experienced artist look at their work and say it's no that great. Those quick examples are pretty realistic. I can only imagine what you're idea of finished is, lol. Really helpful!
It is indeed "An interesting technique and very useful. At first I found this process daunting, but once I learned to use it, it quickly became one of my favorite tools. I learned that I can draw patterns, load them into the mixer-brush and while still using that "load", change the brush size, use a different brush and even work with the brush attributes to create many special effects. Thank you.
There are several ways to do this but I will try to give you the most direct. After the selection is loaded into the Mixer-Brush press (F5) to open the brush panel. Photoshop's brush panel allows you to choose different brushes, change the brush size, and tweak the brush's attributes. Since the Mixer-Brush is still active and the brush is loaded you are able to continue working with the image you chose. Remember, if your brush is loaded at less than 100% your color fades, make sure to keep your brush loaded. I hope this helps you master this wonderful technique. Good luck and happy drawing. Greg
I.... have never even noticed that there's a tool called Mixer Brush in CS6. I thought this was a Photoshop CC technique at first, but lo and behold --- Thanks Rahll, this is indeed quite the trick.
hey thanks for the video! you didnt miss the point or started chatting about your life, so I could really got to the end of it, also learning something. Great!
At long last, Photoshop finally supports the sort of instant opaque brush sampling capability DPaint had as far back as the 80s. Progress. I tried getting into TVPaint just to be able to do this, glad I can forget about that!
you are absolutely amazing! i can't even put it in words how useful this video is! thank you! subscribed and looking forward to watching more of your videos!
I'm guessing you're using a wacom or bamboo since i see the pressure changing. Also what is that menu that pops up around 3:35? Is that due to the stylus or is that a feature in PS that I've never seen. Also what version of PS are you using? CC or CC 2014? or? The menu shows "Save File" - C/P - Eraser - Brush, Edit - Rotate - Hide Selection. Or is it a custom menu ? I'm fully intrigued...
Awesome find. I usually only use one of the mixer brush settings, but it's nice to know some of the other things you can do with the other settings. Also, love your brush template layout.
That part of the tree there's something cool about it. When I want to create foliage, specially for aerial view, I create a pattern just like you did using one layer, than I simply create another one on another layer and so on. On each layer I use a drop shadow effect, so we can control the shadow of each layer randomly and add depth to each part of the tree.
For your robo tubing, I think you can turn angle jitter control to direction instead of doing puppet warp. It won't be 100% accurate, but it's just a little tidbit I think you should know :)
Vary helpful thing to know. Thanks for sharing!!! If anyone is having trouble with (how to sample the original object that you are trying to copy) hold down the alt key or on a mac the option key then left click. I had a little trouble figuring that out.
Rahll would you share the brush set you use in this video? I've download your brush set on davientart, but I can't find that leaf brush you use at 07:50 . Please and thanks! :)
hey nice video! can you tell me what kind of leaf brushes do you have when you chose that leaf brush? or can you tell me where to get those leaf brushes ? the mix brush is giving me diffrent result and not like what you showed me...help.
Holy cow, this is very cool! Like a more advanced brush with color info intact. I'm gonna play with this some, especially for landscape stuff! And yah, it does remind me of the image hose in Painter.
Sample: alt + left click Adjust Brush Size: alt + hold right click + drag left/right Adjust Brush Softness/Hardness: alt + hold right click + drag up/down
so this has totally blown me out of the water - and so to see what else I could do I made a small cube and sampled that - and then I made a curvy path with the pen tool - and then I stroked the path with the mixer brush - and then I had to pick up my jaw from the floor
I'm stuck on how you sampled the blue ball at the first of the video so you can use mixer brush to make copies. In the tool bar my current brush load just shows one solid color ( whatever I used the eyedropper to sample) not the whole ball. How do I do this? Thanks
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THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
Wow that's awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!
haha there you are :D
Sycra!!!!!!! did you use this tut for learing?? it helped me :D
+Leon Kowarschick For a second, I was surprised as well! On the other hand...this is Rahll. Oh, and I've never heard of this neat trick anywhere else so I guess even Sycra didn't...it's quite funny to see a pro learn something exactly where we just learned it, too.
This was so Useful
wow, i've been using photoshop for so long and i had no idea that was in there, and the puppet thing too, thanks a lot!
The best tuto video ever. It will changes all the world of digital painting for ever!
For my fellow photoshop newbs who can't figure out how he sampled a section of the image; Alt+click.
You may need to choose the down menu for the little window that shows the sampled colour(s) of the mixer brush and uncheck 'Load Solid Colors Only'.
Thank you so much! It was killing me!
