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How to install new brushes in Photoshop

Photoshop - pędzle


What we should do if standard brushes aren't good enough to create imagine picture? Answer is simple - install new brushes which is appropriate.
There is a lot of places in web where you can find lots packages of brushes.Many of them you can download for free. Just use Google to find sites. One of the best is DeviantArt.


Attention: before you start installing brushes close Photoshop program.

OK. We have downloaded brushes(files with extension abr). Whats next ?
Those files are ussualy zipped rar - so first we have to uncompress them. Next open folder - there should be file with extensionabr. Copy them - select file with LMB next prress button Ctrl + C. Now we have to find folder where photoshop program is installed and folder with brushes. Default is - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop (7.0)\Presets\Brushes. Open this folder(Brushes). There shold be other files with extension abr. Paste here our copied file by pressing Ctrl + V.
We just have install new brushes.

How to use them? Where they are?
Start photoshop program. Select tool Brush Tool brush tool (B). Next in menu tool propereties (2) select menu brushes:

menu pedzli

In this menu select small cursor (look at the picture) next in new menu select name of brush wchich we have just installed (names installed brushes are at the bottom of menu ).

menu brushes

Will appear window (with question , change actuall brushes for selected):

Press OK.
Now we can use uor new brushes :)

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