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How to get tapered brushes in cs5 photoshop

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May 22, 2012 May 22, 2012

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Hi,

I have cs5 photoshop and it seems to have a very limited amount of brush styles. Other people with cs5 have a large range of standard styles. I am just after the standard tapered end brush (tapered on both ends)

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May 22, 2012 May 22, 2012

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Usually you get those tapered ends by either using a tablet with pen pressure on for size or using the stroke paths option with pen pressure checked (pen pressure enabled in the brush panel and in the stroke path dialog)

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LEGEND ,
May 22, 2012 May 22, 2012

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What R.Kelly said - get a tablet and your brush options will multipoly by a factor of 10. Otehr than that check the brush panel. You can assign simple opacity and size fades to standard brushes as well.

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May 22, 2012 May 22, 2012

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Would a caligraphy type brush be of any help?  Set the roundness to about 10%, and angle to something like 15% to 25%.  It would give you tapered ends to your strokes, but would vary size with direction.

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May 24, 2012 May 24, 2012

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Thanks Im using an Intuos 4 tablet. I did what you said R.Kelly and it

worked a treat. I haven't got that many more brushes then normal just got

tapered ends which is what I want for rendering. Cheers

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May 24, 2012 May 24, 2012

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Oct 25, 2012 Oct 25, 2012

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If you only want to taper your brush at one end you will want to go to the brush panel and select shape dynamics. There is a Fade option under size jitter that will taper the brush at one end. You will want to play with the amount by typing in different values. Pressure sensitve tablet is the way to go other than that.

There are ways to "Simulate Pen Pressure" in photoshop using paths but it is a rather exhausting process to do it over and over again.

Check out the new "Brush Pose" options in CS6 to simulate pressure using a mouse! I have not played with it that much but I have heard that is something it can do. It is also located in the brush panel.

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Jul 16, 2014 Jul 16, 2014

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@R_Kelly I'm working in CS6 and can't seem to find exactly where to enable the pen pressure and stroke paths dialog. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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Jul 16, 2014 Jul 16, 2014

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Go to Window>Brush, click on the words Shape Dynamics and then select Pen Pressure for the Control under Size Jitter.

In the Paths panel (Window>Paths), right click on the path and select Stroke Path.

In the Stroke Path dialog check Simulate Pressure.

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Jul 16, 2014 Jul 16, 2014

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Excellent, thanks! Works like a charm

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