OS X: Install Photoshop Brushes Faster
Posted on August 28th, 2007 by BittBox
If you download a lot of Photoshop brushes, or presets to extend any software for that matter, there is a very easy way to install them quickly on a Mac using OS X. This little OS X tip could shave off at least 1 or 2 clicks from your installation process.
If you’re like me, you might need to install a Photoshop brush or an Illustrator preset that you downloaded on a somewhat regular basis. Well, installing those presets can be redundant and annoying, so lets make it a little less of both.
After you have that perfect brush set or preset/extention/whatever downloaded, hold the Command (Apple) key and click on the Photoshop icon (or Illustrator, etc.) from the dock. You will be instantly taken to the applications folder in Finder with your app selected. No need to scroll at all.
Once you are there, all you have to do is select the “Presets” folder, drag your download to the correct location, and your done.
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Wow, it would be something as easy as that…
Great thinking and great tip!
Wow! Now that is handy, and just when I thought I knew every Mac shortcut in the book, I overlooked such a simple and elegant solution, keep up the good work!
A way for previewing the brushes would be nice too.
Great! This will save me tons of time in the future — thank you very much!
“A way for previewing the brushes would be nice too.”
Leopard’s Quick Look…. someone will write up a brush preview
Fantastic little tip…thank you!
Wow thats really great, I wanted to know how to install brushes I have a large collection just never really knew how to install them thanks!! Now I must get more brushes.
Good job on this
omg! I knew of the command click feature but I’d never really thought of a use for it! I generally keep my brushes in another folder though, makes loading soooo much easier!
Awesome. I love my shortcuts!
What an unknown shortcut….Thanks.
“Leopard’s Quick Look…. someone will write up a brush preview”
are you sure? It’s said the font preview will work on the finder’s cover view but haven’t heard nothing about brush preview…
I can’t believe how much time I could have saved myself with this. Thanks for the tip.
any tips like that for XP?
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Hi all !
Great tip ! I am really missing a brush preview too. A Photoshop plugin would be nice for that. I tried using iView Media pro and such images browsers but they can’t read psd brush :-(
If someone find a brush preview one day let us know here, thanks folks ;-)
Julien
Julien: .abr files can be previewed on Windows using ABRviewer ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/abrviewer/ ), didn’t find anything like that for mac :/
OH MAN! we need an abrviewer for OS X please! I would seriously use that all the time.
~Bitt
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oh man, I glanced at the title and thought this was a tip on how to load photoshop faster when you have a bunch of extra brushes installed. any tips on that? :)
…shame on adobe!!! !!!
(Do they ever ask the customers? Do they use their software in-house? Do they have brains anyway?)
Sorry for the harsh words but…
The ABR or SHAPES should be in the BRIDGE BROWSER since version 1.x, what the hack are they waiting for???
Long awaited and missed in CS2. And now CS3… huh???
CU!
Maik Kaune: I do totally agree!
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Nifty little tip.
I do my brush installs a bit different but I think it keeps everything less congested. Plus when updating to newer versions, it makes transferring brushes a breeze.
I create a folder called “PS brushes” I then make it a shortcut in finder, within the shortcut panel on the left of all finder windows.
I just drag and drop brushes in there as I go, often categorizing them and so forth.
When you go to “load” brushes in photoshop, it will pop up a finder window, and your “PS brushes” folder will be on the far left.
Just as easy, with the added ability to manage your brushes where you like. When I upgraded to cs3 I deleted all of my old cs2files… If you were to do that with the bitbox method wouldnt you loose all your brushes?
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i’m new in this photoshop and i jst installed new sets of brushes. but when i start photoshop, they dnt appear anywhr on my brush samples. any1 knows wat i might have missd out,.?
oh i managed to figure it out.
Great tip! Thanks
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