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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Painting
Last updated 1/2/2012
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To rename a brush, gradient, or pattern in a panel, open the pop-up panel menu, choose the Rename command,
then enter a new name and click
OK.
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To delete a brush, gradient, or pattern from a panel, select an item, open the pop-up panel menu and choose the
Delete command. You can also hold down Alt (Option key in Mac OS) and click a brush or gradient.
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To save a library of brushes, gradients, or patterns, open the pop-up panel menu. From the menu, choose the Save
Brushes, Save Gradients, or Save Patterns command, then enter a name for the library file, and click Save.
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To load a library of brushes, gradients, or patterns, open the pop-up panel menu, choose the Load command, then
select the library file you want to add and click Load.
Note:
Using the Load command adds the brush library to the brushes you have available. If you choose a preset library
of brushes, the preset library replaces your current set of brushes.
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To replace the current set of gradients in a panel, open the pop-up panel menu, choose a library file from the bottom
section of the menu, and click
OK. You can also choose the Replace command, browse to select a library file, and
click Load.
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To replace the current set of brushes or patterns in a panel, choose a library from the Brushes menu.
Note:
To replace the current set of brushes, gradients, or patterns, you can also choose Preset Manager from the pop-up
panel menu and use the Preset Manager to load a different library of brushes, gradients, or patterns.
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To load the default set of brushes, gradients, or patterns, open the pop-up panel menu and choose the Reset
command.
Change the display of items in a pop-up panel menu
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Do one of the following:
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To change the display of one panel, open the pop-up panel menu by clicking the triangle
in the upper-right
corner of the pop-up panel.
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To change the display for all panels, choose Edit > Preset Manager to open the Preset Manager, and then click the
More button.
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Select a view option:
Text Only
Displays the name of each item.
Small Thumbnail or Large Thumbnail
Displays a thumbnail of each item.
Small List or Large List
Displays the name and thumbnail of each item.
Stroke Thumbnail
Displays a sample brush stroke and brush thumbnail. (This option is available for brushes only.)
Note:
Not all of the above options are available for all pop-up panels.
Use the Preset Manager
In the Full Edit workspace, the Preset Manager (Edit > Preset Manager) lets you manage the libraries of preset brushes,
color swatches, gradients, and patterns included in Photoshop
Elements. For example, you can create a set of favorite
brushes, or you can restore the default presets.
Each type of library is a file with its own file extension and
default folder. Preset files are installed on your
computer
inside the Presets folder in the Photoshop
Elements program folder.
Note:
You can delete a preset in the Preset Manager by selecting the preset and clicking Delete. You can always use the
Reset command to restore the default items to a library.
