I don’t know how to make a brush anymore.

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150mph
Apr 8, 2004
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In PS6, clicking New Brush in the Brush palette triangle drop down menu used to bring up a dialog box with a pic of a brush and sliders controls to adjust width, depth, hardness, everything.

In PS7, clicking New Brush just opens the Brush Name dialog box and all you can do is enter the brush name and nothing else. How do I adjust the new brush to whatever size and hardness I want, for example, a thin calligraphic brush at a certain width and angle?
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Pierre_Courtejoie
Apr 8, 2004
2solutions:
1) option + click on your picture
2) clicking the menu icon in the option bar and got to "brush tip shape"
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150mph
Apr 9, 2004
Thanks for trying to help.

Your solution #1 (with brush tool selected, option click picture) brings up the thumbnailed list of brushes but not a brush shape/dimensions dialog box.

I don’t know what/where the menu icon or option bar is – can you explain?
JS
James_Simcox
Apr 10, 2004
Try Control + Click to get the brush size/hardness adjustment dialog box.
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Pierre_Courtejoie
Apr 10, 2004
Hi!
You do get a brush size slider with 1)
For 2)
The option bar is located under the menu bar. If you see nothing, go to Windows>Option bar. The icon I speak about is the rightmost one, just before the palette well.

A third solution is to look for the brushes palette (windows>brushes)

You should read the "getting started" part of your user guide… search also for "brush tip shape", "option bar"

Look also at <http://www.arraich.com/ps6_tips_7brushes1.htm>

Also, if you use the square brackets keys, you can also change the brush size and Shift+Square brackets lets you change its hardness.
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150mph
Apr 12, 2004
Thanks guys. I found that option bar icon – thats what I’ve been missing…
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Stevie_J_V
Apr 13, 2004
I had the same problem when I upgraded from 6 to 7.
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ellie_brown
Apr 13, 2004
I had the same problem when I upgraded from 6 to CS.
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Pierre_Courtejoie
Apr 13, 2004
That’s why reading the ‘what’s new’ and ‘getting started’ parts of the user guide is useful 😉

Wow, Larry! stunning jobs ! I thought that you were a beginner in Photoshop, how mistaken I was!

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