P: Better Preset Organization (sub-folders, tag, search)

[ConnieH47]

I'd love a better way to organize brushes, shapes, and styles. Perhaps a way to tag them, then search or sort by tag.

[davep61284792]

you must share these goings on here. 😛

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Allow color swatches to be stored in drop down folders to visually see different color pallets in custom groups.

[Thali-Hoo]

I'll add to this here instead of a new topic.

We already have a Layers filter in CS6. It would be great if we had this kind of filter for Tool presets (I personally only ever use Mixer brush, Eraser and Smudge while painting for example). Instead of the single ON/OFF "Current Tool Only" toggle as it currently is, I'd love to see Tool icons across the top of the palette for filtering.

[Thali-Hoo]

Sergey, can you upload your script again? It looks great.

[chrisorbit]

Tool presets are what i Hve been using for the pat couple years now. The enhanced view in the brush presets panel is too bulk and not very useful. I don't need to see how the brush is going to paint a wavy line, I made the brush. I know what it will do when I use it.

Being able to have sortable groups that could be collapsed and expanded quickly would be great.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

OK, if you don't want the preview, change the view of the brushes (thumbnails, large thumbnails, etc.).

[chrisorbit]

That is good, didn't know about that since I never use the panel. Tool presets are still more powerful than the brush presets. I might start to use the brush preset panel for quickly browsing stamp brushes though. The large thumbnail view is a nice way to quickly browse.

[amparose]

Definately need better preset library management/workflow features. Some ideas:

- \Presets\Brushes\ file folders of brushes should be reflected in the preset loader. Surely divider lines could be implemented to delineate "groups" without too much technical investment. I was surprised this doesn't already happen and have to prefix brush sets that are already organised into folders.

- Overhaul the whole brush preset system so it loads all brushes and use a "live search" to filter persistently (keeps search through closing/opening panel). So typing "gr" could provide a list of all [gr]unge brushes.

- Proper metadata from brush sets so that title, author, uri, tags, etc can be embedded for sharing/organisation.

- Soft grouping/separation of brush sets in the brush picker with brush set title as a small heading.

- Modifications to a brush should remain unless that brush is reset. This would be better as a toggle option as not everyone may like this workflow tweak. For example, it is annoying to have to create a new preset just so that one can have a brush's spacing set from 25% to 5% between brush changes. Encourages brush sets to become messy and unmanageable.

- Arbitrary folders and smart folders. I think most people understand the old sidebar that contains these.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I feel that with the growing number of collections of glyps and autoshapes now available, and the number I myself have (thousands), and no doubt many other people, the ability to live search in the autoshapes window would be incredibly helpful and a huge time saver.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Group brushes. Instead of making "presets" and then the presets being lumped in all together OR you having to load in your presets every time you need to switch brushes, you can create your own custom groupings of brushes. This would make it WAY easier to find the brush you need.

[Valp]

I like this idea but personally it should be redesigned way much more. Using just dividers is not enough as this panel is really outdated.

First, let's try with Tabs or any other Groups which will be displaying brushes. So I can move brush to various folders and jump between them on the fly (and so PS don't have to render everything every time I scroll brush panel).

Allow tagging and filtering, just like Bridge does with images (Filter panel).

Allow quickly change preview, stroke/thumbnail with buttons appearing already in the panel. Brush stroke/thumbnail preview is too small, even if it's set to large. This should be able to be scaled up down on the fly.

Also in CS6 dark theme brushes looks almost different than on bright background. Bright background for this panel might be an option but not sure...

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I absolutely agree. I was just giving a basic example of something really simple that would help a lot.

[Valp]

Evaluation Unit - of course! Don't take me wrong, I just wrote all ideas I had on my mind for a while.

[Flemming Krøll]

I would like to see separate taps inside Photoshop for my various brushes. Would be much easier to handle than when I have 350 different brushes in one window. Just like the Brush loads in Adobe Illustrator.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

yes, please, add folders to brush presets

[imclaudiah]

I would like a total overhaul of the presets and pallets, specifically the Properties, Actions, Brushes and Styles. I want folders, search fields, ability to leave notes, and color coding.

[mumzer018]

I have a suggestion regarding brushes. Brushes should be a organized better in a collection for specific project needs. This is especially important for artists working in a production environment. It should be organized by project, type ( trees, clouds, rocks, etc). Would be great to color label the brushes or add project icons. Brushes should be easily pulled into favorites selection. Favorites are brushes that are being used all the time and should be easily accessible in the interface. Corel Painter does something similar where you can drag the brush into a special folder or area on the interface. Brushes should be easily organized by deleting and adding too a collection. Currently brushes can only be deleted ONE brush at a time. This is time consuming and you should be able to hold down "shift" or edit by selecting multiply brushes to delete with one click. Do you think features to improve the brushes menu will be worked on in the near future?

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

You can access favorites by loading the preset file via the menus.
You can delete, move, save, etc. multiple selected presets in the preset manager.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I was making brushes today... and I realize by default I tend to put some brush presets on the brushes. I'd like a triangle or a separate tab in order to set the presets as I'm making the brushes. This includes scattering, spacing, etc. What you get in the panel.

Help me not create duplicates for the users I try to cater to.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Please try to understand that Photoshop serves many professionals in many different areas. Video professionals and 3D professionals also have different needs and requests (including many we have implemented).

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

It does show up in both, immediately.
Are you confusing the brush TIP SHAPE section with the brush PRESETS section?

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

You can do that in the preset manager.
You can't do it in the palette because clicking a preset does something, and all the modifier keys are already in use.

[davep61284792]

This is not the same. He is asking for a visual ability to sort and organize brushes and/or tools within the panel. The preset manager does not have that functionality and is external. If you are unclear about the concept, ask so we can explain it more, rather than provide an incorrect answer. The Brush or Tool presets panels do not have the ability to create sub-folders or sort brushes/tools. This would be extremely valuable.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

There are multiple requests in there, and some indicate that he may not know about the menus or the preset manager - I just want to make sure he know the functionality that already exists, then hear from him whether that is sufficient or not.

[jdingwell]

Why don't you guys add the ability to organize the gradient, brushes, shapes in photoshop? You end up with a hundred brushes that all look the same - instead they should be grouped: "grunge brushes", "light effects", "textures", etc....wouldn't that be so much easier? The same logic can be applied elsewhere. This just seems like a no-brainer to me and would make so many of the palettes easier to manage and use.