How to insert a set of brushes into Photoshop. How to install (add) new brushes in Photoshop? Going to the set management

This tutorial will help you install the brushes for the Photoshop CC 2017 version of the program. For other versions, the algorithm will be the same.

Many users ask themselves: “ How to download, add and install new brushes in Photoshop? ". It is this topic that we will analyze in detail in this lesson.

To get started, download a file with new brushes on our website or on the Internet and unpack it if it is in the archive

The easiest way to add brushes to the program is to simply drag the ABR file into Photoshop and drop it anywhere outside the working document. If you want to know a more detailed process, then read the instructions below ..

Going to the set management

Next, open Photoshop CS6 and go to the main menu at the top of the screen to the tab Editing -Sets- Set management(Edit - Preset Manager). This window will appear:

The button next to the first pointer (in the form of a small arrow) allows you to select the type of add-on you want to install - brushes, textures, shapes, styles etc.

Button near the second pointer - shows the varieties of the add-on.

Loading brushes into Photoshop

Click on the small arrow and from the list that appears, by clicking the left mouse button, select the type of add-on - Brushes(Brushes):

A new window appears. Here you specify the address of the downloaded file with brushes. This file is located on your desktop or placed in a special folder for downloaded add-ons. In my case, the file is located in the "Brushes" folder on the desktop:

Press again Download(Load)

Now, in the Manage Presets dialog, you can see at the end of the brush set the new brushes we just loaded:

Note: if there are many brushes, move the scroll bar down, and new brushes will be visible at the end of the list

That's all, Photoshop has copied the specified file with brushes into its set. You can use it!

Together with you, I installed new brushes for myself! Let's see what happened!

In this article, you will learn how to install new brushes in photoshop. But, for starters, I recommend reading and refreshing in memory what kind of tool it is -. Maybe you will discover something new and will not get lost in the many settings.

The Internet is full of a variety of different sets of brushes. Most of them are available, some are paid (there are not so many of them, the main thing is to be able to look for their free analogue). In any case, having downloaded to their computer, novice users are faced with a problem: "How to install downloaded brushes?"... Let's take a look at this problem, as well as several other important operations with them.

So, after downloading, place the file on your desktop or in some folder so that you can quickly get to it. Better yet, create a library of brushes on your computer, sorting them by general look and application. The file must have extension ABR.

Launch Photoshop, create a custom document and select the Brush tool. Then right-click to bring up the basic settings window. On the right side of this window, click on the small arrow icon in a circle. A large task menu appears. This is how it all looks:

We are interested in a group of tasks: Restore, Load, Save and Replace brushes.

Click Upload... A dialog box will appear where needed point to the path to the new brush you want to install.

After that, new brushes will appear at the very bottom of the list, choose and use:

It so happens that among the newly installed brushes there are some that you would never use, and their presence bothers you. They can be removed - right click on the thumbnail and from the dropdown menu - Delete.

Please note that by choosing the Load command, new brushes have been added to the list that you already had and are displayed at the very bottom. In some cases, it is inconvenient to work with. Therefore, you can use the command Replace... In this case, the selection library will display only the set that you specified.

Another situation - in the process of work, you realized that there are such brushes that you will never use and removed them. In order not to do such work anymore - Save them as your own set. Select the appropriate command and tell the program where you will save.

New brushes are good, but where can you go without standard round? You got so carried away with loading and replacing that you didn't notice the standard brushes were gone. We need to return them. Click - Restore... This command will return everything as it was by default.

The Photoshop program, all in the same task menu, also offers the following sets for use: Various, Basic, Calligraphic, DP, for creating shadows, Dry, Finishing, Natural, Round, Special effect brushes, Square wide, Wet. Study them, there are sets that are really valuable, for example, square ones. To load a set, you just need to click on it, and there you already select either add to the existing list, or replace it.

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After the brushes archive has been downloaded, unzip it.

Many operating systems have built-in " archive tools", Use them if you have them.

Unzip it.

The file is now available in the required format - .ABR(Adobe Photoshop Brushes File)

Go to Photoshop.

We go through the top menu " Editing - Sets - Managing Sets» ().

In the window " Set management"(Preset Manager) select" Set type"(Preset Type) -" Brushes"(Brushes) and click" Download"(Load).

In this example, the folder and file with brushes are located at:

« Computer» - « Downloads» - « Folder with brushes» - « Brush file»

"C: \ Users \ Username \ Downloads" (Windows)

Select the file with the brush sets, click " Download"(Load).

Once downloaded, Photoshop adds brushes to its set.

Going to " Set management"(Preset Manager) and in" Window - Brush Sets»() When scrolling down (if there are many) you can see new brushes.

Method 1... This method is suitable if you plan to use the installed brushes in the future. Brushes installed in this way will be stored in the root of the program and will be available in the list of installed brushes (3).

1. Unpack the contents of the downloaded archive and transfer it to the folder with Photoshop brushes. ABR. Here's a rough way: C \ Program Files \ Adobe \ Adobe Photoshop CS3 \ Presets \ Brushes.

2. Restart Photoshop.

3. Select a tool Brush (B)... In the panel Options tool, select from the list a set of brushes that you have installed (new brushes will appear in the list 3) and in the dialog box that appears, answer the question “ Replace current brushes ...»Answer options:

OK(the active set of brushes will be replaced with the one you selected);
Cancellation(undo action);
Add(the selected brushes will be added to the active brush set).

4. To restore the default brushes, select the command Repair brushes.

Method 2... Use this method if you want to download brushes for a single use without installing them in the root of the Photoshop program.

1. Unpack the contents of the downloaded archive and remember the folder containing the set of brushes prepared for downloading.The file with brushes must be in the format ABR.

2. Activate the tool Brush (B) and in the tool settings panel, click on the arrow 1, then 2. From the list that appears, select one of the commands:

Download brushes 3 (when you select this command, the loaded brushes will be added to the set of active brushes) and in the dialog box that appears, specify the path to the set of brushes prepared for loading. Then press Download.
Replace brushes 4 (this will replace the active set of brushes with the set you are loading). In the dialog box that appears, also specify the path to the set of brushes prepared for loading. Click on Download.

How to set texture in Photoshop.

1. Unpack the contents of the downloaded archive and transfer it to the folder with Photoshop textures. The texture file must be in the format PAT. Here's a rough way: C \ Program Files \ Adobe \ Adobe Photoshop CS3 \ Presets \ Patterns.

2. Restart Photoshop.

3. At the bottom of the palette Layers click on the icon that looks like a letter f (Layer style ) and select the command Overlapping pattern... Replace (or add) the current textures with new ones from the drop-down list (new textures will appear in the list).

4. To restore default textures, select the command Restore patterns.

How to install a filter / plugin in Photoshop.

1. Unpack the contents of the downloaded archive. If there is no installation instructions or installation file, transfer to the folder with filters. Here's a rough way: C \ Program Files \ Adobe \ Adobe Photoshop CS3 \ Plug-Inc \ Filters.

2. Restart Photoshop.

3. Select the command from the menu Filter, the installed filter will appear in the list.