How to make brush design transparent?

[dougdavis12]

Below is what I'm trying to achieve. So that it can be printed on different background colors.







but the problem is how do I make my brush transparent? so doesn't matter what color I have as background it has a see through effect? right now If I remove background and save as transparent it has white color for brush.


I'm bit new to photoshop, so don't really understand how to achieve this. Hope this make sense.





Thank you.

 

[mattmorz]

Probably, create a new layer then use the brush on the layer. Make a selection on that brush then delete it.

 

[Daniel Morris]

I just copied the top image into photoshop, then went to edit > define brush. Tested the brush and all white parts of the new brush are transparent including the splodge in the middle. So perhaps it is the way you are creating the brush which is the issue

 

[3headcat]

im not quite sure do i understand. you want that splatter to have a color of custom background? if yes that just use that brush as a eraser tool and and erase part of the text with it

 

[dougdavis12]

im not quite sure do i understand. you want that splatter to have a color of custom background? if yes that just use that brush as a eraser tool and and erase part of the text with it

Thank you, this is exactly what I wanted. I wanted splatter to have transparency, so when I print that in different background it has the background color.

Thanks guys, really appreciate your quick responses ...

 

[mattmorz]

That says it all..hahaha..oh Eraser Tool

 

[ibclare]

A non-destructive method to do this works just like the eraser except you can go back and change the strokes you make or restore the text completely.

You select the layer, go down to the bottom of the layer panel, click on the layer mask icon, a square with a circle inside. Select a brush, your "colors" when you are in the mask should be black and white. If they are not, make sure the mask is selected. There will be a double border around it. Make sure the black is set as foreground. Then paint.

Basically what this does is hide the pixels so a background layer shows through. Just to show you why masking can be an excellent method, take a white brush and brush over a stroke. You see?

If you want to work back on the text layer, click back on the layer or the layer icon.