![]() That was the Tool I had selected in the vertical Toolbox located on the left. Since the Current Tool Only box is checked, only the Mixer Brush Tool Presets are shown. To find your Tool Presets – look at the first icon on the far left of the Options Bar and click on the little down arrow as shown below. Last week I talked about all the different options on where to find loaded brushes and and how to save ones where changes were made (see How To Save Your Favorite or Newly Created Brushes) – they save with an. See “Painters – Create Individual Tool Sets with Only Needed Brushes for Painting” section below on how to do this. Using the Tool Preset Panel correctly can allow you to do something similar in Photoshop – just a couple more steps. I have always loved Corel Painter because they allow you to create panels with just a few brushes being used in an image. The Tool Preset Panel is not just useful for saving your brushes and keeping them organized, it can save a lot of time, especially when painting. The Tool Preset Panel is a more advanced method of saving your brushes so that all the settings, including those in the Options Bar, are saved with the newly created brushes. When I first started using Photoshop, it was hard enough for me to understand the difference between all the Brush panels and I did not even know there was a Tool Preset Panel. (Check out her blog at First Night Design for a different creative version of this image – her blog is one of my favorites and she shares lots of her Photoshop secrets.) For more details about this image, go to bottom of blog. I wish to thank Sarah Vernon for the link to this beautiful image. The above was digitally painted from an old photo taken between 18 called “Eel Fisher’s Hut on the Bore” from Wikimedia. This is especially important if you are actually using the brushes for digital painting. ![]() This week, as promised, I am going to try to untangle the mystery of the Tool Presets and why they are a much better way to save your favorite Photoshop brushes, and also other favorite Tool settings. For all versions older than CC2018, this blog is still relevant. Check out my newer blog to see what has changed at What Is New in the Photoshop Brushes Panel and Using the Smoothing Slider blog. UPDATE: As of Photoshop CC2018, the information in this blog is now out-dated. Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on USE THE TOOL PRESET PANEL? PHOTOSHOP PAINTERS LISTEN UP! To get all the benefits of Photoshop, it's important to learn about its other tools and program features. Remember, brushes are just one aspect of Photoshop.
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