When we select that option, we will get a menu and brush controlling options. Step 7: Here is an option to control the mixed brush tool. Step 6: We’re going to paint with the brush here, but it’s moving too slowly than a regular brush. On the left, you see the original image and the retouched version is on the Right.We select the color for our brush from here. Here is a photo, by Emily Teague, where the model’s skin needed a lot of work. Now that we’ve gone over the settings, let’s take a moment to talk about a couple of examples for how you can use the Mixer Brush as part of the Frequency Separation workflow. Using the Mixer Brush with Frequency Separation Layers For those cases when I am working on an empty layer and just want to blend the colors of the image below I will turn it on.ĭo keep in mind that if this option is turned on, any layers above the one you’re working on can affect the colors the brush is a sampling.įor instance, if you have a Curves Adjustment layer above the layer you’re working on and Sample All Layers is turned ON that Adjustment layer will affect the colors the brush samples, in effect causing it to double up on the result. When using the Mixer Brush as part of my Frequency Separation workflow I will work on a copy of the Tone or Low-Frequency layer, so I make sure this is turned off.
And when it is turned ON it will sample colors from ALL the layers in your image. When this option is turned OFF it will only sample colors from the layer you are working on.
As with so many of Photoshop’s tools, this control determines what pixels it interacts with. The last setting we’ll focus on here is the Sample All Layers option.
In working with the Mixer Brush I’ll start with it set around 20% so I have a bit more control over how quickly the current brush load builds up on the image.Īs with the Wet option, if I need it to work faster I can boost this setting up to around 40%. The Flow setting also works to help control how fast the paint is built up. If the effect seems to be too light I’ll boost that up to around 40% or so. When working on blending colors in an image I’ll start with a low Wet setting, around 20%. Lower Wet settings mean less paint is picked up which can be a good way to lessen the effect of each stroke. The Wet option controls the amount of paint that is picked up each time you begin a stroke. Of these options the 2 that concern our workflow the most are the Wet setting and the Flow setting.
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