PHOTOSHOP FEATURES
Make your mark with Photoshop brushes.
Whether you want a spray paint or ink wash effect, find the exact brush you need to let your creativity flow with digital drawing, painting, and lettering in Adobe Photoshop.
PHOTOSHOP FEATURES
Whether you want a spray paint or ink wash effect, find the exact brush you need to let your creativity flow with digital drawing, painting, and lettering in Adobe Photoshop.
Elevate your digital art with custom drawing brushes or jump-start your work with preset Photoshop brushes.
Perfect your hand lettering and calligraphy brushstrokes with high-quality Photoshop brush sets.
Create the exact linework and shading you want. Bring your digital drawings to life with pencil, ink, and charcoal brushes.
Experiment with everything from watercolor brushes to splatter effects and explore thousands of preset tools.
Create a unique toolkit with custom Photoshop brushes that can help you achieve any effect you want.
One of the amazing things about working with brushes in Photoshop is that you can create and share your own. Whether you’re just getting started or you’re an experienced digital artist, it can be fun to download and import brushes from straight from Adobe or your favorite creators. Here’s how:
If you can’t find the exact right brush in Photoshop or in a brush pack, good news — you can make your own. Think ahead about what look you’re going for and what kind of brush will help you achieve that effect. Then go ahead and experiment with settings in the Brushes panel and save your new custom brush. Here’s how:
Learn to make every brushstroke count with these Photoshop tutorials.
Discover how to import a new set of brushes or modify an existing preset brush to achieve just the right effect.
Get out your favorite brush and paint a realistic mirror image — or an abstract mandala — with total precision.
Take photos of drawings or textures and use Adobe Capture to transform them into distinct and stunning paintbrushes.
See how to craft hand lettering designs with different brushes for calligraphy.
Streamline your digital art workflow across devices with Adobe Creative Cloud apps.
Sync your customized brushes and saved brush presets with Creative Cloud libraries to paint and draw on the go, whether on your mobile or your desktop apps.
Jump-start any creative project with high-resolution Adobe Stock assets that you can add to and adapt for the look you want.
There are a few ways to export your Photoshop brushes. The easiest option is to follow these steps:
The exported brushes can now be imported into another Photoshop document. You can also share them with others by passing along the .abr file. To import brushes in Photoshop, go to the Brushes panel menu, choose "Import Brushes", choose the appropriate .abr file, and click the "Load" button.
Deleting brushes in Photoshop is pretty simple. Open the Brushes panel in Photoshop (Window > Brushes) and choose the brush or brushes you want to delete. In the Brushes panel menu, choose Delete Brush. Confirm your choice when the prompt appears.
You can also delete brushes by dragging them out of the Brushes panel and into the trash. If you’re deleting brushes from the default set, you’ll need to restore them the next time you restart Photoshop. If you want to permanently delete brushes, you’ll have to create custom sets and delete them from there.
You have three options for installing brushes on Photoshop on the iPad. The first and simplest option is to download new brushes in your browser and extract them. If you’re using a Mac, you can find the .abr file, right click it, and share it to the iPad via AirDrop. Once prompted on the iPad, choose Photoshop in the “Open with…” list to install the brush.
Another option is to download the brushes directly to your iPad in Safari. Download the file and navigate to the Downloads in the Files app. Once there, open the extracted folder. Install the .abr file. If a prompt appears, choose Photoshop to open the file.
As a beginner in Photoshop, it's best to start with basic brushes that will help you understand phoptoshop basics and how brushes work. Here are some recommended brushes to try out:
Remember, brushes are just one aspect of Photoshop. To get all the benefits of Photoshop, it's important to learn about its other tools and program features.
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