Whether you're dreaming of a tranquil getaway or need a rustic background image for a website or other design, Adobe Photoshop offers a way to create Mother Nature's bounty on screen. Use Photoshop's included graphic design tools to draw items like grassy hills, where you have full control over the colors and even the blades of grass. Create your own hillside without any seeds, rowing or ground shifting required using Adobe Photoshop.
Instructions
1. Open Adobe Photoshop. Click the "File" menu. Click "New" and type "GrassyHills" into the Name box. Type the preferred dimensions, such as "6" into the Width box and "8" into the Height box. Pull down the "Dimensions" menus and click "Inches" for each. Pull down the "Background Contents" menu and click "White." Click the "OK" button.
2. Double-click the top-left box of the Color Picker at the bottom of the Tools column. Choose a dark brown color. Click the "OK" button.
3. Click the Brush tool, which looks like a paintbrush, in the middle of the Tools column. Draw a zigzag or gently angled hill line from the left side of the white workspace to the right side of the workspace. Don't worry if your line extends into the gray Photoshop canvas.
4. Click the Paint Bucket tool, also in the middle of the Tools column. Click anywhere below the zigzag line to fill in the hills with brown color.
5. Double-click the Color Picker again and choose a green color, then click "OK."
6. Click the Brush tool again. Pull down the brush head, which is unlabeled but is the second from the left option on the toolbar at the top of the screen.
7. Scroll to the Grass brush head, which is #134 in the latest version of Photoshop CS5 as of this writing. If you do not see the Grass brush head, click the small triangle in a circle icon at the top of the Brush Head box. Click "Natural Brushes," click "Append" and scroll through the list again.
8. Hover the cursor over the tops of the hills and notice that the cursor now looks like grass. Press and hold down the left mouse button. Drag the mouse along the tops of the hills to deposit the grass brush strokes. Continue clicking and dragging to cover as much of the hillside as desired.
9. Click the "File" menu. Select "Save As," determine where to save the grassy hillside image and click the "Save" button.
