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How to Install Photoshop Brushes

Installing Adobe Photoshop Brushes [.abr] Files

  • Installing these 'abr' brush set files is easy. You simply need to copy the file to the correct directory. If you downloaded the brush set in a zip file, you can just extract the 'abr' file straight to the right place.
  • All you need to do is copy and paste that .abr file to Photoshop program folder, [under the subdirectory 'Brushes']
For example,

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7\Presets\Brushes\

  • Simply copy the file there, and the next time you start Photoshop, the brushes will be available from your brush set menu.
Also there is a software called .abr viewer to view all photoshop brushes without installing them;

Photoshop Brush Viewer [.abr viewer]


This is very useful software when u r using many downloaded .abr files for your projects.

  • With this .abr viewer u can have a preview of a brush set without having to install it or running Photoshop
  • And You can even adjust thumbnails size and you can have the preview of the actual size of the brush.
  • This software is able to generate images for every single brush and can also generate the general image from the panel of the thumbnails you have visualised.

You can download this ABRviewer software here

Pls note you may need to install "Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1" to run this..

You can download it here

** Thanks Luigi Bellanca for sharing this v useful software with us.

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