How to Install Photoshop Brushes, Styles, Shapes and more
How to Install Photoshop Brushes, Styles, Shapes and more
As we start working on programs like Adobe Photoshop CS4 we have lots of brushes, filters and other tools at our disposal, however, the smart way is to save time by taking advantage of what even smarter people – spiffy Graphic Designers and Design Artists – have already done for us and generously put at our disposal in the form of free Downloads.
While we may all have our own way of doing things, here is How to Install Photoshop Brushes, Styles, Shapes and more as was taught in the Ycademy Workshop last Friday, 5th February 2010.
How to Install Photoshop Brushes, Styles, Shapes and more
If you wonder How to install Photoshop Brushes, Styles, Shapes and more… simply follow these simple steps:
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Go to your favorite site – like DeviantArt for instance – choose a brush you like and that you want to work with and Download it (normally as a .zip file). Observe any requests by the Artist please. Depending on the complexity of the brush, it will go fast or take a little longer… especially if you have a slow connection as we have down here in South Africa.
In my case, all Downloads go automatically into my Downloads folder (Windows 7).
2.
As a next step you want to open the zip file and copy ONLY the file with the extension .abr – which you now want to paste into your Brushes folder.
So where do you find the Brushes Folder?
3.
Go Start > My Computer > Program Files > Adobe > Adobe Photoshop CCS4 > Presets > Brushes!
Just paste the .abr file – you will see many others there already.
4.
Once that’s done, you can open it right away in your Photoshop and work with it!
The same applies for Styles (.asl), Patterns (.pat), Gradients (.grd), Color Swatches (.aco), Actions (.atn) and more.
If you download filters (plugins), you don’t go to Presets but to Plugins. Drop the .8BF file into the Filter folder and enjoy your new toy… I mean tool!
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Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
