Probably, every user of Photoshop experienced unforgettable minutes of delight from getting to know the program, and this euphoria is largely due to the abundance and variety of brush sets pre-installed in the program. However, having satisfied the impatient desire to try them all, we come to the fair conclusion that this is not enough and hastily download (for sample) on the Internet a new set of brushes or several at once. And here, events sometimes develop according to this scenario: downloaded, excellent, well, then what, how to load brushes into Photoshop? Doesn’t this happen?
Where to add downloaded brushes
Well, firstly, you can “prescribe” files (.abr) along with the regular Photoshop brushes in the spacious Brushes folder at: Local C:> Program Files> Adobe> Adobe Photoshop CS> Presets (for Windows), or send along the route: Users> {username}> Library> Application Support> Adobe / Adobe Photoshop CS3> Presets> Brushes (for mac OS X).
And secondly, you can put brushes in any other folder, including a folder specially created for them, and in any place convenient for you, but you must not forget where.
We decided, attached files, remembered the place, and now let's talk about how to add a brush in Photoshop.
How to get new brushes in Photoshop
In the first case, the new brushes will automatically appear in the editor, adding to the list of installed brush sets, and in the second option you will have to go to Photoshop, turn on the Brushes tool and click on the tiny triangle next to the thumbprint thumbnail in the upper left panel of the settings panel .
In the window that opens, the current set of brushes, again click on the triangle in the upper right corner and in the expanding task menu select the command "Load Brushes" or do the same, but through the function "Manage sets" (which will be more correct).
In any case, the "Downloads" dialog box will open, in which you will see below that the file type is "Brushes (* ABR)", and you just need to specify any place where the brushes are stored (since adding a brush in Photoshop "can be from anywhere), and click on the" Download "button. As a result, "newcomers" will immediately be added to the current set (note: they will not appear in the list of installed sets, but will only replenish the current one).
You can also get to the "Manage Sets" dialog box from the "Edit" menu by selecting the "Sets" command there (this is faster). Here, in addition to loading, brushes can be deleted, supplemented, replaced, sorted, renamed, grouped into new sets and saved in the Brushes folder.
Here are some of the information content that many are limited to, explaining how to add a brush in Photoshop, but missing one very significant detail.
How to "constantly write" brushes in Photoshop
The fact is that files loaded into the editor from "extraneous" folders, falling into one of the installed sets, will remain in the program until you decide to replace the mixed set with one of the ones listed or "Restore brushes" by default , because when a lot of different brushes accumulate in one set, it’s very inconvenient to work.
So that new brushes get permanent residence in the editor and take a place in the list of installed sets, you need to download files from the Brushes folder in the directory Presets.
Now, having become skilled in the features of downloading files to the editor, you can also figure out how to create a brush in Photoshop, because every serious user of the program will inevitably have such a problem.
How to create and add your own brush to Photoshop
And there’s nothing special to deal with, because it’s hard not to notice the Define Brush Preset command in the Edit menu, by which a window appears where you will be prompted to baptize your name a masterpiece, and as soon as you click "OK", a new brush will immediately take its place at the end of the list of the current set.
But all this will happen only if you have a print of your fingerprint ready, although the editor will be happy to "determine the brush" from literally everything that is open at the moment.
So it turns out that such an interesting task, how to make a brush in Photoshop, in terms of laboriousness, in fact, comes down to creating a print of the fingerprint and after “defining the brush” in the program to manipulate the shape parameters in the brush palette. This panel is activated by the button with three brushes in the upper right of the settings panel or by the "Brush" command in the "Window" menu.
Anything can be a pattern for a print - from a single object to a whole landscape with a complex composition, but when creating your own brush you should adhere to certain rules that determine the quality of the workpiece.
The picture is created in a new document and preferably with large sizes, and the background should be transparent. This applies to the finished image or its fragment, but it would be nice to use high-resolution images.
If an object is cut out of the background, you need to limit it as much as possible using the Crop tool. By the way, the edges of the object at the stage of selection should be carefully processed and preferably with the help of the tool "Refine Edge".
All applicants to become a brush print should be switched to black and white in any way convenient for you, for example, using the adjustment layer "Black and White" (Black & White). In addition, you can (if necessary) work on the brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpness of the object.
If you are creating a brush from a texture, it is recommended that the edges of the selection be slightly blurred before the “definition”.
After making sure that after executing the Define Brush Preset command, a new brush appeared in the palette, you will only have to fix your creation in the editor if you have not forgotten how to add the brush in Photoshop so that it does not disappear after the program is switched back on. A file saved through the "Manage Sets" dialog box will inevitably end up in the Brushes folder and remain in Photoshop until you deport it yourself.