Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 345)

338 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Painting
Last updated 1/10/2010
Note: You can also select a brush from the Brushes panel. To view the loaded presets, select Brush Presets on the left side
of the panel.
3 Change options for the preset brush.
Diameter Temporarily changes the brush size. Drag the slider or enter a value. If the brush has a dual tip, both the
primary and dual brush tips are scaled.
Use Sample Size Uses the original diameter of the brush tip if the brush tip shape is based on a sample. (Not available
for round brushes.)
Hardness Temporarily changes the amount of anti-aliasing for the brush tool. At 100%, the brush tool paints with the
hardest brush tip, but is still anti-aliased. The Pencil always paints a hard edge that is not anti-aliased.
More Help topics
“ Brushes panel overview ” on page 339
“ Create and use tool presets ” on page 26
Change how preset brushes are displayed
Choose a display option from the brush preset picker menu or Brushes panel menu:
• Text Only to view the brushes as a list.
• Small or Large Thumbnail to view the brushes as thumbnails.
• Small or Large List to view the brushes as a list with thumbnails.
• Stroke Thumbnail to view a sample brush stroke with each brush thumbnail.
To dynamically preview brush strokes in the Brushes panel, make sure that Brush Preset is selected, and then position
the pointer over a brush until the tool tip appears. Move the pointer over different brushes. The preview area at the
bottom of the panel will display sample brush strokes.
Load, save, and manage brush presets
You can manage libraries of preset brushes to keep your brushes organized and to make available only the brushes you
need for a project.
Change the preset brushes displayed in the panel
1 To load a library of preset brushes, choose one of the following from the Brush Preset picker menu or Brushes panel
menu:
• Load Brushes to add a library to the current list. Select the library file you want to use, and click Load.
• Replace Brushes to replace the current list with a different library. Select the library file you want to use, and click Load.
• A library file (displayed at the bottom of the panel menu). Click OK to replace the current list, or click Append to
append the current list.
2 To return to the default library of preset brushes, choose Reset Brushes from the Brush Preset picker menu or
Brushes panel menu. You can either replace the current list or append the default library to the current list.
Note: You can also use the Preset Manager to load and reset brush libraries.
Save a set of preset brushes as a library
1 Choose Save Brushes from the Brush Preset picker menu or Brushes panel menu.