Brushes off the internet

[mrsacarter]

Hi TPF'ers, I need your help! :)

I found some brushes online that were free to download for Photoshop, (I use CS). What I can't figure out is how I use the brush once I have downloaded it. I don't even know if I saved it to the right area on my computer. Can anyone give me some direction here?

Thanks!

[Davidtxs]

probably if you have CS installed on C then they go here
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Presets\Brushes OR
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Presets\Brushes\Adobe Photoshop Only

i hope lol
you may want to do a search on your computer for *.abr

[mrsacarter]

Originally Posted by Davidtxs

probably if you have CS installed on C then they go here
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Presets\Brushes OR
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Presets\Brushes\Adobe Photoshop Only

i hope lol
you may want to do a search on your computer for *.abr

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Presets\Brushes\Adobe Photoshop Only is where I put them so I am on the right track, but I think they dl as zip drives so when I try to open them from CS (using the little triangle icon and then load brush) they don't show up as options to open.

[Daniel Bates]

If they're zip archives, you'll need to unzip them. Windows usually has an unzipper built in - just double click on the file.

[Davidtxs]

ya and extract them to that directory

[DigitalDiva]

Because I frequently look for brushes while I'm working on a project I created a separate folder on my C drive and named it Photoshop extras, then I have subfolders, actions,brushes, shapes etc. If you put the download right in the program folder you have to restart the program to use them. This way after downloading them I can choose the tool in this case brushes- open the flyout menu and choose load brushes then direct it to the folder that I created for the downloads. This also comes in handy when I get a new computer and have to reinstall the program as it only installs the default brushes, I just move the Photoshop Extra folder to the new C drive. I then frequently choose restore default tools, just cause I like to keep things clean.

[mrsacarter]

I finally got it guys!! Thank you all for your help. It was the "extracting" reply that was the key to my confusion.