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Presets and libraries

About presets
Use preset tool options
Change the display of items in a pop-up panel menu
Use the Preset Manager
Rename a preset
About presets
In the Expert mode, pop-up panels appear in the Tool Options bar and provide access to predefined libraries of brushes, color swatches,
gradients, patterns, layer styles, and custom shapes. The items in each library are called presets. When closed, pop-up panels display a thumbnail
image of the currently selected preset.
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 Tool 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 panel menu icon.
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 Alt (Option key in Mac OS) 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 add assets from a library to an existing library, click Append. Select the library file you want to add and click Append.
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.
To load the default set of brushes, gradients, or patterns, open the pop-up panel menu and choose the Reset command.
Change the display of items in a pop-up panel menu
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