Painted into a Corner
June 4, 2007 5:42 PM

Does anyone offer a brush set for Photoshop CS3 that mirrors the brush set for Painter X?

I'm migrating to Photoshop exclusively after having had it with Painter's many bugs and just being tired of juggling two programs. However, I love the Painter brush set and I'd rather not spend hours re-creating them in Photoshop. I'm hopeful that some company or individual in the same boat has already done this, and I can buy or download the set. Does anyone know of one? Even the brush set from old Painter 6 would do wonderfully.
posted by Vaska to Computers & Internet (1 answer total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
It's been several years since I've used Painter, but I don't think Photoshop brushes -- despite being pretty advanced objects -- can replicate Painter's brushes. Painter's goal is to simulate natural media, and it's got all sorts of options built in to support that goal, such as wet watercolor that drips and 3D-looking oil paint. You can achieve some of these effects in PS by painting first and then running filters, but the brushes themselves don't have enough features for what you want.

That said, there's a plugin called Deep Paint that adds painter-like natural brushes to PS. The good news is that it's FREE. That bad news, possibly, is that it's PC only.

Meanwhile, at the Adobe Exchange, you can download thousands of free brushes.
posted by grumblebee at 6:30 PM on June 4, 2007


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