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The latest versions of Photoshop are unusable for artists because of modified brush panel and context menu.
I use the last Photoshop for design but when I should draw I start Photoshop 2015 which I have instaled too.
In 2015 I can get every brush which I want quickly from the llist with 2 clicks - 1) right click from the panel 2)Select brushes from the context menu
Can you say me how I can access the last brushes in the list with this strange unusable context menu in Photoshop 2019 for less than 40-50 sec per brush?
If I use Import Brush every time I want to change my brushes the result is the same - more clicks which slow my work process.
I tried to add the brushes in this panel (where one brush group per row with all this space is very very strange) but it loads only half of my brushes and say that the limit of brushes is reached...
This make Photoshop 2019 abslolutely unusable for artists.
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Some thoughts about your brush sets:
- You can have sub-sets like in the Mega-pack below. That would tidy up your 12 sets of SiFi brushes.
- You can have as many instances of a set as you to clutter your right click menu with. I assume this so you can use an existing set as a staring point for a new set, renaming when done.
- Deleting a set from the right click menu does not actually delete the set. Just remove it. Pete that is confusing. Remove would be a better word to use.
- Dragging a preset to a new
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You shoulg give this feedback to Adobe use this link Photoshop Family Customer Community
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Thanks,
I added my questions there too.
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I think of myself more as an illustrator than artist, but I guess it is all art when it comes down to it.
Believe it or not, the Photoshop Development Team changed the way brush sets display for the sake of people with a _really_ big collection. Perhaps it would not scroll f it spilled off the screen? Like you, I hate it, and have made it clear back in February in this thread. Pete.Green is our forum contact for the Photoshop team.
I _try_ to discipline myself to not go over 100 brush sets, and when I do, I rationalise by dragging the best of new set presets into existing sets. If a set does not come up to scratch, then delete it and look for a better one.
Try using the Cursor keys to scroll through the list. It is faster than clicking on the up and down arrows, and it will roll round to the start when you get to the end. The arrow icons stop at the end of the list. Grrrrr...
I also rename my sets in File Explorer so they start with meaningful names, and group together in the right click list
C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2019\Presets\Brushes
You can delete every single set in the right click panel and start again. This gives you heaps of control over how it looks. I also have a Favourites set with my go to presets.
If you don't already have the Kyle mega-pack, then go get it. It is huge and cumbersome, but there are some real gems in there.
Are you OK with the brush engine? Do you make a lot of your own presets? The new brush management system makes that a lot easier to do with the ability to save with Tool settings.
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Thanks for the reply.
I work in Photoshop last 18-19 years (from Photoshop 5).
These last versions updates for brushes are just terrible and I explaned why.
2 clicks to reach every brush which I want in previous versions. (2015 for example).
Minimum 4-5 clicks to reach wanted brush in latest Photoshop versions.
It would be good to have something like this for quicker brush access:
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Some thoughts about your brush sets:
- You can have sub-sets like in the Mega-pack below. That would tidy up your 12 sets of SiFi brushes.
- You can have as many instances of a set as you to clutter your right click menu with. I assume this so you can use an existing set as a staring point for a new set, renaming when done.
- Deleting a set from the right click menu does not actually delete the set. Just remove it. Pete that is confusing. Remove would be a better word to use.
- Dragging a preset to a new/different folder removes it from the set in the right click menu, but does not actually delete it. If you open the same set again, all of it's presets will still be there.
Note: My right click menu is always a mess, because I am forever messing with it for the sake of screen shots for forum posts.
The right click menu will not open outside the canvas bounds, so if you want a really big panel, make the document fill the screen before right clicking