Free Photoshop Brushes Resources
I have compiled a list of free Photoshop brushes resources. The sites listed here all offer free Photoshop brushes, however it is wise to check the TOS of each site because some of them may not allow the use of the free brushes for commercial projects.
Just a couple of things first.
How to install Photoshop Brushes:
Most of the brushes at the sites listed below, are available for download compressed either as .zip or as .rar files. Extract the .abr files (photoshop brushes files) that are found inside the compressed archives at Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop X\Presets\Brushes. Replace X with your Photoshop version.
How to organize your Photoshop brushes:
Many people, including me, download hundreds of Photoshop brushes sets. Installing all those brushes makes it difficult to navigate through them and find the brush you are looking for. In order to avoid this, you should organize your brushes. The way I do it is: I keep the brushes I use often in the Brushes folder while for the brushes I don’t use that often I have created new categorized folders (grunge, retro, flowers etc). So when I want to use for example a retro brush I load the brush sets from the Retro folder. If you have found a better way to do it please share with the rest of us.
Here is the list (The list is going to be updated regularly, so if you know of more places that offer free Photoshop brushes or if you offer brushes at your site leave a comment and I will add those sites to this list)
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January 19th, 2006 at 11:40 am
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January 19th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
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January 19th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
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January 19th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
[…] Photoshop Tutorials Blog has created a terrific list of free Photoshop Brush sites. The compiler of this list deserves a lot of credit and has done a terrific job with a ton of links — but, as the editor warns, make sure and read the terms of service for each site, because some sites won’t allow these brushes to be used in commercial applications. If you know of any links that aren’t included, make sure and post a comment on the pstutorialsblog.com page, so there will continue to be a single resource we can all use. […]
January 20th, 2006 at 2:41 am
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January 20th, 2006 at 5:00 am
hmmm.. I get alot of traffic on my site for my photoshop brushes that I made. Add mine to that list of yours. http://carldesigns.net
January 20th, 2006 at 5:44 am
great list, i’ll try use some brushes on my design
January 20th, 2006 at 11:03 am
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January 20th, 2006 at 5:31 pm
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January 20th, 2006 at 8:30 pm
Listado de brochas GRATIS para Photoshop
He aquà una lista de cerca de 100 enlaces en el Internet que ofrecen brochas para Photoshop. La mayorÃa de estos lugares
ofrecen las brochas de forma gratuita, sin embargo, es importante leer la letra pequeña porque puede ser que algunas de
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January 21st, 2006 at 3:36 am
Great resource, thanks a lot
January 21st, 2006 at 9:45 am
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January 21st, 2006 at 12:20 pm
[…] I know there’s a thing called writer’s block. But is there such a thing as blogger’s block? Lately I’ve not been able to come up with any snarky or humorous posts for this blog. Instead, I’ve been spending most of my time, despite my own advice, playing around with my header graphic in Photoshop. This is largely due to my recent discovery of brushes. There are literally thousands of them out there, just waiting to be downloaded. I used a brush of the New York skyline (pre-9/11) to spice up my header graphic a little. Originally the skyline had the twin towers included but I decided to photoshop them out because 1) they’re not there anymore and 2) I didn’t want to drag up any unwanted emotions from my readers. See, I’m thinking about you guys . I think I did a pretty good job of taking them out. I’m considering trying to replace them with those light beams that you’ll see there today. That, however, will require a bit of research on my part. I’ll have to find some photos of the beams and then figure out how to draw them in. […]
January 21st, 2006 at 6:14 pm
AWESOME links. thanks so much for the links, dude.
January 22nd, 2006 at 3:56 am
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January 23rd, 2006 at 6:55 am
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January 26th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
As for helping preview (and thus manage) brushes, you might want to check out abrViewer:
http://abrviewer.sourceforge.net/
January 28th, 2006 at 8:04 am
Very, very cool list!
January 28th, 2006 at 8:39 am
Does anyone here know where I might be able to find nice skyline/cityscape brushes? I’d hate to spend the time looking through all of those EXCELLENT links if there’s a great place someone already knows of.
Please email me! - jvadnais@gmail.com
January 30th, 2006 at 4:14 am
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February 5th, 2006 at 8:38 pm
Hello,
I was hoping you could add my website to your list of Photoshop
resources. It is brushes.net.tc and it contains a [growing] list of
400 free Photoshop 7+ brushes. I offer a very wide variety and I have
them alphabetised as well. There is a tutorial section as well as a
place to request brushes. I would be very grateful if you would add
my website! I think it will be a very good tool for people as soon as
I get some visits! As of right now, none of my hard work has paid
off, so I would be very grateful. Thanks!
Davis Hermann
April 20th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
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April 26th, 2006 at 6:52 am
Great list. Thank you.
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August 31st, 2006 at 9:08 pm
We recently started GetBrushes.com to help artists to easier and faster find brushes they need. All reviewed brushes are presented in organized manner, sorted by type and author, searchable, with brush description and details listed, screenshot and usage examples images and of course download link.
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September 3rd, 2006 at 1:12 am
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