Creating, Restoring, and Deleting Brush Variants

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To save a brush variant to the brush library

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To restore a brush variant’s default settings

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Creating, Restoring, and Deleting Brush Variants

If you want to keep a customized brush variant for future use, you can save the new variant to the currently selected brush library. In addition, you can save the variant as a look. Variant settings are included when you save a look, but looks can also include paper texture, pattern, gradient, and nozzle data. For more information, see Saving a Look.

It’s easier to find a variant when the variant list is short. You can manage the number of variants in a brush category by creating new categories in which to save the variants you create. If you prefer, you can also store the variants in their own category or library. For more information, see Creating a Brush Category.

To save a brush variant to the brush library

Choose Brushes

Save Variant.

In the Save Variant dialog box, type a name for the new variant.

If you want the current main and additional colors to be saved with the variant, enable the Save Current Colors check box. You do not need to enable the option if the variant uses the Clone Color option.

The new variant appears on the variant menu, in the currently selected brush category.


You can also
Copy the variant to another category	With a variant selected, click the Brush Library Options button , and choose Copy Variant. Choose the destination brush category from the Copy Variant To list box. (Remember to delete the variant in the category from which it was copied.)

When you create a new variant, the variant files are saved in the operating system Users folder. The variant is stored in the brush category folder that was selected when the variant was saved.

You can also copy brush variants at the root of the category folder by copying the brush variant files (XML, NIB, STK, and, in some instances, a JPEG file) to the desired category. This is a useful method when you need to copy multiple variant files to a new category.

To restore a brush variant’s default settings

Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar.

In the Brush Library panel, click a brush category, and then click the brush variant that you want to restore.

Click the Brush Library Options button

, and choose Restore Default Variant.

Choose Restore All Default Variants to reset settings for all brush variants that you may have adjusted.

You can also restore the brush variant by clicking the Reset button

on the property bar.

To delete a brush variant

Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar.

In the Brush Library panel, click a brush category, and then click the brush variant that you want to delete.

Click the Brush Library Options button

, and choose Delete Variant.

Click Yes to delete the variant.

The variant’s related files brush variant files (XML, NIB, STK, and, in some instances, a JPEG file) are deleted from the operating system’s User folder.

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