Brush presets

A preset brush is a saved brush tip with defined characteristics, such as size, shape, and hardness. You can save preset brushes with the characteristics you use often. You can also save tool presets for the Brush tool that you can select from the Tool Preset menu in the options bar. Later, you can convert all these Brush tool presets to brush presets using the Options bar > >  > Convert All To Brush Presets option.

When you change the size, shape, or hardness of a preset brush, the change is temporary. The next time you choose that preset, the brush uses its original settings. To make your changes permanent, you need to create a new preset. See Create a new preset brush.

Manage brushes and brush presets

You can manage your brushes conveniently by organizing them in groups in the Brushes panel.

Rename a preset brush

Do one of the following:

• Select a brush in the Brush Presets panel, and choose Rename Brush from the panel menu. Enter a new name, and click OK.
• In the Brush panel, double-click a brush tip, enter a new name, and click OK.

Delete a preset brush

In the Brush Presets panel, do any of the following:

• Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the brush you want to delete.
• Select a brush, and choose Delete Brush from the panel menu, or click the Delete icon .

Import brushes and brush packs

You can import a wide variety of free and purchased brushes—for example, Kyle's Photoshop brush packs—into Photoshop. Follow these steps:

Getting started with advanced custom brushes

Create a new preset brush

You can save a customized brush as a preset brush that appears in the Brushes panel and Preset Manager.