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A Beginner's Tutorial: Installing a Brush into Adobe Photoshop
By Cristina Blomberg There is a wonderful selection of brushes in each Photoshop program that Adobe has
installed as standard. Digital scrappers, however, want and can always use more! A
search on a web browser for "free Photoshop brushes" will give many results for free
downloadable brushes. After selecting and downloading the brushes, they must be
installed before use in Photoshop. This tutorial will show how and where to install these
brushes. Though all versions of Photoshop are slightly different, the installing procedure
is similar.
There is a wonderful selection of brushes in each Photoshop program that Adobe has
installed as standard. Digital scrappers, however, want and can always use more! A
search on a web browser for "free Photoshop brushes" will give many results for free
downloadable brushes. After selecting and downloading the brushes, they must be
installed before use in Photoshop. This tutorial will show how and where to install these
brushes. Though all versions of Photoshop are slightly different, the installing procedure
is similar. 1. If necessary, unzip the folder containing the brushes. The file extension ".abr"
signifies a Photoshop brush. The icon is shown below.
 2. Open your Adobe files, found in your System (C) drive…Program
Files…Adobe… (and then click on the folder with the name of your version of
Photoshop). 3. Once in the main folder of the program, the Brushes folder will be found inside
the Presets folder.
 4. With the Brushes folder open, simply copy and paste or drag the new brush file
into the folder. Close the Adobe folders. (You may need to restart your
computer before the new brushes appear in Photoshop.) 5. After re-opening Photoshop, the new brush may need to be loaded. Be sure your
Brush Tool is selected.
 6. On the Brushes palette tab, click on the small circular arrow to view the Brushes
drop-down menu.
 7. Choose "Load Brushes…" from the menu and when prompted, open the Brushes
folder and new brush file. Once the new .abr brush file is loaded, it will appear in
the drop-down list for future use. Have fun playing with your new brushes! |
