How can I copy the Default hard and soft round brushes from PSE 2025 to PSE2026

Question

Since installing PSE 2026, I no longer have the Soft Round and Hard Round bushes in my Default brushes. I have tried other brushes (mostly the mechanical ones) and they don’t seem to be the same. I have used Google and CoPilot to try and find an answer, but the results don’t work.

I still have PSE 2025 installed, so I could copy/install them from there, but I can’t find these 2 specific brushes.

Has anyone found any options that work?

Jeff Arola · Accepted Answer

Essentially what you need to do, since the missing brushes are actually hard coded into the PSE program and not in an actual .abr file, is in PSE 2025:

Go to Edit>Preset Manager, set the Preset Type to Brushes, click on the three little dots to see a list of the brush presets, click on Reset Brushes to ensure the Default Brushes are loaded.

Select all of the brushes by clicking the first then Shift clicking the last and Save Set to

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Elements\Presets\Brushes

On the Mac side the path would be

Macintosh HD/Users/UserName/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop Elements/Presets/Brushes

access the Mac User Library

https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/access-hidden-user-library-files.html

I gave it the name PSE 2025 Default Brushes

In PSE 2026 in the Brush Preset picker list hopefully you should see your saved set listed.

Phinny · Answer

You should be able to adjust harness/softness setting ofyour brush by holding down the shift key, then toggling with left bracket or right bracket key. Alternately you should see a brush settings button in the brush tool options panel that will bring up a hardness/softness slider along with several other options.

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