So here we go.

The Steps

1. Open photoshop and goto Window ->Actions
2. Then click on the new folder tab and name your folder grid/layout
3. Now add a new action file and give it a name.
4. From here it is a matter of recording your action.
5. Click the record button.
6. Goto open and navigate to the file which has your grid or layout structure.
7. Then press OK.
8. You can add some extra functionality by add layers and folder you often use in your designs.
9. Once you have got your page setup done, click the stop recording button.

And your done.

These actions can be recorded for all the templates, grids and layout you use. Now when you open photoshop, you simply select the action you want to use and click play. It’s a great timesaver and easily fits into any workflow.

Enjoy

1/ IMPORT your photos

2/ RESIZE your photos

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Step 1 – Your wordpress theme design

Print Screen your wordpress theme or save your design as a .png.
Now open your new image in Photoshop or images editing program.

Step 2 – Resizing your Image

Your screenshot needs to be resized to 300 by 225px
In photoshop this can be done by going to Image > Image Size … and change the width to 300px and the height to 225px

*note for this to work, Constrain Proportions should be unchecked

A better way to resize your screenshot is to use the crop tool and enter a width a height in the property boxes.

To do this simple go to the crop tool and then at the top of your screen in the crop properties bar, enter width = 300px and height = 225px

This will constrain your crop to correct size and allow you to choose what area of the screenshot you would like to display.

Step 3 – Saving your File

From here in Photoshop
Go to File > Save for Web…
Choose the PNG file format to save your file
Make sure you name your file screenshot
And save your image file in your theme folder.
And you are done. You should now be able to view your screenshot in your wordpress admin under Appearance > Theme

1. Sticky Tape Hi-Res Photoshop Brushes

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   • Photoshop now allows you to use hi-resolution brushes up to 2500px large. Fudge Graphics has 15 fantastic hi-res stick tape brushes and textures.

3. Foliage Brushes for Photoshop

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   • Check out the various shaped and sizes of foliage and plants. The set includes grasses, flowers, plants, branches, cherry blossoms, bamboo, leaves, vines, and much more

5. Photoshop Grunge Brushes

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   • Photoshopbrushes.com has put together a selection of free Adobe Photoshop Grunge Brushes, featuring lines, cracks, nailed metal, concrete textures, stains and several grunge corners which are great to add to photographs.

7. 12 Flower-Brushes

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   • 12 great Floral Brushes to create beautiful gardens and patterns.

9. Photoshop Icon Brushes

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    • A selection of 30 small Photoshop Icon brushes created from Icons used by the Apple Mac and the Windows operating systems

Other Great Photoshop Brushes

• 30 High-Quality Grunge Photoshop Brush Sets
• PSD tut+ 25 Grunge Brushes
• Photoshop Support Brushes

Step 1 – Downloading a Brush

There are hundreds of resources on the Internet where you can find fantastic free Photoshop Brushes. A quick search in Google will result in a huge collection of brushes. So let’s download one. I’m using a new brush I found from 123freebrushes.com called `Water droplets brush`. Click here and download the brush set. Save the .zip and a extract it. You will be left with a folder in which a there be a .abr file. Save the .abr to a place that is easy to navigate to on your computer. I like to keep all my Photoshop resources all together, so I’ve saved mine under the folders /Photoshop/Brushes.
Cool, now let’s open up Photoshop to install our new brush.

Step 2 – Installing our Brush in Photoshop

When in Photoshop, select the Brush tool .

Click on arrow of the brush preset picker.

Click on little triangle in the upper right corner and from the list select `Load Brushes …`.

Select your brush set (.abr file) from the open dialog box.

And click open.
Your brushes are now installed.

If you scroll down to the bottom of your brushes picker you should see the newly installed brush set.

Now all that is left to do is start designing with your new brushes.

Enjoy!

Step 1 – Making a Stitch

Open Photoshop and create a new canvas with the Width = 200px Height = 200px and a white background.

On a new layer select a black brush (B) 15px with a hardness 100%

Make one dot near the bottom left hand corner. Then go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur. Make
the Radius 3.0 pixels.

Make a second dot near the bottom right hand corner by selecting the move tool (V)
holding alt + shift and dragging the first dot to the right.

Get a black brush (B) 10px hardness 100%

Now on a new layer start your brush stroke in the center of the bottom left hand dot and while
holding shift click top middle of the canvas. Continue holding down the shift key and click in the center of the bottom right hand corner dot.

To give some depth you can now add some layer effects to the stitch. Go to Layer -> Layer Style -> Blending Options …

And here is what your stitch should look like.

Step 2 – Now let’s make the brush

Go to Edit -> Define Brush Preset …

And give the brush a name

Now to add spacing to your brush to complete the stitch effect. With your new brush selected, go to your brushes panel (F5 or Window->Brush) and click on the brush tab. With Brush Tip Shape highlighted, change the spacing to 100% or so that your stitch is side by side. Lastly click the new brush icon at the bottom of the brushes panel and save your brush with a new name.

And you’re done!

Conclusion

To make a higher quality brush start with a larger canvas. You can make a brush 2500px wide and high. To add detail and contrast add more shadows and highlights.

Also check out

Photoshop Brush Tips

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