How to make 'Fur'?

[suzannevt7]

I'm trying to find a tutorial on how to make an object look like fur? is there one anyone knows of? or should I be looking for a software application that can do this?
thanks.

[NMarti]

Hi
There are some brushes which make nice fur and if nobody posts before I get home from work then I will locate them for you. I don't remember off-hand where I downloaded them from but they work quite well.

[kevq]

Hi Suzanne,
have sent you an email with 2 sets of fur styles. Hope they are what you want.
Kev.:) :)

[Wendy]

Hi ...

I think that the best fur and hair brushes are the ones by Dave Nagel over on Creative Mac (the brushes do work on Windows pcs :) )

Try this link ... but ignore the adverts for the other sort of hair brushes :D :D there are actually several sets that are worth downloading ..

http://www.creativemac.com/common/search/NewSearch.jsp?keywords=hair+brushes&Search=Search&articleType=All&sites=3&matchFor=All&searchDepth=1500&sortBy=Relevance&numPerPage=20&siteid=3

Wendy

[kimi_boo]

I have the Nagel brushes also. One thing to remember when you use them is change your colors so you have high and low tones. :)

[Wendy]

Hi ...

There is a great tutorial on the creativemac site showing you how to do that .. the tutorial is for making beards but the technique applies to fur as well.

Way back in the early days we played around with this technique ... here is a link to the thread, which included links to the brushes and tutorial (and the links still work :eek: ) :

Making Hair and Beards (http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?t=662)

Wendy

[suzannevt7]

wow! thanks so much!! off to check everything out!:)

[graficalicus]

DOH!

and I wasted time making a fur brush (http://www.graficalicus.com/boards/fur_brush.abr). :(

USE: set two contrasting colors (maybe a light brown & a dark brown?) and brush away. Change the size with the two square bracket keys on your keyboard ( '[' & ']')

[suzannevt7]

Not a waste graficalicus!!! way cool brush!! I think that will work nicely!
Kev- thanks so very much for the styles, not exactly what I was looking for for this project but I can definitely use on another!!
Thanks so very much for everyone's help!

[skstarkiller]

Here (http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161074) is a great tut on making realistic fur over at www.Worth1000.com

[suzannevt7]

Thought I'd share what I made....hopefully you can see this link..
Thanks SO much for the brush! and all the great tut locations!!!:)

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l131/suzannevt7/SUZZ_ChristmasStOcKiNgS_Mom.png

[kimi_boo]

It came out WONDERFUL!! :D :D

Do tell... what brush did you use for the top part?

[Wags374]

Great looking fur! :)

[suzannevt7]

I used the brush that graficalicus sent (see earlier post here) and I picked up some Nagel brushes (another link in earlier post here)

[Wendy]

Oh that looks so good !! :)

Wendy

[hukari]

Good job!!!
I need to make a stocking for my daughter. Maybe I could justprint one out and glue it together??!! ;-)

[Berengaria]

Hi ...

I think that the best fur and hair brushes are the ones by Dave Nagel over on Creative Mac (the brushes do work on Windows pcs :) )

Try this link ... but ignore the adverts for the other sort of hair brushes :D :D there are actually several sets that are worth downloading ..

http://www.creativemac.com/common/search/NewSearch.jsp?keywords=hair+brushes&Search=Search&articleType=All&sites=3&matchFor=All&searchDepth=1500&sortBy=Relevance&numPerPage=20&siteid=3

Wendy

Wendy: Do Nagels brushes work with PSE 4?

[Wendy]

Hi ...

Yes they do ... as a general guide brushes made with older versions of Elemsnts (and photoshop) tend to work on newer versions ...

... but its not always the case the other way round :)

Wendy

[kimi_boo]

Wendy: Do Nagels brushes work with PSE 4?

Yes, I haven't found any Photoshop brushes that don't work with Elements. :D

[NRiceDesigns]

Suzanne, that's a great stocking. Which brush did you use on the white fur?

[Berengaria]

DOH!

and I wasted time making a fur brush (http://www.graficalicus.com/boards/fur_brush.abr). :(

USE: set two contrasting colors (maybe a light brown & a dark brown?) and brush away. Change the size with the two square bracket keys on your keyboard ( '[' & ']')

Is there a version of your "fur" for Mac? I just got jibberish when I clicked on "fur".

[kimi_boo]

DOH!

and I wasted time making a fur brush (http://www.graficalicus.com/boards/fur_brush.abr). :(

Thanks so much for the BRUSH!! :D

[suzannevt7]

Reka - what's your daughter's name and your email I'll make you one and email it to you!

[graficalicus]

Is there a version of your "fur" for Mac? I just got jibberish when I clicked on "fur".


nope - it's just an .abr - should work on any version of Photoshop/Elements (I made it with 5, tho'). Open the brush palette and load from there (click the little riangle at the top, and from the popout menu, choose "Load brushes" - then navigate to it)

Thanks so much for the BRUSH!!

My pleasure!

[hukari]

Thanks, Suzanne! I meant she needs a real one! <lol> Hers is the one she got when she was a baby and it's getting too small!
But she would love one anyway. Her name is Johanna.
You really did a super job. It just looks soooo real.

[suzannevt7]

Reka - let me know how to get this to you?