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June 30, 2011
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P: Ability to update/edit brush presets [2011]

  • June 30, 2011
  • 65 replies
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This is a no-brainer that should make its way ASAP into 13.

Provide users with a way of tweaking their brush settings and then SAVING OVER an existing brush preset, rather than having to create a new one.

The brush preset system that has been in place since 5 is a broken user experience. You always create a "throwaway" brush (tip) when you Define Brush Preset, and then you customize its settings and create a New Brush. Then, if you don't like those settings and want to improve them, you are stuck having to create yet another brush preset, and eventually deleting the others.

Come on guys, we need something just a little more polished. It's been over ten years now. Fix some basic stuff before launching into crazy new directions like 3D.

For the most intuitive user experience, the workflow should be revised.

Creating brushes should be a two-step process:
1. create a "brush tip" - these are the sampled pixels only, with no Brush configuration data attached
2. create a "brush" - by selecting a brush tip and then setting your options.

If you then want to edit an existing preset and save over it, why not present us with familiar options like Save and Save As? Put a little "save" icon and a "clone" icon in the Brushes palette. Let us know when we're editing an existing brush preset, and put the title of the brush preset in the palette. Basic basic stuff.

65 replies

Charismatic_yogiB82A
Known Participant
May 26, 2013
i would like to have this option too.
i just searched for it and found out that it doesn't exist?

please adobe! this should be a simple one.
Inspiring
March 7, 2013
I have been hoping for this to be implemented for years. Corel Painter already has this function and it makes painting much faster!
Inspiring
February 1, 2012
I would put the brushes option on the panel where it says "Save Brush Preset." So we can create the spacing etc on the fly and of course I support the cloning idea.

This would be sweet to have with the organization schema so we can do this with the brushes palette rather than a preset organizer in a separate window. ('cause if you get the brush wrong, you have to open the window again.)
PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 9, 2011
Don't forget about that you can also create a Tool Preset, that will store blending modes, color, etc. :D
I'd like also to see some revision about presets.
Participating Frequently
November 9, 2011
Agreed wholeheartedly. Just spent 20 minutes beating my brain against this cumbersome interface.