How to Create Facial Hair in Photoshop

▶ Download the Photoshop brush for this tutorial (free with a PHLEARN account): https://phlearn.com/tutorial/make-fac... Create realistic facial hair in Photoshop from scratch — stubble, a beard, or anything in between — by building your own custom brush instead of relying on stock overlays. Once the brush is dialed in, painting the hair on is the easy part. CHAPTERS 00:00 What you'll be able to do 02:12 Painting a single hair to build the custom brush 04:03 Turning it into a brush with Define Brush Preset 05:00 Dialing in the brush menu settings 08:40 Painting facial hair onto the face 11:05 Before and after THE STEPS 1. On a new layer, paint one single, perfect hair with the Brush Tool — this becomes your custom brush, so make it count. 2. Select the hair (Marquee Tool, or Cmd/Ctrl-click the layer thumbnail), then go to Edit → Define Brush Preset and name it. 3. Open the Brush Settings panel (Window → Brush Settings) and dial in Shape Dynamics, Scattering, and Angle Jitter — this is what keeps the hair from looking like a repeated stamp. 4. Adjust spacing, roundness jitter, and opacity until test strokes look like real, irregular hair rather than a pattern. 5. Paint the hair onto the face, working in the direction real hair grows. 6. Hold Alt/Option to sample different colors as you go — real facial hair is never one flat color, so mix in lights and darks (and a little white for highlights). ― PHLEARN PRO: every PRO tutorial, one membership ◦ 200+ in-depth courses and masterclasses on Photoshop, Lightroom and photography ◦ 1,000+ downloadable PSDs, RAW images and sample files to follow along ◦ Presets, Photoshop actions and LUTs included ◦ New PRO tutorials every month, streamed in 4K with captions and chapters ◦ Rated 4.93/5 by 3,900+ students ◦ Cancel anytime, 100% money-back guarantee ▶ https://phlearn.com/pro ― Follow us on social! Instagram:   / phlearn   Facebook:   / phlearn   Twitter:   / phlearn