50 Sets of Free Sky and Cloud Backgrounds Photoshop Brushes
There are times when the weather just won’t cooperate. So if you are for example need to shoot a picture with a clear sky, you have to wait for the weather to change its mood. But what if it lasted for days? Nowadays, with Photoshop around, this should no longer be a problem. Adobe Photoshop has actually plenty of tools to help you edit and manipulate your images, including the power to manipulate the weather. Here are about 50 sets of free cloud backgrounds as Photoshop brushes that you can use for free.
With the use of Photoshop brushes, you can paint a colorful sky or a smoky cloudy background or even a stormy dark atmosphere. We scoured the Internet and found thousands of beautiful, high-quality yet free sky and clouds Photoshop brushes. These brushes vary in terms of cloud forms and types from cumulus to cirrus to nimbus.
If you need more images of clouds you can download free, visit our roundup of free high-res cloud background textures.
Thus, we are sharing these abundant resources for you so you do not need to hop from one page to another. Bookmark this page because we guarantee that the brushes you will find here are more than enough for your design requirements in this lifetime. So without much further ado, here are 50 sets of sky and cloud backgrounds Photoshop brushes containing more or less a thousand individual brushes!
High-Quality Cloud Backgrounds and Sky Photoshop Brushes
To download the set that you want, just click on the title of the entry. make sure to also checkout the portfolio of the artists as there are usually more interesting brushes that you might discover from their individual profiles and pages. Most of these brushes are free to use for personal projects but to be sure, always check the terms of use of each author before using them.
Aerial Clouds Photoshop Brushes
A set of 10 high-resolution Photoshop brushes composed of fluffy cloud backgrounds that you can use in your layout as background. These cloud brushes are compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and any CS version of Photoshop. The size of the brushes is at 2500 pixels wide, which is the highest resolution you can create for brushes in PS.
Clouds Background Brushes
This set consists of ere 10 natural clouds brushes in this set created using photos of real clouds.
Clouds Photoshop Brushes
A set of 10 large cloud backgrounds brushes in a variety of shapes and with great details. Because of their size, you can use them both for print and web projects.
Clouds Brushes Vol. 2
Here is a second set of cloud backgrounds brushes in a variety of shapes and with great details. You will get 13 medium and large brushes to use in all kinds of design projects.
Brushes 2 – HR clouds brushes
In this pack, you will find mountain cloud backgrounds that are compatible with Photoshop CS5 and any other CS versions of the program.
Cloud PS Brushes
A set of nine Photoshop cloud backgrounds brushes that you can use with Photoshop CS+.
Clouds in the Sky HQ Brushes
Thick Clouds brushes
This set consists of 19 cloud backgrounds with sizes ranging from 500-2000 pixels.
10 Free High-res Cloud Brushes
Weather Brushes Free
Here is another set of 38 high-quality cloud backgrounds. The pack contains sun, stars, clouds, lightning, snow, icicles, snowflakes, rain, etc.
Cloud Brush Set 7
This pack includes six high-quality brushes featuring different cloud forms. The biggest resolution is 2500 pixels.
Cloud Photoshop Brushes
Here is another set of seven high-resolution Photoshop brushes featuring cloud backgrounds.
Brush Set – Clouds v1
This brush set contains 10 great cloud brushes for any sky background!
Clouds PS Brushes
Yet, another pack of six brushes that are huge. The set includes clouds that look like explosions, and some just nice clouds.
Clouds Backgrounds Brushes
My Cloud Brushes
This pack has eight high-quality clouds brushes from high-resolution photos of clouds.
Cloud Brushes 2
This set consists of 18 brushes which you may find useful for painting the whole sky.
Drawing clouds Brush
This set contains: 1 Simple puffy cloud brush (creates a realistic cloud with every mouse click you make), 1 Puffy pen pressure cloud brush (simple cloud drawing), 1 Puffy color cloud brush (If you want to make a cloud in a different color), 4 Stroke cloud brushes (you can make everything with these, from clouds in the air to mist, to cloudy textures etc.
