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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Painting
Last updated 1/2/2012
Dragging a preset to a new position in the Preset Manager
Load a library
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In the Preset Manager, choose Brushes, Color Swatches, Gradients, or Patterns from the Preset Type menu.
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Do one of the following:
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Click Load, select a library from the list, and then click Load. If you want to load a library located in another folder,
navigate to that folder, then select the library. By default, preset files are installed on your computer inside the
Presets folder in the Photoshop
Elements program folder.
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Click the More button and choose a library from the bottom section of the menu.
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Click the Done button when you’re finished.
Restore the default library or replace the currently displayed library
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In the Preset Manager, click the More button and choose a command from the menu:
Reset
Restores the default library for that type.
Replace
Replaces the current library with the contents of another library.
Save a subset of a library
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In the Preset Manager, Shift-click to select multiple contiguous presets or Ctrl-click (Command-click in Mac OS)
to select multiple noncontiguous presets. Only the selected presets are saved in the new library.
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Click Save Set, then enter a name for the library. If you want to save the library in a folder other than the default,
navigate to the new folder before saving.
Rename a preset
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In the Preset Manager, do one of the following:
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Select a preset in the list, and click Rename.
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Double-click a preset in the list.
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Enter a new name for the preset. If you selected multiple presets, you are prompted to enter multiple names.