Cracked and pealing paint always draw me in as a photographer so here’s a great Friday freebie which combines a selection of my peeling paint photo and turns them into cracked Photoshop brushes. These brushes are full resolution and can be used to paint, erase or mask to create all sorts of effects.
Full download instructions are below or Click Here to DOWNLOAD THE CRACKED BRUSH SET
If you like your graphic design then those photo real cracked paint brushes will have plenty of uses and Photographers will find them handy to. For example the photo above was given an aged and distressed look by applying the brushes on a layer set to Overlay blending mode. The cut corner border is a previous Friday Freebie Photoshop action which has also been aged with the cracked brushes and Lighten layer blending mode.
These Brushes will work in any version of Photoshop and they’re fully compatible with Photoshop Elements too!
As always, if you create a photo using the Friday Freebie then let me (and everyone else) know by leaving the link in the comments below.
Usage rules
The brushes are copyright Gavin Hoey 2014. Use is limited to any personal but non-commercial purposes. Please share the Friday Freebie by linking back to this page. Do not redistribute the original image without my permission.
Download instructions
1. Click the link https://www.gavtrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cracked-Brushes.zip to download
2. Save the brushes to your desktop
3. Unzip the file
4. Open in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements
5. Install the brushes (This link will help if you don’t know how)
6. Enjoy!
No support is provided with the Friday Freebies. If you need help Google or YouTube the question and you’ll almost certainly find the answer 
These look very cool! Thank you.
I love playing and experimenting….here is my photo using the cracked PS brush.
Looks like to photo did add…..here it is 🙂
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/11135123@N03/14828640903/in/set-72157646057141936/
Hello Gavin. I’ve got a question for you. You say that these brushes are for personal but non-commercial use but I’ve always had a doubt about what is commercial & what isn’t. For example: If I use this tutorial (& brushes of course) to put the result on my porfolio, isn’t that considered commercial? I mean, somebody can pay me for a similar job, for which I’ll need to use these brushes.
So, if you can tell me at least your opinion I’d thank you.
Thanks & Greets from Buenos Aires, Argentina (Hope it is London, England someday)
Marcelo.
It’s a grey area for sure and I get plenty of emails on the topic. The uses varies from things which are fine (like putting photo on your portfolio) to needing permission (like selling a photo to a client that uses my brushes/actions) to out and out no no’s (like selling my brushes / action to a third party). I treat every case on it’s merits.
Brilliant…Thank you.
You’re welcome 🙂
Thank you Gavin very useful as always.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevkitching/14809351474/
It needs a Kind heart to share nowadays…thanks a TON Gavin
from India.
You are one of the greatest artists in photography. Congratulations.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag323/baryychampion11/CrackedPhoto_zps7d7840ab.jpg
G’day Gavin.
Thankyou for the Photoshop Crack Brushes. I will have a lot of fun with these. Old looking pictures are a lot of fun to create.
Thankyou for all your help and inspiration.
Barry from Tassie
Hi Gavin, nice Border and nice brushes.
Greetings from Germany
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1457784814507668&set=pcb.1457785527840930&type=1&theater
thankyou, just watched the tutorial with the cracked brushes,, they are brilliant xxx
Hi Kevin,
Greetings from Sydney, Australia!
Just downloaded light rays, painted-corners and cracked-brushes.
Thank you very much.
John
My first use of a Friday Freebie & used it for an Open Comp at my local camera club. Was pleased with my result, judge wasn’t so keen !!
Thank you kindly for the tutorial and free tools.
Great!!!!! Thank you
Hi Gavin. Only just found you on the next and must congratulate on your easy to understand Photoshop style. Great lesson on the cracked border. I though it really suited the attached image which my parents took in Japan Circa 1934 -1936.
https://flic.kr/p/U8hQGp
Great! Thank you . sima
Great stuff, thanks a lot!
Greetings from Germany