Fluffy Clouds: 25 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes
A set of 25 high-resolution brushes for creating clouds in Photoshop. These brushes are really great at producing stunning horizons, sunsets, and skies. You can really have a lot of fun with this set and because there are no edges on these brushes the possibilities are truly endless.
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25 Cloud Brushes Volume 2
A set of beautiful cloud brushes, perfect for all your nature related design needs. Simply download this cloud brush pack and you will be on your ways to painting beautiful sky masterpieces.
Free Cloud Photoshop Brushes Vol. 1
Now, if you are wondering where is set 1, then here it is! A set of free Photoshop brushes especially for readers of youthedesigner.com. These cloud style brushes can be easily uploaded into Photoshop and start using right away.
Clouds 1 Brush Pack for Photoshop or Gimp
This set contains 10 Hi-Res texture brushes to give you some clouds in your work! These brushes are quite transparent so they shouldn’t be too overpowering off the bat. They will work fine in Adobe Photoshop or Gimp.
Clouds 2 Brush Pack for Photoshop or Gimp
These clouds brushes are perfect for creating a sky in your design project. This set contains 10 brushes in a .abr file that will work with Adobe Photoshop or Gimp. Half of the cloud brushes have dark clouds and half of the brushes have light clouds on a dark background for some variation.
Cloud Abstract Set
A great set of 13 abstract clouds brush for Photoshop.
Silk Assassins Cloud Brushes
This pack of brushes is just the first in a set of four brushes that you may download for free from this author. This pack includes 21 great clouds brushes.
Cloud Brushes Hi-Res No.5
The fifth and last hi-res cloud brushes set. This pack is 20MB to download.
Cloud Brush Set 1
A set of brushes that look like natural real clouds. Just grab white and paint away. You can also add really light drop shadowing or surface blur them for some nice effects.
55 Clouds Brushes
This set includes 55 brushes that are compatible with Photoshop CS versions. Majority of them are in 1000-1500 pixel resolution.
Abstract Cloud Brush Set
This set contains 10 big brushes featuring abstract clouds. These were made from pictures of clouds taken by the author.
Abstract Cloud Brushes 2
Here is set number two of BladeMarth’s abstract brushes. The set includes nine cloud brushes compatible with Photoshop 7.
Clouds Backgrounds PS Brushes
Here is a set of high-resolution and neat brushes with a soft texture and different shape. You can mix and combine these brushes to get various look and style. These are perfect for creating a cloudy day or to give a more interesting aspect to a plain sky.
24 Clouds Brushes
This set contains 24 brushes of clouds with varying sizes. Most are high-res though.
10 Clouds Brush Set
A set of 10 cloud brushes from BrushFX.co.uk. Perfect for so many projects.
High-Res Cloud Brushes
This pack contains 14 high-resolution cloud brushes plus two rays and sun bursts.
Free Abstract Cloud Brushes Set 1
This is a set of 6 abstract cloud brushes. These clouds can give you all kinds of interesting effects.
Clouds Brushes
Here is another set of 10 high-quality clouds brushes compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS+.
Clouds Brushes I
This first set includes nine large clouds brushes for Photoshop, with sizes up to 1600 pixels.
Clouds Brushes II
This second set includes 6 sky and clouds brushes with a resolution of up to 1600 pixels.
Cloud Brushes Hi-Res No.3
This set contains cottony clouds you can download for free.
Cloud Brushes Hi-Res No.4
Here are some nice and soft clouds you can use to make nice sky backgrounds.
Cloud Smudge Brushes
You can use these to make wonderful cloud formation by smudging solid colors. You may have the original preset brush from a preview set, but the second variation of this brush (different settings) is included here.
22 Cloud Brushes
This set contains 22 cloud backgrounds of high resolution.
Real Cloud Brushes
A set of 10 realistic cloud backgrounds made from photos of clouds, and with Photoshop 7.0. Should work in PS 7 and up.
Various Clouds brushes
This set includes various cloud backgrounds. For best effect, play a bit with colors and blending in Photoshop. Although made in Photoshop 7.0, this set should work as well with higher PS versions.
