Quote - "Hello all; Im trying to get more into Photoshop, right now I only know how to size a picture use the brightness/contrast tool crop tool and apply filters to the overall picture. I would like to learn how to apply brushes and have them fit in to the picture so that they look as part of the piece not something pasted on to it. Can some of you send me links to tut's that will help me learn? Thanks much Steel "

I don't know of any links but I can tell you that when you are applying the brushes always experiment with the later adjustments, specifically "color burn, color dodge, overlay and softlight". Those seem to help better with blending the brushes in with the image that you are creating.