How to Add Brushes to Photoshop

June 29, 2008 · Print This Article

This How to Add Brushes to Photoshop Tutorial will explain how to add custom made brushes into Photoshop.

This is extremely useful as the default brushes don’t have everything you need and want, although good they’re lacking a bit and many designers have created some beautiful custom brushes.

Before reading this tutorial I suggest downloading some custom brushes, you can find some at LTY Designs - here!

Feel free to request something similar to this How to Add Brushes to Photoshop Tutorial.

How to Add Brushes to Photoshop Tutorial - The Steps

Firstly, open Adobe Photoshop - make sure you’ve downloaded some brushes to your computer and that you can easily find them.

Assuming you have custom brushes you wish to add, then go -> Edit -> Preset Manager - this box should appear - you will see the button “Load”, click that and when another box appears please locate your downloaded brush set, and then press OK!

And that’s it! Adobe Photoshop makes it nice and easy to add custom brushes, but if you have any problems or questions regarding this How to Add Brushes to Photoshop Tutorial then please do leave a comment below.