8 Replies to Using a Brush in Photoshop Elements Without Installing It:

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   Sue

   April 30, 2010 at 5:58 pm

   The timing for this article is great. I really need to try it since I have thousands of fonts and simply “can’t” install them all. I wish Adobe would make it possible to do the same with fonts that we do with brushes. Thanks Diana. Screen shots are very helpful. Sue

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   Diana

   June 10, 2010 at 8:13 pm

   Hi Sue,

   You’re welcome…. I’m glad this article was helpful to you.

   Fonts actually aren’t installed in Elements. Elements just uses the fonts you have installed through your computer’s operating system, i.e. Windows. One way you can use a font without installing it, is to double click on the font file (first make sure it’s unzipped if it’s zipped). That should open a window where you can view the font. Leave that font window open; you can minimize it to get it out of the way, if you wish. Now restart Elements and you should be able to find that font in your font picker drop-down in the Type tool’s option bar at the top of the workspace.

   Diana

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   Lin

   August 28, 2010 at 4:55 am

   Very simple explanation that was easy to follow and understand. As a new PSE user, so much info re techniques, features, tips, etc is very welcomed but can be overwhelming so I gravitate to brevity.

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   Lonna

   September 2, 2010 at 8:28 pm

   Thanks so much for the info on the brushes and fonts. Anything to keep my computer running faster is great. I was glad to see this technique on brushes as this is what I was doing. I made a folder and was just stuffing them in that for future install. Now I know that I do not have to waste my time. P.S. love this magazine and the online access.

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   KEVIN

   December 1, 2010 at 7:16 am

   Thank you. It works!

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   Geri

   December 28, 2010 at 8:41 am

   how would this work for a mac computer?

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   Alfred

   January 25, 2011 at 7:21 am

   Hi Rick, thanks for the opportunity to renew at the price you quoted. The article on downloading brushes into a folder sounds great. As you know i am a complete newby so have wee problems with this sort of thing , but i shall follow this nd hope for the best….as usual…”ben” at the old fartshome..

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   Bernard

   April 24, 2011 at 5:05 am

   Could you please explaim exactly what you mean when you say

   “When using a brush you have loaded this way, and then you select a different brush set, the previous brush is no longer available in the brush picker. If you need that brush again, you must reload that set.”

   What is the ‘previous brush”?
   How do you reload it?

   Thanks

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