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Creating custom trees

Creating custom trees - Photoshop Tutorial

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Creating custom trees

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- There are an infinite number of possibilities when you're making trees in Photoshop. I created a new blank document that is four by six and filled the background with black. In order to put the tree on its own layer I'll click the new layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. Then I'll select Filter, Render, and then choose Tree. There are a number of different base tree types that you can choose from. In this case I'm going to start with the cherry blossom tree. We can change the direction of light. We can also change the amount of leaves, making it a more barren tree, or adding a lot of leaves. We can change the leaf size as well as the branch height. So if I want the branches to start a little bit further up the trunk, I'll increase that. I can also change the branch thickness. In this case I'll make it a little thinner. By default I'm going to use the leaves that match up with the base tree type, but I…

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