You're a life saver!
Was feeling like a fool for not knowing. Take this like, you earned it
thank you..
I love you,you saved a life today
When I saw this video, my eyes grew very big and shiny, like a person who discovered something revolutionary. I should have known about this method a long time ago, because it looks like an infinitely promising way to create abstract art from a photo. I have been looking for the perfect way to do it for a long time. Thank you for finally bringing me into the light.
I attempted this technique and it changed my workflow. Game Changer. Thank you for sharing this.
I love how experienced artist look at their work and say it's no that great. Those quick examples are pretty realistic. I can only imagine what you're idea of finished is, lol. Really helpful!
This is going to be a huge help for so many paintings I've been working on, thank you. (I may or may not be crying in joy here)
Mind = blown
The possibilities... this changes everything indeed.
Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome technique! Gonna have to utilize this brush more often. Thanks!
PS... Subscribed! :)
I usually don't comment on videos but i just wanted to thank you for making this video! It is very useful
I'm mind blown right now. I will use this technique.
Best video ever! Seriously, this video will make everything so much easier for any artist
Saw you talk about this on facebook. I'm glad you made a video explaining things. Thanks!
It is indeed "An interesting technique and very useful. At first I found this process daunting, but once I learned to use it, it quickly became one of my favorite tools. I learned that I can draw patterns, load them into the mixer-brush and while still using that "load", change the brush size, use a different brush and even work with the brush attributes to create many special effects. Thank you.
how do i change brush size or use a different one while still working
There are several ways to do this but I will try to give you the most direct. After the selection is loaded into the Mixer-Brush press (F5) to open the brush panel. Photoshop's brush panel allows you to choose different brushes, change the brush size, and tweak the brush's attributes. Since the Mixer-Brush is still active and the brush is loaded you are able to continue working with the image you chose. Remember, if your brush is loaded at less than 100% your color fades, make sure to keep your brush loaded. I hope this helps you master this wonderful technique. Good luck and happy drawing. Greg
Thank you for the help and it worked so well and it really is a wonderful technique.Happy creating
Dope underated tool, funny how this is getting recommended like 7 years later, was a kid back then, didn't even understand English
Great technique! Thanks for sharing!
OH MY GOD THAT IS THE MOST USEFULL TUTORIAL I SAW for the past 3 yeasr! thank you so much!
dayum, great tutorial. fast and precise too, no ramble. you da man!
dud this Technique is Amazing! Thank you so much for making a tutorial, it completely solves the problem i've been having painting trees!
Very useful. I've seen a lot of references to the Mixer Brush before, but this is a great demonstration of its practical uses.
I.... have never even noticed that there's a tool called Mixer Brush in CS6. I thought this was a Photoshop CC technique at first, but lo and behold --- Thanks Rahll, this is indeed quite the trick.
It's even in CS5, I'll be damned.
Lol same here. At first I thought it is CC and thought maybe I should upgrade to windows 8 tto get CC. But wow this is amazing.
hey thanks for the video! you didnt miss the point or started chatting about your life, so I could really got to the end of it, also learning something. Great!
Can't wait to go home and try this!!
At long last, Photoshop finally supports the sort of instant opaque brush sampling capability DPaint had as far back as the 80s. Progress. I tried getting into TVPaint just to be able to do this, glad I can forget about that!
Thanks for sharing this technique. Amazing!
Man, thank you so much! Didn't even know there was a mixer brush, trees will never be so difficult again! :D
Jeez. You are Einstein to me! I've been in PS since 1998! You opened my eyes! Thanks a bunch! Russia
you are absolutely amazing! i can't even put it in words how useful this video is! thank you! subscribed and looking forward to watching more of your videos!
Weekly vids would be awesome. Good stuff on this Reid thanks a lot man!
Thank you soooo much! This was awesome knowing how to use another tool!
thanks so much for a great tutorial, even many years later still relevant for artistic guidance
I'm not 100%, but I think I love you. What a great tutorial you've put together on something I really find that I need!
I'm guessing you're using a wacom or bamboo since i see the pressure changing. Also what is that menu that pops up around 3:35? Is that due to the stylus or is that a feature in PS that I've never seen. Also what version of PS are you using? CC or CC 2014? or? The menu shows "Save File" - C/P - Eraser - Brush, Edit - Rotate - Hide Selection. Or is it a custom menu ? I'm fully intrigued...
hey dude.. can you share the brushes you use or at least tell where you get them? Please thanks :)
Awesome find. I usually only use one of the mixer brush settings, but it's nice to know some of the other things you can do with the other settings.
Also, love your brush template layout.
This is first time ever in my life youtube recommended video for me that I was actually interested in.
