Convert Stamps to Brushes in Photoshop

June 29, 2008

This Convert Stamps to Brushes in Photoshop Tutorial will explain how to transform stamps, imagepacks, drawing, image etc into a custom photoshop brush.

This is extremely useful as the default brushes don’t have everything you need and want, although good they’re lacking a bit and many designers have created some beautiful drawings, stamps, imagepacks etc

Before reading this tutorial I suggest downloading something you want to convert to a custom brush, you can find some stamps/imagepacks at LTY Designs - here!

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Convert Stamps to Brushes in Photoshop Tutorial - The Steps


  • Firstly, open Adobe Photoshop - make sure you’ve downloaded some stamps to your computer - open them in Photoshop.
  • Assuming you have opened your stamps in Photoshop, here’s the first step: On the left find the Rectangular Marquee Tool - or just press M - now with the selection tool select around the brush.
  • Now that you’ve selected around the brush/stamp, go -> Edit (it’s along the top, with File, Edit, Image etc) and then look for Define Brush, click that. A box will pop up, you can name the brush if you want, or just leave it as it is, then click OK.
  • And that’s it! If you have any problems or questions regarding this Convert Stamps to Brushes in Photoshop Tutorial then please do leave a comment below.