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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Painting
Last updated 7/26/2011
Viewing the Cookie Cutter pop-up panel in the options bar
A. Click to show the pop-up panel. B. Click to view the pop-up panel menu, which contains preset libraries.
You can change the display of a pop-up panel to view presets by their names, as thumbnail icons, or with both names
and icons.
You can use the Presets Manager to load different preset libraries. Presets are stored in separate library files that can
be found in the Presets folder in the Photoshop
Elements application folder.
Use preset tool options
1 Select the tool you want to use.
2 In the options bar, open the pop-up panel. (Only certain tools have pop-up panels.)
3 Do any of the following:
• To view and select currently loaded preset libraries, click the triangle in the upper-right corner of the pop-up panel.
• To select a preset, click an item in the library.
• To save a brush, open the pop-up panel menu, choose the Save Brush command, then enter a name in the dialog
box provided and click
OK.
• To save a gradient or pattern, open the panel menu, choose the New Gradient or New Pattern command, then enter
a name in the dialog box provided and click
OK.
• To rename a brush, gradient, or pattern in a panel, open the pop-up panel menu, choose the Rename command,
then enter a new name and click
OK.
• To delete a brush, gradient, or pattern from a panel, select an item, open the pop-up panel menu and choose the
Delete command. You can also hold down Option and click a brush or gradient.
• To save a library of brushes, gradients, or patterns, open the pop-up panel menu. From the menu, choose the Save
Brushes, Save Gradients, or Save Patterns command, then enter a name for the library file, and click Save.
• To load a library of brushes, gradients, or patterns, open the pop-up panel menu, choose the Load command, then
select the library file you want to add and click Load.
Note: Using the Load command adds the brush library to the brushes you have available. If you choose a preset library
of brushes, the preset library replaces your current set of brushes.
• To replace the current set of gradients in a panel, open the pop-up panel menu, choose a library file from the bottom
section of the menu, and click
OK. You can also choose the Replace command, browse to select a library file, and
click Load.
• To replace the current set of brushes or patterns in a panel, choose a library from the Brushes menu.
Note: To replace the current set of brushes, gradients, or patterns, you can also choose Preset Manager from the pop-up
panel menu and use the Preset Manager to load a different library of brushes, gradients, or patterns.
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