User Guide

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2.0
User Guide
To add a new brush to the brush library:
1 Click the inverted arrow next to the brush
sample to display the pop-up palette in the options
bar; choose a category from the Brushes pop-up
menu, and then select a brush to modify in the
brush list.
2 Use the options bar to modify the original
brush and then click OK. (See “Setting options for
painting and editing tools” on page 135.)
3 Click the inverted arrow next to the brush
sample to display the pop-up palette, and then
choose New Brush from the palette menu.
4 Enter a name in the Brush Name dialog box and
click OK.
The new brush is selected in the options bar, and is
added at the bottom of the brushes pop-up palette.
To create a temporary brush or temporarily change
a brush:
1 Select a brush from the brushes pop-up palette
in the options bar.
2 Set the brush options. (See “Specifying brush
dynamics” on page 138.)
3 Paint or erase in the image.
To delete a brush:
Do one of the following:
• Click the inverted arrow next to the brush
sample to display the brushes pop-up palette in
the options bar, press Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) to change the pointer to scissors ,
and then click the brush you want to delete.
• Select the brush in the pop-up palette, and
choose Delete Brush from the palette menu.
• Choose Preset Manager from the palette menu,
select Brushes from the Preset Type list, select
the brush from the list in the dialog box, and
click Delete.
To create a custom brush shape:
1 Select a selection tool in the toolbox, and select
part of an image to use as a custom brush. (See
“Selecting pixels” on page 114.)
The brush shape can be up to 1024 pixels by 1024
pixels in size. To define brushes with soft edges,
select brush shapes composed of pixels with gray
values. (Colored brush shapes appear as gray
values.)
2 Choose Define Brush from the Edit menu.
3 Name the brush and click OK.
Selection defined as custom brush, and brush stroke using
custom brush set with 100% spacing
You can easily save, load, replace, or delete brushes
using the pop-up palette menu. You can also
customize the view of the pop-up palette.
(See “Using pop-up palettes” on page 28.) You can
also load or save brushes using the Preset Manager.
(See “Working with preset options” on page 27.)
Exiting Photoshop Elements saves the contents of
the current pop-up palette in the Preferences file.