reasonable to start pretty easy. Lots of users don't have a clue as to the
file directory system on a computer so telling them to create a folder and
place the extras in the folder then open the say, brushes pallet, load
brushes, browse to the folder where the extras are stored, etc. is a little
much. As one becomes more advanced then we can start to explore other
options.
Still if you look at all the places that have brushes, styles, gradients,
etc to download, most will say just to drop into the presets folders. Even
the Adobe site will tell you that. Plus they will also mention creating a
folder for your extras, etc.
I help people all the time with their computers and I do know that most
haven't a clue as to the file system. I also taught school for 35 years so
I tend to be a little more basic than an expert would need.
So what I did in the movie was to try to show on a PC the file structure of
photoshop and where some of the files were stored by default. And then a
simple drag and drop or copy paste, and voila, your files were installed.
If you listened carefully, in the video I said that you could leave the
files where they were. Then in the brushes tool window, to load brushes,
etc.
I have had to reload PS many times, reinstall windows many times, and I
have always been able to to the old installation files and grab the extras
from the presets. Are my extras backed up? They surely are. I have
several external drives were files are stored and can easily get to them in
case of a complete OS hard drive failure.
Sure there are advantages, but let's get the basics out of the way first.
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From: "Susan Rex" <srex@platinum.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 9:25 AM
To: <photoshop-beginners@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [photoshop-beginners] Re: adding more brushes
> I guess I could have worded it better but there are so many advantages to
> keeping extras outside of your program. The program will load much
> faster,
> you are more likely to back them up, if you have to re-load your PS
> program
> you don't lose them. It's just a better system than loading into your
> program file and it's just as easy. You can even download and extract
> right
> into your extras folder.
>
> Perhaps you don't download many extra brushes and things but there are
> people that have hundreds of brushes not to mention textures, shapes, and
> who knows what else. There is no way a person wants their program to load
> with everything, it would take forever.
>
> Su
>
>
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