Gang!
Since I know many of you are, one way or another, involved into weddings whether it be as a friends, family or wedding photographers it is always nice to have some cool photos from the occasion. So, I thought I’d show you how to decorate a wedding photo with Photoshop brushes.
In this particular example we used two different brushes from two different brushes sets:
- Swirls 2, Photoshop brushes set
- Photoshop Brushes – Floral Shapes (37) – Discontinued. Now you can use Floral Vector Set
Here is the final outcome:
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotographyfinal.jpg?resize=424%2C283)
And here is how we got there.
1. Load a plain photo in Photoshop
2. Load first brushes set, in this case Swirls 2, Photoshop brushes set
(Click here if you need to find out how to load and use brushes into Photoshop->)
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography01.jpg?resize=425%2C425)
2. Place the first brush on the photo like this:
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography02.jpg?resize=425%2C326)
3. Load second brushes set, in this case Photoshop Brushes – Floral Shapes (37) Discontinued! – Now you can use Floral Vector Set
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography03.jpg?resize=425%2C425)
4. Place that second brush it on the top of the first one so that it creates one new shape
(Find out how to color the brush ->)
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography04.jpg?resize=425%2C314)
5. Now, the time has come to color the right part of the image. First we need to make a selection, to do that – use Polygonal Lasso Tool (L)
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography05.jpg?resize=425%2C425)
6. Close the path: join beginning and the ending points
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography06.jpg?resize=425%2C327)
7. Click on Gradient Tool (G). Now click and on the gradient itself (upper left corner) and adjust the colors until you get something like this (or whatever look you prefer)
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography07.jpg?resize=425%2C425)
8. Drag the gradient with the mouse from upper left corner to the bottom right corner
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography08.jpg?resize=425%2C385)
9. Add some drop shadow on the first brush to enhance the visual effect. Double click on the layer thumbnail to get the “Layer style Pop-Up window”, checkmark the Drop Shadow box.
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography09.jpg?resize=425%2C425)
10. Adjust the drop shadow settings like this
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotography10.jpg?resize=425%2C397)
And voila!
Add text and here is our newly decorated wedding photo!
![Wedding Photography Wedding Photography](https://i0.wp.com/graphics-illustrations.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/weddingphotographyfinal.jpg?resize=424%2C283)
I hope you liked it! I tried to make it as simple as possible but if there are some steps that are not completely clear please let me know.
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Of course, don’t forget to browse through my little shop for some cool brushes and stuff 🙂
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How very AWESOME! I bought your big package and became a member but never in my wildest imagination did I think of doing anything like this! Your brushes are the best and now you’ve shown me ways to extend their usage. Thank you so much for sharing your talents!
Thanks Becky 🙂 I’m glad that you liked it
S*
Hi, just wanted to tell you I love your new FRESH design. Great job!
Thanks Vivian!
rajesh, please take a look here:
http://graphics-illustrations.com/how-to-color-the-brush-the-fastest-way/
S
I enjoyed reading your post today..thank you for sharing 🙂