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You can download a brush library called Hard & Soft Round Brushes.
This brush library contains the brushes photographers use the most—round brushes.
The Mac version of Photoshop Elements doesn't have a default library containing these brushes, nor are they in the Basic Brushes library.
Users of the Windows versions of Photoshop Elements may like having these brushes in a library all by themselves.
The zip file also contains a file called _Empty in which you can put brushes that you create.
1) Go to Hard Soft Round Brushes (Zip folder).
2) Select Save.
3) Save the folder to My Download Files (Windows) or Desktop (Mac).
1) Go to My Download Files (Windows) or Desktop (Mac) and locate the Hard_Soft_Round_Brushes folder.
2) Unzip (open) the Hard_Soft_Round_Brushes folder by double clicking on the folder.
If you have difficulty downloading or opening the zip file, go to Zip File Problems.
3) Browse to the folder in which Photoshop Elements stores brushes.
This folder is called Brushes.
a) Go to My Computer.
b) Browse using this pathway: C: / Program Files / Adobe / Photoshop Elements / Presets / Brushes
a) Go to Finder.
b) Browse using this pathway: Applications / Adobe Photoshop Elements / Presets / Brushes
4) Open the Brushes folder.
5) You now have two windows open.
Zip File Window
Brushes Folder Window
6) Select the two files in the left-hand window, and drag them onto the right-hand window.
The new brush library will appear in the Brush Picker menu after you restart Photoshop Elements.
To open the _Hard & Soft Brushes file immediately, do the following.
1) Select the Brush tool.
2) Locate the Brush Picker in the options bar.
3) Click the black arrow, to the right of the Brush Picker in the options bar, to open the Brush Picker window.
4) Click the blue arrow in the upper-right corner of the Brush Picker window
5) Click Load Brushes.
6) Select the _Hard & Soft Brushes file in the Load window.
7) Click Load.
You're done.
The two files have underscores at the beginning of their names.
_Hard & Soft Round Brushes
_Empty
Because of the underscore, the files will appear at the top of the Brush Picker menu.
If you have difficulty downloading or opening the zip file, ask me to send you the brushes file as an e-mail attachment.
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Windows XP and Vista, and Mac OS X 10.3 and later, can open zip files.
If you don't have a zip file program on your computer, download WinZip, which has a free trial period.
If you're unfamiliar with zip files, go to the WinZip tutorial.