Q&A: HOW DO I USE THE BRUSHES!(PHOTOSHOP 7.0)?

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Question by Munchkin: HOW DO I USE THE BRUSHES!(PHOTOSHOP 7.0)?
I Just downloaded some new brushes for photoshop elements 7.0 and put the brushes into the “Brushes” folder in the Presets, butt now how do i use them and where do i find them, because I am deffinatley stumped. PLEASE HELP!

Answer:

Answer by Mujer Alta
When you click on the Brush Tool in the Toolbar a brush tool Options Bar appears above the workspace. Over on the left side is a long rectangle with a graphic of the brush shape that’s selected. On this rectangle’s right side is a little dropdown arrow that you click on to open the Brush Selector. At the top of the Brush Selector is another long rectangle showing the name of the current brush set that’s displayed in all the little boxes. To the right of the brush set name is another little dropdown arrow. Clicking on this one displays all the brush sets that have been installed in the program. Your brush set should be listed.

Notice over on the right side of the brush selector is another, larger arrow. Click on it to see a bunch of options including making the thumbnails of the brushes in the brush selector bigger. I thought I was going to go blind trying to see the brushes until I discovered how to make them bigger;-) If you have brushes in other folders, you can use Load to browse to them and install them temporarily. This is handy when you start getting a lot of brush sets and don’t want to put them all into the Brushes folder in Presets.

Two more things about brushes: Any tool that uses a brush (the brush tool, the clone tool, the selection brush, etc.) can get a little whacky at times. This happens in Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro, too. Up in the options bar, way over on the left side in the corner is a little arrow. When you click on it two options appear Reset This Tool and Reset All Tools. If you click Reset This Tool, the tool will be reset to default and behave.

Also, over on the right side of the Brush Tool Options Bar is what looks like a pretty picture of a brush. Click on it to show the Brush Settings dialog, including brush hardness. If you change any of the Brush settings, the next time you use the brush be sure to reset it.

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