A border?

I want to make a border for something. The border is basically a christmas light border around some text. What I did was I took a picture of one lightbulb and edited it so that I just got the lightbulb (no background or anything...). What I want to do is basically create a border from that single light bulb by alternating the colors of the bulb (like how you can with a brush). Can I create a new brush out of that light bulb? I coulda sworn I've done it before, and there was a lesson on brushes in the book... But I can't figure out how. Or maybe theres a way to get around it by doing a some sort of border? What the easiest way? Thanks! :D

Open the image and select define brush.

The only problem with doing this would be that the entire light and the holder will all be the same color. You would be better off creating different layers and then using the Hue/adjustment to change the color of the bulb.

I just tried this. So my suggestion would be to either use the Hue/adjustment or create 2 brushes. One for the bulb itself (just the glass) and the other for the socket. That way you could have two separate colors. IE the bulb could be any color and the sockets could be all green.

Edit: If you are going to go the Hue/saturation route - to select just the glass portion of the bulb - use Color range under the "select" option. This is much cleaner and easier to use than the magic wand. Then with just the glass portion selected change the Hue to whatever color you want.

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Thanks! I will definatly try that. And yes I was thinkin about the actual bulb and holder/socket thingy... Could I possibly put a mask over it, and just paint the parts green (after adjusting the color)?

I am sure you could. When I did it as suggested above it was extremely easy to separate the glass from the socket. - This makes 2 layers. one will be changed (the glass) the other will remain unchanged. If you link the two layers you can then freely move them around and transform them to point in any direction you want. I am sure there is probably a way to set this as a brush were only the glass will take on the color selection. I have some brushes that use the selected color in only some sections. Other sections are either white or darker. But this may be a hue setting. - Hope that makes sense.

My opinion is that it will take more time to change the color of the base of the light after you have painted them. If you make the 2 layer and then just copy and paste it will probably be much faster.

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Edit: If I get time tonight I will mess around with the brush I made last night and see if I can not come up with a way to just have the brush change the glass color.