How to combine 2 or more small Brush sets into one larger ABR file

Hi Walter,

I think I've understood what you're hoping to achieve 🙂

1. Go to Edit > Preset Manager and select the Brushes Preset Type if it isn't already selected.

2. Select one set of cloud brushes that you want to use as your "base" cloud brush set using the menu button (it's a down arrow plus three little lines to the right of the Preset Type dropdrown list).

3. Click the Append... button and navigate to your C: Program Files > Adobe > Photoshop Elements 2021 > Presets > Brushes folder and select another set of cloud brushes you want to add to this "base" set. Click the Load button.

4. Repeat step 3 until you have all your cloud brush sets in this "base" set.

5. To tidy everything up, click the first brush in the set and shift-click the last brush in the set to select all the brushes, then click the Save Set... button. Give it a name like "Cloud Brushes.abr" and save it in your C: Users > user_name > AppData > Roaming > Adobe > Photoshop Elements > 19.0 > Presets > Brushes folder.

6. You now have all your cloud brushes contained in one single set (and one single .abr file).

7. Now go back to your C: Program Files > Adobe > Photoshop Elements 2021 > Presets > Brushes folder and delete all the cloud brush sets you have in there (or copy them to another folder on your computer if you ever want to revert back to using lots of different cloud brush sets - a "just in case" insurance policy!)

8. Restart the Elements Editor. Your new "Cloud Brushes" set should now be the only one that appears in the Preset Manager and the Brush Preset Picker when you use the Brush tool.

Walter,

In Windows 10, open File Explorer

Go to C drive>Program Files (x86).Adobe>PSE>Presets>Brushes

All the default brushes are listed here.

Copy/paste or drag your brush (abr) files here into a new folder.