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This lesson demonstrates how to paint a daisy frame border using Photoshop’s Special Effects Brushes. To work along exactly, you are welcome to download the start image Here. Unzip the file and open the cow image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
Create and save brushes tutorial here!
The two examples above-right, were created using several brushes found in the Special Effects brush library - they demonstrate opacities, densities and colours, that brushes can produce.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your start image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then set the Foreground and Background colours you wish your daisies to be - for
example, for a red/pink/white combination; I set my Foreground and Background colours to the following.
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From the left-side toolbar, activate the Brush Tool.
And set the following attributes into its Options bar.
Now, activate your choice of brush. For example, to activate the daisy brush, left-click the tiny black triangle highlighted above. And from the subsequent drop-down menu, click the tiny black right facing triangle shown below. You will then see the following drop-down menu that contains your choice of brushes. Now, scroll the list, locate then left-click Special Effect Brushes and reply OK to the Replace brushes? question - or click Append to add then to your present brush library. Ensure Large Thumbnail has a tick before it, (as shown below right), then scroll the left-side brush library and
double-left-click brush number 69. Your brush is set and ready to work with.
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Of course, select your own choice if you prefer, additionally, depending on the size of your photograph, your brush size (Master Diameter) needs to be adjusted.
Quickly adjust the brush size
To adjust the brush size, press your keyboard’s left-side (or right-side), bracket keys - ensuring the keyboard is set to lower case, and Not capitals!
Change the Opacity
You can increase, or decrease - the brush’s Opacity by tapping the numerical numbers of your keyboard - the numbers on the very far right. Tapping number 1 changes the Opacity to 10% - tapping number 3, changes the Opacity to 30%, and so on.
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Before applying the daises, you need to create a new layer; therefore, from the top menu, choose Layer then New then Layer and name it Frame, then choose OK.
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Now, begin painting daisies around the photograph - and remember, if you make a mistake, from the top menu choose Edit then choose Step Backwards - then reapply the brush. If you keep checking your work as you go, you are able to correct unruly daisies immediately.
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Your daises will be applied indiscriminately; therefore, for a pleasing result, you need to experiment with both the size and the placement of the brush. You can apply the brush in a swooping motion, or, apply it one click at a time. Remember, not all brushes render in the same way.
When you are happy with the daisy frame effect, it is ready for a drop shadow.
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In the Layers palette, ensure the Frame layer remains active, then left-click the Add a layer style f-fx icon (right at the bottom). Now, from the subsequent drop-down menu, click Drop Shadow. In the subsequent Layer Styles dialogue box, set the Drop Shadow settings of your choice, then click OK.
7/ Saving the daisy frame
To save your transparent daisy frame, from the Layers palette, left-click to activate the Background layer, then right-click it, and choose Delete from the following drop-down menu. Note: reply Yes to the Delete Layer? prompt.
Your Layers palette (and frame) will resemble the following.
 
By saving your transparent daisy frame, you are able to drag it onto another image. Additionally, save your frame as a PSD file, this retains the transparency, and is important - therefore, from the top menu, choose File then choose Save As.
8/ Applying Styles to your brush frame
Change the Foreground colour to white - or to a colour of your choice. 
Then create a New Layer, and paint a border around your image.
You are ready to apply a Style to the brush frame; therefore, ensure the Styles palette is visible on Photoshop’s workspace - if it is not, from the top menu, choose Window, then click a tick next to Styles. The default Styles palette resembles the following.
Left-click the tiny black triangle highlighted above, and you will see the following
drop-down menu.
Note: Experiment with the different Style families - I like Text Effects 2, Text Effects, Abstract and Textures; therefore, left-click Text Effects, (above), then reply OK to the Replace Current Styles? question, and the Styles box will change to the following.
Now, left-click a Style of your choice and your brush frame will immediately change.
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