Photoshop: Install new brushes - how it works

You have to install new brushes for Photoshop before you can use them. In this guide, we will show you how this works.

How to install new Photoshop brushes

Free Photoshop Brushes can be found in the CHIP Online download area.

• The brushes are usually packed as a ZIP or RAR archive. First unzip the file it contains into a new folder, for example with WinRAR.
• Copy the extracted ABR files under Windows into the folder C: \ Program Files \ Adobe \ Photoshop \ Presets \ Brushes.
• Mac users can find the Brushes folder under / Users / [your username] / Library / Application Support / Adobe / Adobe Photoshop CSx / Presets / Brushes.
• Now open Photoshop and activate the brush tool.
• Click on the Options palette and then on the small triangle button at the top right. A menu opens, in the lower area of ​​which all installed brushes can be selected.
• If your new Photoshop Brushes are not yet listed here, you still have to activate them by clicking on "Load Brush".