How to install brushes in photoshop

Use Kyle T. Webster’s brushes in your designs today

What you’ll need

Start in Photoshop

A small number of Kyle’s brushes are readily available in the Brushes panel. You can access even more of his brushes straight from the app.

In the Brushes panel flyout menu, select Get More Brushes.

View the vast collection of Kyle’s brushes

You’ll find thousands of Kyle’s popular brushes organized in brush packs such as Megapack, Spatter, and Halftones. To install a brush from any brush pack, just click Download to get started.

Install brushes and start painting

Locate the downloaded brush pack in your Downloads folder. In our example, we downloaded Megapack.abr. Making sure Photoshop is still open, double-click the ABR file — this automatically installs the brushes in the Brushes panel, ready to use.

You can also use Kyle’s brushes in Photoshop Sketch on your iOS or Android device. Drag any brush individually from the Brushes panel to the Libraries panel. We added the Amazing Cartoon Nib from the Inkbox folder to the default library (My Library).

Tip: Create custom brush libraries to store your favorite brushes. View Manage assets with Creative Cloud Libraries to learn how to add various types of assets to your libraries.

Access your custom brushes in Photoshop Sketch

To get started with Sketch, sign in with your Adobe ID or create one for free. Within a project, long-press any brush to access the built-in brushes, which include some of Kyle’s brushes. Tap the back arrow to access the library where you saved Kyle’s brush.

Note: We’re using Sketch on an iPad Pro. Some features and the user interface may vary between iPad, iPad Pro, iPhone, and Android devices.

Use Kyle T. Webster’s brushes in your designs today

What you’ll need

Start in Photoshop

A small number of Kyle’s brushes are readily available in the Brushes panel. You can access even more of his brushes straight from the app.

In the Brushes panel flyout menu, select Get More Brushes.

View the vast collection of Kyle’s brushes

You’ll find thousands of Kyle’s popular brushes organized in brush packs such as Megapack, Spatter, and Halftones. To install a brush from any brush pack, just click Download to get started.

Install brushes and start painting

Locate the downloaded brush pack in your Downloads folder. In our example, we downloaded Megapack.abr. Making sure Photoshop is still open, double-click the ABR file — this automatically installs the brushes in the Brushes panel, ready to use.

You can also use Kyle’s brushes in Photoshop Sketch on your iOS or Android device. Drag any brush individually from the Brushes panel to the Libraries panel. We added the Amazing Cartoon Nib from the Inkbox folder to the default library (My Library).

Tip: Create custom brush libraries to store your favorite brushes. View Manage assets with Creative Cloud Libraries to learn how to add various types of assets to your libraries.

Access your custom brushes in Photoshop Sketch

To get started with Sketch, sign in with your Adobe ID or create one for free. Within a project, long-press any brush to access the built-in brushes, which include some of Kyle’s brushes. Tap the back arrow to access the library where you saved Kyle’s brush.

Note: We’re using Sketch on an iPad Pro. Some features and the user interface may vary between iPad, iPad Pro, iPhone, and Android devices.

Use Kyle T. Webster’s brushes in your designs today

What you’ll need

Start in Photoshop

A small number of Kyle’s brushes are readily available in the Brushes panel. You can access even more of his brushes straight from the app.

In the Brushes panel flyout menu, select Get More Brushes.

View the vast collection of Kyle’s brushes

You’ll find thousands of Kyle’s popular brushes organized in brush packs such as Megapack, Spatter, and Halftones. To install a brush from any brush pack, just click Download to get started.

Install brushes and start painting

Locate the downloaded brush pack in your Downloads folder. In our example, we downloaded Megapack.abr. Making sure Photoshop is still open, double-click the ABR file — this automatically installs the brushes in the Brushes panel, ready to use.

You can also use Kyle’s brushes in Photoshop Sketch on your iOS or Android device. Drag any brush individually from the Brushes panel to the Libraries panel. We added the Amazing Cartoon Nib from the Inkbox folder to the default library (My Library).

Tip: Create custom brush libraries to store your favorite brushes. View Manage assets with Creative Cloud Libraries to learn how to add various types of assets to your libraries.

Access your custom brushes in Photoshop Sketch

To get started with Sketch, sign in with your Adobe ID or create one for free. Within a project, long-press any brush to access the built-in brushes, which include some of Kyle’s brushes. Tap the back arrow to access the library where you saved Kyle’s brush.

