Download Over 1,000 FREE High-Quality Photoshop BRUSHES!
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You can find a vast collection of more than 1,000 FREE high-quality Photoshop brushes in Photoshop itself, no Google search required.
When you use Photoshop for digital painting, adding special effects or retouching images, having a variety of brushes can dramatically improve your quality of work. Therefore, these Photoshop brushes will be of great help to you.
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to find and install over 1,000 Photoshop brushes from Adobe designed by Kyle T. Webster.
You will also learn an effective way of organizing and saving your brushes in the Adobe Creative Cloud.
Key Takeaways
- Adobe already includes over 1,000 free brushes from illustrator Kyle T. Webster inside Photoshop itself, reachable from the Brushes panel.
- Photoshop needs to be open before you click a downloaded ABR file, or the brush pack will not install.
- The period and comma keys cycle through your installed brushes without ever opening the Brushes panel.
- The bracket keys next to P shrink or grow your current brush size while you paint.
- A Creative Cloud Library keeps your favorite brushes the same on every computer signed into your account.
- Grouping brushes by purpose, like Effects or Retouching, is what makes a huge library searchable later.
Table of contents
- What You Will Learn
- Requirements
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- How To Download and Install The Free High-Quality Photoshop Brushes
- Keyboard Shortcut To Toggle Between Photoshop Brushes
- Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts to Resize Your Brushes
- How to Save Your Favorite Photoshop Brushes Into Creative Cloud Libraries
- Organize Your Free High-Quality Photoshop Brushes
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Conclusion
- Related Links
What You Will Learn
- How to find and download Kyle Webster’s free brush packs from Adobe.
- How to install an ABR brush file into Photoshop.
- How to switch and resize brushes using keyboard shortcuts.
- How to save your favorite brushes to a Creative Cloud Library.
- How to organize a large brush collection into groups.
Requirements
Before you start
- Photoshop 2019 (version 20.0 or later) or the current version
- A Creative Cloud subscription, since Kyle Webster’s brushes are a subscriber benefit
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Action | Windows | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Select the Brush Tool | B | B |
| Select the next brush | . or > | . or > |
| Select the previous brush | , or < | , or < |
| Decrease brush size | [ | [ |
| Increase brush size | ] | ] |
How To Download and Install The Free High-Quality Photoshop Brushes
To start downloading brushes, select the Brush tool or press B (Windows) or B (macOS) on your keyboard.
On the Options bar, click the down-pointing arrow to show the Brush window.
On the top-right of the window, click the gear icon > Get More Brushes.
Right away, you will be taken into an Adobe website where you can download over 1,000 free high-quality Photoshop Brushes by Kyle T. Webster.
On this page, you will find brushes of all types, textures, designs, and purposes all organized in individual packs.
This is great for you because these are high-quality brushes specially made for graphic designers, illustrators, photo manipulators, and artists alike who use Photoshop as their digital canvas.
To download an ABR (Adobe Brush File) pack, click on the Download button.
Note: Photoshop has to be open when you click the downloaded ABR file, or the brush pack will not install.
To install the Photoshop Brushes simply click on the ABR file. If this doesn’t work, go back into Photoshop and with the Brush tool still selected, click on the down-pointing arrow in the Options bar.
Then, click the gear icon.
In the drop-down menu, select Import Brushes and find the .ABR file on your computer.
Finally, your newly-downloaded brush pack will be placed in your brush list and can be used right away.
You can find the brushes in a folder that has the same name as the pack that you downloaded.
Keyboard Shortcut To Toggle Between Photoshop Brushes
You can use Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts to easily switch between brushes without having to go into the Brushes panel.
To switch to the next brush simply press the . (Windows) or . (macOS) or > (Windows) or > (macOS) key on your keyboard.
If you want to switch to the previous brush, press the , (Windows) or , (macOS) or < (Windows) or < (macOS) key on your keyboard.
Tip: This shortcut will help you save time and make it easier for you especially if you have to work with several brushes for an illustration or to retouch photos.
Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts to Resize Your Brushes
Another essential keyboard shortcut to remember is the bracket keys which allow you to resize your brush tip.
To decrease the brush size, press the [ (Windows) or [ (macOS) key.
To increase the brush size, press the ] (Windows) or ] (macOS) key.
You can find these bracket keys beside the P key on your keyboard
Tip: Looking for more time-savers? See 10 more useful Photoshop keyboard shortcuts you can add to your workflow.
How to Save Your Favorite Photoshop Brushes Into Creative Cloud Libraries
With over 1000 free Photoshop brushes, it’s easy to find your favorite! Keeping track of them, however, can be confusing.
To quickly navigate through an archive of hundreds of brushes, the best solution is to save them to a customized library.
To make one, go to Window > Libraries.
On the area of your panel, click the panel menu icon and select Create New Library.
Type a name for your library according to their texture, type, or purpose. Doing this will help you sift through several brushes and cut the time you will spend looking for a specific brush.
Now, time to begin adding your favorite brushes into this library!
Start adding brushes by clicking on the Brushes panel. Select your desired brush then click-and-drag the brush into your Libraries panel to save.
Organize Your Free High-Quality Photoshop Brushes
Aside from being able to create your own brush library, you can also create groups within it to keep everything easier for you to find. Under the name of your library, click the drop-down menu and select View by Group.
Click the Create Group button and type the name of the brush according to their purpose or type.
For example, if you are saving some of the brushes for special effects purposes, then type “Effects.” If you are saving a few brushes for illustrating uses, then type “Illustration.”
By default, the brushes saved in your libraries panel will be placed inside the Not Grouped section. To add them into a group, simply click-and-drag the brush into a group and release the mouse.
There you have it! Everything you need to know from discovering a webpage of over 1,000 FREE high-quality Photoshop brushes, downloading and installing them, and organizing them into folders. You also learned the keyboard shortcuts to maximize your time!
Be sure to save these changes onto your Creative Cloud library to have access to them anytime, anywhere!
Hopefully, these methods will improve your workflow and enhance your productivity when using Adobe Photoshop.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Adobe made Kyle T. Webster’s entire brush collection free for every Creative Cloud subscriber. You reach it from inside Photoshop through Get More Brushes, not a separate purchase.
Select the Brush tool, then open the dropdown on the Options bar. Click the gear icon and choose Get More Brushes to open Adobe’s brush page in your browser.
Photoshop has to be open when you click the downloaded ABR file. If it still does not appear, use Import Brushes from the Brush panel’s gear icon instead.
Press the period key, or the greater-than key, for the next brush. Press the comma key, or the less-than key, for the previous one. Both work without opening the Brushes panel.
Press the left bracket key to shrink your brush and the right bracket key to grow it. Both keys sit right next to P on the keyboard.
Open a Creative Cloud Library from Window > Libraries, then drag a brush from the Brushes panel into it. Photoshop keeps the brush there for later.
Yes. Any brush you save to a Creative Cloud Library syncs to every computer signed into that same Creative Cloud account.
Create groups inside your Creative Cloud Library, such as Effects or Retouching, using Create Group. Drag each brush into the group that matches how you plan to use it.
Conclusion
Photoshop already includes an easy path from zero brushes to a full, organized library pulled from Kyle T. Webster’s collection.
Get More Brushes, the keyboard shortcuts, and a Creative Cloud Library work together so you spend less time hunting and more time painting. Every step above still works the same way in the current version of Photoshop.
Watch the video above for the full walkthrough, and comment on the video with your favorite brush pack.
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