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Old Photoshop brushes
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 3:39 am
by DreamCatcherWolf
Okay I never updated my photoshop. I am simply unwilling to pay a subscription cost. I am still on like cs4.
But that said I would like to add a few brush packs for textures like sand, rocks, leaves, bark, and water.
I could search the web finding on file at a time... but I am sure there are decent brush packs. Must be for commercial use. Preferably free.
Re: Old Photoshop brushes
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:08 am
by hayasidist
possibly heresy but ... Krita is free, it does come with lots of brushes, there are many free brush expansion packs and it will export .psd. I'm not a heavy Krita user, but I have used it (
https://youtu.be/ngaGlulB-0M ) and it is on my migration route away from all things Adobe as even the Elements option has gone "subscription by the back door" (i.e. 3 year licence!)
Re: Old Photoshop brushes
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 5:03 am
by DreamCatcherWolf
Yes, Krita is free, but I am not really ready to learn something new yet but I have looked at it. It seems I would have to download those brushes too if I did so I rather just stick with Photoshop. One new person on the team does use Krita as a primary.
It's getting harder and harder for me to want to use anything new adobe. I was really interested in Creation Effects Beast Bundle last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7xf932 ... i_&index=1. But after looking at subscription costs for the updated version I decided to skip. Its a great package but it is also a high price for a walk cycle when its monthly.
I did download some foliage packs with my extra credits/subscription from a few stock sites awhile back and saw some from public domain images of similar. But I never thought of just updating my brush pack. I never realized how useful brushes were until Moho.
The mushroom animation is absolutely beautiful along with the ocean videos, I was studying the ocean ones earlier this week.
Re: Old Photoshop brushes
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:57 pm
by hayasidist
wow! the ocean ones... 13 years ago in AS8!!! all vectors BTW ... yep - even back then, things could be done with brushes and blend modes -- just took longer than with the stuff we now have in 14.