Note: We’re using Sketch on an iPad Pro. Some features and the user interface may vary between iPad, iPad Pro, iPhone, and Android devices.

Use Kyle T. Webster’s brushes in your designs today

What you’ll need

Start in Photoshop

A small number of Kyle’s brushes are readily available in the Brushes panel. You can access even more of his brushes straight from the app.

In the Brushes panel flyout menu, select Get More Brushes.

View the vast collection of Kyle’s brushes

You’ll find thousands of Kyle’s popular brushes organized in brush packs such as Megapack, Spatter, and Halftones. To install a brush from any brush pack, just click Download to get started.

Install brushes and start painting

Locate the downloaded brush pack in your Downloads folder. In our example, we downloaded Megapack.abr. Making sure Photoshop is still open, double-click the ABR file — this automatically installs the brushes in the Brushes panel, ready to use.

You can also use Kyle’s brushes in Photoshop Sketch on your iOS or Android device. Drag any brush individually from the Brushes panel to the Libraries panel. We added the Amazing Cartoon Nib from the Inkbox folder to the default library (My Library).

Tip: Create custom brush libraries to store your favorite brushes. View Manage assets with Creative Cloud Libraries to learn how to add various types of assets to your libraries.

Access your custom brushes in Photoshop Sketch

To get started with Sketch, sign in with your Adobe ID or create one for free. Within a project, long-press any brush to access the built-in brushes, which include some of Kyle’s brushes. Tap the back arrow to access the library where you saved Kyle’s brush.

Note: We’re using Sketch on an iPad Pro. Some features and the user interface may vary between iPad, iPad Pro, iPhone, and Android devices.

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How Do I Download My Brushes?

On your Account page you will see a download link for your files (login with email social login, or user name and your password – if you don’t know it you can get a new password here)

Download your Photoshop brushes in your account

When you checkout you will also receive these download instructions in an email. Make sure that info@grutbrushes.com is not being blocked in your spam folder

How do I install all my Art Brushes Complete brushes into Photoshop CC in one go?

This will install the ABR files into the Brushes panel (in Photoshop CC Only)

Click the globe on the video for languages: Espanol, Francais, Italiano, Russian, Deutsch and more

How do I Install TPL files? (Photoshop CS or CC)

This is for anyone who has single brushes (available as TPLs only)
or if you are using Photoshop CS then this is the only way to install GrutBrushes:

The brushes are Photoshop Toolsets (TPL files) When you download them, you will receive a PDF with instructions included in the zip file you can also see them online here

3. Installing Downloaded Brushes into the GrutBrushes Photoshop CC plugin

Click the ‘ ADD ‘ brush button to install brushes from your hard drive. You can install GrutBrushes ZIP files or TPL files. The GrutBrushes plugin cannot load ABR files

Tips for installing brushes with the plugin:

4. Installing new Photoshop Brushes from the Website directly into Photoshop using the Photoshop CC plugin:

I Installed the TPL files but I don’t See Any Brushes in the brush panel. Where are they?

You won’t find them in the brush panel, they are Tool Presets (Window > Tool Presets) If you don’t see them in the Tool Presets panel, try unchecking the “Current Tool Only” checkbox as shown in this video:

What do the letters in the brush names mean? (Brush Type Key)

Each brush has a one or two letter key code in it’s name. These help identify the brush type and are as follows:

G (Gouache)
CH (Charcoal brushes)
E (Eraser)
FI (Fill)
FX (Effect brushes)
H (Cross Hatch)
I (Ink brushes)
P (Pencil)

Why TPL files? Why not ABR?

Most sets are now available as ABR files but single brushes and some older sets are TPL only. For a full explanation you can listen to me explain it here(video popup)
Short version:

You can download an ABR of some sets now (Art Brushes Complete, Pattern Brushes for example) but mostly its because:

Where Can I See What All The Brushes Look Like?

You can see all the Photoshop brushes on one page here. You can move your mouse over or tap on a brush and you will see it zoomed in and up close!

Browse the entire catalog on one page here. Hover or tap to zoom in

You can also download a PDF if you would like to try to print them or view that same PDF online here (but I still prefer the zoomable one page catalog I mentioned above

Of course, you can always see each individual brush in the brush shop where you can click on the preview in the middle of each brush thumbnail icon to watch each brush drawing ‘live’ in a mini video preview

Can I use these in commercial work?

