Loading and using brushes in Photoshop Elements (129 seconds video)

July 26, 2008 | by bsilvia | Most popular, Tutorials | adding brushes to elements, adding ps brushes to elements, loading brushes into elements, photoshop elements, photoshop elements 6.0, photoshop elements tutorial, tutorial, using photoshop brushes in photoshop elements

I received a lot of questions about using my Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements.

Here is a short video (129 seconds) to show you how to use my (and any other) Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements:

Loading brushes
Decorating a family photo

So, here is what’s going on on video:

Select Brush tool (Shortcut “B”)
Expand Brushes palette
Go to “Load brushes”
Browse to the directory with brushes and select “Swirls butterflies PREMIUM set” -> Load
Select one of the brushes
Make sure Hue Jitter is 100% (that is if you want color to vary)
Adjust the size of each of the butterflies by pressing [ (to decrease) or ] (to increase)
Place butterflies around the image

This is just a small intro to answer some of your questions related to compatibility of Photoshop brushes with Elements. This video was done in Elements 6.0

If you were just thinking about getting Photoshop Elements for PC:
Adobe Photoshop Elements for Windows

If you were just thinking about getting Photoshop Elements for Mac:
Adobe Photoshop Elements for Mac

If you would like to get great, big and huge discounts on my brushes Click here (time limited offer) ->

If you’re designer looking for more images like the one used in this video please refer to iStockphoto.

Love,
Silvia

P.S.

Eh, and don’t forget to check out my latest Photoshop brushes Catalog – Summer 2008 Edition ->

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8 Comments

bsilvia
May 23, 2009 at 12:07 am

Hi Charlene, yes they are compatible with PE 7.0 – you can try free editions at Downloads page…

S
Charlene
May 22, 2009 at 8:45 pm

I actually have Photo Shop Elements 7.0, will your brushes work with this version as well?
Amy
August 1, 2008 at 3:28 pm

Okay, so I figured it out… for some reason when i was saving the set it wasn’t saving automatically to the default folder within PSE presets. So when I manually told it where to save it worked and all the freebies I downloaded are saved nicely in brush sets now. YAY!

I am so in love with your brushes… been playing with them pretty much nonstop. I made myself a new banner for my etsy shop (http://amyzo.etsy.com) and a new baby announcement with one of the swirls and ink splatters (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13863215).

LOVIN’ IT and I’ll be back for some premium brushes soon.

Thanks for doing the work for those of us who need the shortcuts! :-)
bsilvia
July 31, 2008 at 6:09 pm

Hi Amy, unfortunately I don’t have PE 5.0 but it works fine in PE 6.0.
S*
Amy
July 31, 2008 at 3:16 pm

Silvia, these brushes are great! Thanks! I have PSE 5.0 and this is my first time trying to load new brushes. I can get the brushes to load, but it doesn’t seem to save them for future use? Is this how it is or is there something I can do to save them permanently in my brush palette? I don’t want to have to load them every time… perhaps it’s an Elements thing? Any advice is appreciated! Thank you!
TRW
July 29, 2008 at 1:51 pm

Thanks for the brushes, keep up the good work.

T
bsilvia
July 26, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Hi Rob! Thanks :)
Just, I’m not sure I understand what you mean? Could you please be more specific?
S
Rob
July 26, 2008 at 2:44 pm

Would it be possible for you to create a handout kinda tutorial? Nice stuff btw :)