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Working with the Preset Manager
The Preset Manager works like a big filing cabinet for all the available tool presets. Using the Preset Manager, you can load new libraries, create your own libraries, and delete libraries that you don’t want anymore.Here’s how to load new libraries by using the Preset Manager:Choose Edit>Preset Manager.The Preset Manager opens, as shown in Figure 64-3.
Figure 64-3: The Preset Manager is used to organize, load, save, and delete preset libraries.
Use the Preset Type drop-down list to select the type of preset library that you want to add.Your choices are Brushes, Swatches, Gradients, Styles, Patterns, Contours, Custom Shapes, and Tools.
Click the tiny right-pointing arrow button to the right of the Preset Type drop-down list to open the menu, as shown in Figure 64-4, and choose the library you want to load from the bottom of the menu.
Figure 64-4: Choose a new library from the bottom of the menu.
| Tip | If you don’t see a library at the bottom of the menu but you know that it’s available on your computer (perhaps you downloaded it from the Web), choose Load from the menu to view the Load dialog box. Then, locate the library in the folder where you saved it, and click Load. |
| Time-Saver | If you create your own presets and want to save them in a custom library for later use, you can use the Preset Manager to create libraries. Also, after you create a library you can always e-mail it to friends or colleagues. |
To save your custom presets in a library, follow these steps:
Choose Edit>Preset Manager.The Preset Manager opens. (Refer to Figure 64-3.)
Use the Preset Type drop-down list to select the type of preset library that you want to create.
Ctrl+click the presets in the list to select the presets that you want to save in a custom library. (See Figure 64-5.)
Figure 64-5: Ctrl+click to select the presets that you want to include in your custom library.
Click Save Set.
Use the Save dialog box to enter a name for the custom library in the File Name (Windows) or Save As (Mac) text box, and then click Save.Your custom library is now ready for use.
| Tip | If you want to load your newly created custom library by using a palette or picker, you need to exit Photoshop and relaunch before you can view the custom library on the palette or picker menu. |
Many commercial and hobbyist sites offer great libraries for download. The following are just a few sites that offer libraries:
Adobe Studio (studio.adobe.com )
Design Spice (www.designspice.com/main/free/free_downloads.php )
Software-X (www.software-x.com )
Free Photoshop (www.freephotoshop.com/html/downloadablesl )
Nocturna (http://nocturna.net/brushes/ )You can find more libraries for download by using your favorite Web search engine.
