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Append Default Brushes: This adds the default brushes onto the end of your brush panel.

Delete Brush/Delete Group: If you want to be safe, make sure you back your folder up as an ABR first.

Rename Brush: Use this to name brushes so you can search by name and find them easily.

New Brush Group: Creates a new folder for sorting brushes.

Some of these are just toggles for the preset picker. The menu behind this gear has changed a lot in recent versions of Photoshop. C: Hardnessįor round brushes only: This increases or decreases the sharpness of the tip’s edges. Hard brushes, especially at high flow, create a drawing effect, whereas soft ones, especially at low flow, are best for smooth blending. You can also control it with shift + brackets if you have default hotkeys. Most users of Wacom devices use pressure sensitivity to adjust brush tip size, however - more on that later.

There are also hotkeys for doing this - by default it’s the bracket keys or by holding Alt/Option and dragging. B: SizeĪdjusts the size of the brush tip.

This adjusts the tilt direction and height-to-width ratio of the brush tip. You change the angle by rotating the arrow, and the roundness by dragging the anchor points in or out. This is where you’ll do most of your brush selection and adjustment on-the-fly while you’re drawing or painting. Click here to watch a video from Adobe that explains in depth how this works. This is the multi-tool shortcut menu. If there are certain tools you use often with the same settings, you can save them here.

Photoshop imitates the fundamentals of traditional media by taking a single image - called a Brush Tip - and replicating it, usually by layering it over itself to create the illusion of a single stroke. Let’s start with the most basic topic of all: What is a brush? The table of contents above will be updated as each part publishes. This article is Part 1, which will walk you through the most basic knowledge of brushes and create a strong foundation. From the basics, including the Photoshop toolbar and how brushes work, to the different kinds of brushes available, to how to manipulate them and change their settings for different results, and finally to creating your own custom brushes. Over this four-part series, you’ll learn everything you need to know about Adobe Photoshop Brushes. If you’re just getting into creating digital art with Adobe Photoshop and your Wacom device, or have been using them for a while but want to deepen your understanding of how Photoshop works so you can level up your artistic practice, this guide is for you.