Tip for laying features in Photoshop quickly

Tip for laying features in Photoshop quickly

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Forboding Angel
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Tip for laying features in Photoshop quickly

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For trees, simply put the brush size at something really large, for example 200 pixels. Set the mode to "Dissolve" set flow to 4%, set opacity to about 4%. Adjust density by increasing or decreasing flow and opacity.

You can lay trees down in notime, with a lot more randomness and reality about them.
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aGorm
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You mean you didn't know!!?!?!?!??! How have you been doing it befor?! :P

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Forboding Angel
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I've done it this way for quite some time...
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Post by NOiZE »

Well I didn't know, Thanks FA


Keep those tips comming, i lub them.
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Post by LathanStanley »

*nudge nudge* *hint hint*

I do help people sometimes... :wink:

but I still would take the brush smaller, put each tree type, hell, EVERY feature type, on seperate layers with no background, and overlay them all, judge for trees that are touching other trees, (dots next to dots) and delete them. this is real nice for going, "hmmm where are my rocks at" (click and trees are off) "THERE they are!" :P


but alas, thats just me...

maybe I could take a whack at the tiling thing, I think I've got an understanding of it that nobody comphrehends... but thats a book to write, and I'll write it later.. :wink:
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Post by aGorm »

+1 to LS, it is teh only way (or atleast tahts how ive been doing it... and Im worrrid if there are people that dont.)

Whats this tileing stuff yoru talking about? Is taht from another onverstation or somthing?

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Oh that. Yes, its very badly worded, I didn't know anybody read that anymore.

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