Yes! Buying them gives you a license to sell any work you create using these brushes or Art Surfaces. You can’t re-sell the original files you downloaded but you can sell any artwork you make with them.

Are these Brushes compatible with my version of Photoshop?

These Photoshop brush tools require CS5 or higher. To make sure they work with your version of Photoshop download this free Photoshop watercolor brush. If this one works with your version of Photoshop, they will all work.

To get real use out of these brushes you will need a pressure sensitive graphics tablet (like a Wacom, Huion, Yinova, Monoprice, etc) Again, if you are in doubt as to whether these brushes work with your setup download a free brush to try before you buy.

Are these Brushes compatible with Photoshop Elements?

No, sorry. They only work with Photoshop CS5 and up (see above)

Can I use these in Clip Studio Paint/GIMP/Painter? (other apps)

The answer to the above apps is unfortunately no. These brushes use every single tiny little feature possible in Photoshop’s brush engine, and that means that unless an app is 100% Photoshop brush compatible, they will not work in it.

The only other desktop app (other than Photoshop) that my brushes may be able to be used in is Artstudio Pro on a mac but I’ve never tried that version (they also work great in their iPad App)

How Do I Import the brushes to My iPad?

How to install GrutBrushes into Artstudio Pro on the iPad

(That tutorial has subtitles in 10 languages just select at the bottom)
You can follow the same tutorial and substitute Artstudio Pro for Sketch, Fresco or Procreate.
If you don’t see the option to open the file after it has finished downloading, open the “Files” app and you should find it in there. You can choose to “open in” or “open with” the app of your choice from there

You will see many other apps and utilities say that they can use “all Photoshop brushes” or they can “load abr brushes” but 99.99% of the time what this means is that they can load the brush tip shape. And only the shape, but none of the dynamics. GrutBrushes are all about the brush dynamics, which are all the rules that control the way they behave when you move them, so the tip shape has very little to do with the way they look and will not look anything like it when you use it. Imagine freezing the bristles of a traditional paintbrush and trying to paint with it. It would be useless. It’s the way the bristles bend and move and release the paint as you as you paint with them that makes your brush strokes look the way they do, not the shape of the tip.

Is this a subscription? Will I be charged again?

No, you are fully paid up, the brushes are yours to keep forever and will not be charged again. Make sure you back them up! If you bought a Membership or a set that includes one, it will expire automatically at the end of your membership period. Memberships do not auto-renew or auto-rebill and they will expire unless you renew them manually.

How Do I install the GrutBrushes Artist’s Toolset Panel Plugin?

Quick version:

1. In Photoshop’s menu, File > Scripts > Browse… select the GrutBrushes_installer.jsx file.
2. Follow the instructions on screen
3. When it’s finished installing, Close Photoshop and restart
4. When you re-start Photoshop you will find the GrutBrushes panel in the menu here:
Window > Extensions > GrutBrushes

Detailed instructions:

Download the installation instructions here:

Manual Plugin Installation:

If after installing, you don’t see the plugin under Window-> Extensions your computer may be stopping the installer from writing to your system drive. You can install the plugin manually by following the detailed instructions for both Windows and Mac here It basically involves copying two folders from the zip file onto your computer.

I can’t find the GrutBrushes plugin in Photoshop

If you are having trouble installing the plugin and even though you get an ‘installation ok’ pop up you don’t see it in the menu under window > extensions > GrutBrushes when you restart Photoshop it could be that due to permissions restrictions your computer is stopping the installer from copying the necessary files onto your computer. Manual installation may be the way to go. It basically involves copying two directories from the zip file onto your computer You can find detailed instructions for both Mac and Windows here

How Do I Uninstall the GrutBrushes Plugin?

Follow the directions in this document here
(It used to be automated and a lot easier but Adobe has discontinued support for Extension Manager so it has to be done manually)

Do You Have More Tutorials?

I wish I had more!…but here are a few.
(Select a video below top open up a popup window)

Brushes Tutorials:

Art Surfaces (Paper Texture Templates) Tutorials

Plugin Tutorials:

Miscellaneous Tutorials:

How Many New Brushes Come Out Every Week?

It really varies and I can’t anticipate how many I will publish in the next month. While I am always working on many new brushes in the workshop, I try not to publish them until I have thoroughly tested them and feel that they are truly ready for you Recently it’s been about 5 per month though it can vary a lot

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