Choose Direction under Control dropdown box. Angle Jitter - Set this to 0 or very low value.Size Jitter - Set this to 0 or very low value.Adjust so the shape of leaves can be seen Spacing - Control the spacing between brush tip.Orientation (circular arrow thing) - Rotate this, if your brush tip shape is not facing east by default.If you have one facing upward, you can rotate it under Brush Tip Shape. The brush tip shape will orient to the direction of pen movement and we can use this to tilt the plants in a specific way.īy default, the brush tip shape should be drawn facing east / right. This is a video showing using color dynamic brush to paint leaves quickly.Īngle dynamics photoshop brush can be useful to paint plants. Hue/Saturation/Brightness Jitter - Use a low value.Enable Apply Per Tip, if the option is available (Photoshop CC). Set it to 0 percent and control with Pen Pressure. Foreground/Background Jitter - Randomise brush tip color between foreground and background color.To randomise/jitter the color we paint, we can use Color Dynamics. Default 1 is good enoughīelow is video recording on creating custom Photoshop leaf and grass brush. Enable Both Axes so it scatter on X and Y axis. Scatter - Randomise brush tip location.Minimum Roundness - Minimum brush shape roundness.It will squeeze the tip shape vertically. Roundness Jitter - Randomise brush tip shape roundness.Usually people use Rotation or Direction settings. Angle Jitter - Randomise brush tip rotation.Minimum Diameter - Minimum brush tip size.Size Jitter - Randomise brush tip size.The brush currently is without any settings, so enable Shape Dynamics and Scattering Shape Dyamics Now, select the new brush we just created. New version of Photoshop will auto crop the image for us. I believe you will need to crop away the white space first before define it at brush preset. If you use old version of Photoshop (CS4). In my own experience, tip shape of a bunch of leaves, grass work better.Ĭonvert the image we draw by using, Edit > Define Brush Preset. In this quick tutorial, I will show you the steps on how they can be easily create in Photoshop.ĭraw the brush tip shape. Custom foliage, leaves and grass brush are useful for landscape painting.

Photoshop leaf brushes