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Step 19: Next, switch to the Grunge brush pack and select the Tangled brush. Use the Eyedropper to sample the light blonde color from her hair. Then use this Brush to paint the frizz of her hair over the swirls. The combi- nation of these two brushes is an easy way to produce a painted effect for big curly hair.
Step 20: When you’re happy with how the hair looks, save the brush- strokes back out to Photoshop, and then move the Hair layer above the Primary Brush Work layer at the top of the layer stack. Now toggle each of the painted layers beneath it back on to get a fuller sense of how the painting is shaping up.
Step 21: Create one more merged layer named “Edge Work,” and re- turn to ParticleShop one last time. The idea here is to create a convinc- ing painted border by using various brushes to paint white onto the edge of the canvas. Experiment with vari- ous brushes to suit your taste; here I used the Textural brush from the Core Pack followed by the Mangy Fur brush from the Creepers brush pack. When finished, return the brushstrokes to Photoshop and enjoy your painted image!
Corel has done a great job with making this plug-in go beyond the capabilities of the first version. There are only so many things you can do with sparkles and particles, and even- tually you run the risk of it all looking somewhat derivative. But the inclu- sion of the new Dynamic Speckles and F-X Effects brushes means that there’s now a lot more to this tech- nology than just pretty sparkles! n
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