That part of the tree there's something cool about it. When I want to create foliage, specially for aerial view, I create a pattern just like you did using one layer, than I simply create another one on another layer and so on. On each layer I use a drop shadow effect, so we can control the shadow of each layer randomly and add depth to each part of the tree.
Watched like 90% of this video and then realized who made it. hahaha Thanks, Reid.
Nice Ideas. Thanks for sharing that !
This has just saved me so so much time... thank you!!!!! I have been wasting my time for months...
looks great would love to play around with that tree brush.
Really good tutorial! One of the best I've seen in a long time
For your robo tubing, I think you can turn angle jitter control to direction instead of doing puppet warp. It won't be 100% accurate, but it's just a little tidbit I think you should know :)
Wow, that was awesome!!!!!!!!
Genius!
The 'so it doesn't look like you cheated it' cracked me up. xD
Thanks for sharing!!
that is realy cool, never used this tool before, great tip thanks
I really enjoyed of puppet warp technique you mentioned.
Thanks.
Very much appreciate this tutorial!
This will be amazingly useful
This was very well presented and useful. Thank you for taking the time R
dude, you are da real MVP...
thanks for sharing
Vary helpful thing to know. Thanks for sharing!!! If anyone is having trouble with (how to sample the original object that you are trying to copy) hold down the alt key or on a mac the option key then left click. I had a little trouble figuring that out.
Incredible! Thanks for sharing
Pretty interesting thanks for sharing!
some of the uses you gave to this technique remind me of Zbrush in 2.5D mode :D should come very in handy, thanks a lot!
Thank you. I'm sure I will use this technique to make some of my work faster.
Rahll would you share the brush set you use in this video? I've download your brush set on davientart, but I can't find that leaf brush you use at 07:50 . Please and thanks! :)
Seconded!
i Stumbled to my solution , you sir ..... are awesome!
hey nice video! can you tell me what kind of leaf brushes do you have when you chose that leaf brush? or can you tell me where to get those leaf brushes ? the mix brush is giving me diffrent result and not like what you showed me...help.
This is awesome dude, thank you!
Amazing! The tree demo was excellent, thank you! That's going to save a lot of time in environment painting. :D
wow... i would've never discovered that on my own, thanks so much :D
Where do you get this leaf brush good sir?
Holy cow, this is very cool! Like a more advanced brush with color info intact. I'm gonna play with this some, especially for landscape stuff! And yah, it does remind me of the image hose in Painter.
Fantastic tutorial!!
Great tutorial!. Thank You!
that is super cool, have to try this out!
Amazing Video! Thank you very much!
This is great, thank you so much for sharing!
Daily Spitpaint just came one step closer
wow. I had no idea PS had a color hose type tool now. thanks!
really appreciate this video ive been trying to get a handle on this for a while now
this tutorial is different and cool and awesome !
Woooow, this is amazing, thanx for sharing
Where were you when i was working on my Doctor octopus art? i could have made the claws so much better and faster. Awesome video. Thanks
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing!!
Amazing!!!!
Thank you so much for this!!! :)
Wow this is pretty awsome Rahll , thanks for showing it
Real pro tip, thanks for upload
Looks great man, cool stuff!
WHAT THIS IS AWESOME! Thanks!
Life got more simple! thanks:D
This was great, amazing new skills learnt, thank you!!!
I'm gonna up my game with this...... thanks
Wow! This demonstration is Awesomely Unique!!
Thanks for creating this video.
I have also subscribed to your channel.
epic. good shit Reid, thanks, i'm gonna try this right meow!
Sample: alt + left click
Adjust Brush Size: alt + hold right click + drag left/right
Adjust Brush Softness/Hardness: alt + hold right click + drag up/down
Wow... I feel like my whole painting life was a lie.... Thank you very much!
so this has totally blown me out of the water - and so to see what else I could do I made a small cube and sampled that - and then I made a curvy path with the pen tool - and then I stroked the path with the mixer brush - and then I had to pick up my jaw from the floor
I'm stuck on how you sampled the blue ball at the first of the video so you can use mixer brush to make copies. In the tool bar my current brush load just shows one solid color ( whatever I used the eyedropper to sample) not the whole ball. How do I do this? Thanks
Hi do you have the solution for this? Same problem here
@@breakingbeatz he commented that 6 years ago bruh
this TUT earned you a sub, my sub
looking forward to more interesting techniques
this is awesome, thanks for sharing man!
Mixer tool and puppet warp... Two tools I did not know what they were... Thanjs
awesome! thank you for sharing!!
Great tutorial thanks man
This awesome, Thank You!