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USING <strong>PHOTOSHOP</strong> <strong>ELEMENTS</strong> 9<br />
Painting<br />
245<br />
A<br />
B<br />
Viewing the Cookie Cutter pop-up panel in the options bar<br />
A. Click to show the pop-up panel. B. Click to view the pop-up panel menu, which contains preset libraries.<br />
You can change the display of a pop-up panel to view presets by their names, as thumbnail icons, or with both names<br />
and icons.<br />
You can use the Presets Manager to load different preset libraries. Presets are stored in separate library files that can<br />
be found in the Presets folder in the Photoshop Elements application folder.<br />
Use preset tool options<br />
1 Select the tool you want to use.<br />
2 In the options bar, open the pop-up panel. (Only certain tools have pop-up panels.)<br />
3 Do any of the following:<br />
• To view and select currently loaded preset libraries, click the triangle in the upper-right corner of the pop-up panel.<br />
• To select a preset, click an item in the library.<br />
• To save a brush, open the pop-up panel menu, choose the Save Brush command, then enter a name in the dialog<br />
box provided and click OK.<br />
• To save a gradient or pattern, open the panel menu, choose the New Gradient or New Pattern command, then enter<br />
a name in the dialog box provided and click OK.<br />
• To rename a brush, gradient, or pattern in a panel, open the pop-up panel menu, choose the Rename command,<br />
then enter a new name and click OK.<br />
• To delete a brush, gradient, or pattern from a panel, select an item, open the pop-up panel menu and choose the<br />
Delete command. You can also hold down Alt (Option key in Mac OS) and click a brush or gradient.<br />
• To save a library of brushes, gradients, or patterns, open the pop-up panel menu. From the menu, choose the Save<br />
Brushes, Save Gradients, or Save Patterns command, then enter a name for the library file, and click Save.<br />
• To load a library of brushes, gradients, or patterns, open the pop-up panel menu, choose the Load command, then<br />
select the library file you want to add and click Load.<br />
Note: Using the Load command adds the brush library to the brushes you have available. If you choose a preset library<br />
of brushes, the preset library replaces your current set of brushes.<br />
• To replace the current set of gradients in a panel, open the pop-up panel menu, choose a library file from the bottom<br />
section of the menu, and click OK. You can also choose the Replace command, browse to select a library file, and<br />
click Load.<br />
• To replace the current set of brushes or patterns in a panel, choose a library from the Brushes menu.<br />
Note: To replace the current set of brushes, gradients, or patterns, you can also choose Preset Manager from the pop-up<br />
panel menu and use the Preset Manager to load a different library of brushes, gradients, or patterns.<br />
Last updated 1/27/2011
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