


So to avoid losing the layer contents you want to apply strokes on, duplicating the layer prior to launching Particleshop is a must. If you selected the second option, “Save Only The brushstrokes”, you will get a layer with the strokes you made only, and the brush you selected prior to selecting the plugin will simply disappear. If you chose the first option, “Merge brushstrokes with source contents”, you will see the strokes you made on the current layer you selected prior to launching Particleshop. Once you are done making your strokes, you hit the save button, and then you will be presented with the following dialog::. Each brush is a sample of the brushes in the other packs available for sale from within Particleshop itself. The starter pack contains the following brushes, Debris, Fabric, Fine Art, Flame, Fur, Hair, Light, Smoke, Space, Storm, Superhero. But you have the choice to get additional ones from Corel if felt the need to. Particleshop comes with a starter pack out of the box, which is a collection of 11 brushes provided by Corel, so you won’t have to buy any more brushes to use the plug-in. There are other settings that will appear based on the brush you are currently using right now. You have 5 tools inside the plug-in, these tools are the brush, blender, eraser, eyedropper, color wheel tools respectively.īeside the tools, the available settings in Particleshop are similar to Corel Painter, the settings allows you to adjust the brush size, opacity, or turning the pressure sensitivity on & off (we will get to that soon). The user interface of Particleshop looks kinda similar to Corel Painter, but it is much simpler. To access Particleshop in Photoshop, simply choose Filters > Painter > ParticleShop from the main menu. After that, you will be able to use the plug-in from within your application.

Particleshop is installed just like any application on your computer. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CS5, CS6, or CC.įor this review, I tried Particleshop for Photoshop, but I expect it to be fairly the same for the other supported applications as well.Works with a variety of Adobe & Corel applications.
PARTICLESHOP ALTERNATIVE MAC OSX
(Requires Windows 7 or later, Mac OSX 10.10 or later).
PARTICLESHOP ALTERNATIVE UPDATE
You are forced to update Particleshop every time there is an update.To benefit from the nondestructive new features in Particleshop 1.1, you will need to duplicate your layer to avoid losing its contents.Contains 11 brush out of the box, so there is no need to buy any more brushes at first.Buy Once, Use If On More Than An Application.What Other Brushes Pack Are Available For Particleshop?.
