1 00:00:07,950 --> 00:00:12,280 hi this is Jamie from digital I am calm 2 00:00:10,599 --> 00:00:14,048 I was just playing around with some 3 00:00:12,279 --> 00:00:15,699 brushes today someone was talking me on 4 00:00:14,048 --> 00:00:17,949 YouTube about the smudge tools and stuff 5 00:00:15,699 --> 00:00:19,028 and I thought I'd just play around with 6 00:00:17,949 --> 00:00:21,460 some stuff and I kind of figured this 7 00:00:19,028 --> 00:00:23,589 out um essentially what this is is if 8 00:00:21,460 --> 00:00:25,060 you've ever used painter you might have 9 00:00:23,589 --> 00:00:28,359 used the just dead water tool it's quite 10 00:00:25,059 --> 00:00:29,528 popular for blending and yeah that kind 11 00:00:28,359 --> 00:00:31,028 of a tool doesn't really exist in 12 00:00:29,528 --> 00:00:32,890 Photoshop well I thought it didn't 13 00:00:31,028 --> 00:00:34,960 really exist in Photoshop until today so 14 00:00:32,890 --> 00:00:37,420 I'm gonna show you how to make the just 15 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,009 add water tool in Photoshop now some of 16 00:00:37,420 --> 00:00:40,750 you may already know this and I might be 17 00:00:39,009 --> 00:00:43,000 behind the times but I'm just gonna show 18 00:00:40,750 --> 00:00:46,000 that this for people who don't know like 19 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:48,659 me so I'm just gonna put some colors 20 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,659 down real quick 21 00:00:50,070 --> 00:00:56,230 and I'm gonna pull out this much tool 22 00:00:53,530 --> 00:00:59,200 now normally this much tool doesn't have 23 00:00:56,229 --> 00:01:01,988 any of this turned on and so what it 24 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,640 normally does is just move the paint 25 00:01:01,988 --> 00:01:05,530 around it's not really a very useful 26 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,149 tool I don't use it and I don't know 27 00:01:05,530 --> 00:01:08,680 many other people that do either for 28 00:01:07,149 --> 00:01:10,689 painting or photo editing or anything 29 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:15,420 it's just kind of nasty I mean it 30 00:01:10,688 --> 00:01:17,619 doesn't really serve much purpose so 31 00:01:15,420 --> 00:01:20,079 what you need to do is you need to open 32 00:01:17,620 --> 00:01:22,359 up the brush palette here and turn on 33 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:25,090 scattering and we'll just hide that and 34 00:01:22,359 --> 00:01:27,640 now you'll see that it blends our colors 35 00:01:25,090 --> 00:01:30,040 and for anyone who's used painter and 36 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:32,849 didn't know about this right now you 37 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:36,010 should be pretty happy because um yeah 38 00:01:32,849 --> 00:01:37,419 that's a really useful tool now I mean 39 00:01:36,010 --> 00:01:38,650 normally what you're gonna want to do is 40 00:01:37,420 --> 00:01:39,820 you you're gonna want to pick up your 41 00:01:38,650 --> 00:01:41,740 colors and blend them like you normally 42 00:01:39,819 --> 00:01:44,169 would do but if you just want to smooth 43 00:01:41,739 --> 00:01:45,789 out something you know or make something 44 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:48,430 really soft or you're trying to get some 45 00:01:45,790 --> 00:01:50,350 really really smooth gradients happening 46 00:01:48,430 --> 00:01:52,240 then it really can be quite a useful 47 00:01:50,349 --> 00:01:54,250 tool or if you're just blocking in some 48 00:01:52,239 --> 00:01:55,809 values and you're just scribbling them 49 00:01:54,250 --> 00:01:57,938 in and you just want to you know files 50 00:01:55,810 --> 00:02:00,040 them out a bit um again a really good 51 00:01:57,938 --> 00:02:02,908 tool so another thing you can do is you 52 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:05,320 can turn on other dynamics which will 53 00:02:02,909 --> 00:02:08,408 set this strength jitter to pen pressure 54 00:02:05,319 --> 00:02:10,329 which is really good and shape dynamics 55 00:02:08,408 --> 00:02:11,560 and I usually for this I've sort of 56 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:12,700 figured out about halfway is good 57 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,098 because you don't really need too much 58 00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:17,828 fine detail so now if I go back and do 59 00:02:15,098 --> 00:02:19,209 it with the pen pressure on it's not a 60 00:02:17,829 --> 00:02:20,430 strong and effect you know you can 61 00:02:19,209 --> 00:02:22,438 really sort of 62 00:02:20,430 --> 00:02:25,469 put it down how you want and blend 63 00:02:22,438 --> 00:02:26,969 smoothly and yeah it I don't know it 64 00:02:25,469 --> 00:02:28,378 seems to work pretty well so I'm pretty 65 00:02:26,969 --> 00:02:32,400 happy about this not that I just share 66 00:02:28,378 --> 00:02:36,298 it with you guys so yeah um check out 67 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:40,099 digital out front calm and stay tuned 68 00:02:36,299 --> 00:02:40,099 for more videos thanks guys bye