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joel98689390
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December 17, 2021
Question

Overwriting a brush preset without creating a new preset?

  • December 17, 2021
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I'm a fairly new user of Photoshop specifically, coming from using other drawing applications.  I can't figure out how to overwrite a brush's settings, so as to save it in-place as the same brush I was using, name and all, but updated with my new changes to it. 

 

What I gather is that you click "Create New Brush" at the bottom of the Brushes window, or "New Brush Preset" from the triple bar icon's dropdown at the top of that window, and save yourself a new brush with a new name, that includes the changes you've made to your preset.  And now you have a new brush that is in many ways identical to the brush you were using, and since all you really wanted to do was *slightly change* the brush in the first place (e.g., lower the scale of the texture), you now have to delete the first brush, since you no longer need it and it'll just end up creating visual clutter in the brush group? 

 

I could be missing something really obvious, but I have a feeling this is just how it's done(?). 

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Inspiring
May 20, 2025

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Tarun Saini
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 17, 2021

Hi there,

 

We're sorry about the trouble.  Please try selecting the brush preset which you wanted to use, make some modifications, and then click on the folder for the new brush group then click on the "new brush" icon at the bottom of the panel, and there you will be able to save that brush in that folder, along with all settings.

 

Let us know if that helps.

 

Regards,

Tarun

Participant
October 25, 2024

Is your solution exactly what joel described as not being a viable solution? I'm flabbergasted by this response, seriously. A simple "no" would have saved a lot of time.

I'm also trying to find  out how to overwriting brush settings without creating a new brush every single time so if anyone knows please share!