User Guide

Chapter 4: Viewing
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Viewing and using brush files
You can view brush files in the Browser just like fonts or other files. This means that you can
assign ratings or organize them just like any other file in ACDSee. Because many .abr files are
actually groups of images in one file, you need to open them in the Viewer to see the individual
images.
This icon indicates an .abr brush file in ACDSee.
To view brush files:
1. In the Browser, navigate to the folder containing your brush files.
2. To see just the top image in any .abr file, hover over the thumbnail to activate the pop-
up, or click on it to see that image in the Preview pane.
3. To view the other images in the .abr file, double-click on it to open it in the Viewer.
The file opens in the Viewer showing the individual images in a pane on the left-hand side.
4. To see the number of images, and select them by number, click the down-arrow at the top
of the sidebar, and then select the number of the image.
5. To scroll through the images, click the right and left arrows at the top of the sidebar, or
on each image.
To use brush files in Adobe Photoshop:
With both Adobe Photoshop and ACDSee open, drag the file from the File List (in the Browser)
onto the Photoshop window.
Even though nothing appears to happen, the brush is loaded into the Photoshop brush library.
To view the new brushes, open the library and scroll to the bottom of the pane.
To make it even easier to use brushes in Photo Shop, you can configure it to be your
default editor. Then you can use Ctrl +E to open Photoshop and use the brush right
away.