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[ 61 ]BRUSHES
Shortcut #1: With the Brush tool
selected, press-and-hold the Option
(PC: Alt) key to temporarily change
the Brush tool to the Eyedropper
tool. You can now click on a color
to sample it, and it will change your
Foreground color (brush color) to the
color you just sampled.
Now it’s time to add some splashes!I recommend doing this gradually by
brushing with different splash brushes
in separate layers. In this example,
I brushed in three different layers until
I got the desired result.
Shortcut #2: I like to keep my layers
organized, so we’ll select all the splash
layers and group them. To do this,
first Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click)
on the layers you want to add to the
group, and then press Command-G
(PC: Ctrl-G).
Shortcut #3: The splashes turned out
well, but let’s intensify the effect by
duplicating the group. (Sometimes,
I even triplicate the group.) To duplicate
a layer or group, select the group or
layer and press Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J).
Shortcut #4: By duplicating the
group, we’re also increasing the size
of the file, and this may slow down
Photoshop. To avoid this, merge the
splash groups into one layer: First,
Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) all of
the groups (to select them), and then
press Command-E (PC: Ctrl-E). Now all
the splashes are in one layer.