Unleashed Education Blog

Editing Toolbox: Photoshop Brush Opacity and Flow Explained

editing toolbox free editing tutorials Jul 07, 2023
 

By Craig Turner-Bullock

There are so many different applications for brushes in Photoshop, applying colour, dodging and burning, masking, cloning, the list goes on and on! Whichever brush technique you're using, there are a couple of tools that can sometimes cause confusion and in this week's Editing Toolbox video, I'm going to explain the difference between the two. Let's take a look at Opacity and Flow and change the way you use them!

If you like these quick tutorials, you'll love our premium Unleashed Edits - full start-to-finish editing tutorials in Lightroom and Photoshop. These are available in our membership (along with a tonne of amazing pet photography education). We hope to see you there!

Start your pet photography journey with 100 free daily tips!

That's over 3 months worth of daily tips covering topics like working with light, obtaining expression, camera settings, shooting action, composition, using the location, dog handling tricks – and so much more. Delivered direct to your inbox so you can read and absorb straight away (no homework required).

We hate SPAM. We will never sell your information, for any reason.