Photoshop brushes are a great way to add some extra flair to your designs. There are all sorts of different brushes available, and you can even create your own custom brushes. One type of brush that can be particularly useful is a cloud brush. Cloud brushes can be used to create all sorts of different effects, from adding a few clouds to an otherwise clear sky, to creating a stormy sky filled with dark, foreboding clouds.
Fortunately, creating a cloud brush in Photoshop is relatively easy. You can either create one from scratch, or you can download one of the many cloud brushes that are available online. Let’s take a look at how to create a cloud brush from scratch.
The first thing you need to do is create a new Photoshop document. The size of the document isn’t important, as you can always resize the brush later if needed. Once you have your document open, create a new layer.
Then, using a soft round brush, start painting some clouds onto the layer. It doesn’t have to be perfect, as we can fix it up later. Just try to get the general shape and feel of some clouds.
Once you have your clouds painted, go to Edit > Define Brush Preset. This will bring up the “Define Brush” dialog box. Here you can give your brush a name and adjust some settings. The only setting you really need to worry about is the “Spacing” setting. This controls how far apart the individual “strokes” of your brush will be when you use it. For a cloud brush, you want the strokes to be fairly close together so that it looks like one continuous cloud rather than a bunch of separate strokes. I usually set the spacing somewhere between 5 and 10%.
Click “OK” when you’re done and your new cloud brush will be saved and ready for use!
Conclusion:
Creating a custom cloud brush in Photoshop is a quick and easy way to add some extra flair to your designs. By downloading or creating one from scratch, you can have complete control over the look of your clouds.
