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The default brushes supplied with Photoshop contain all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes, but you normally only need two - fuzzy and sharp circles. I have made a set with just these two shapes - download by CLICKING HERE and save to
C:\ProgramFiles\Adobe\PhotoshopXX\Presets\Brushes.

Select the 'Brush' tool, and open the Brush Presets by clicking the little triangle to the right of the brush icon, then open the pallette menu by clicking as shown. Click on 'Replace Brushes' , and load 'Simple_Brushes.abr'. Youi can also use this menu to choose the way you view the pallette - my favorite is 'Small Thumbnails'. Don't forget that you can change the size of your current brush using the '[' and ']' keys.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CROP PRESETS

Photoshop allows you to load preset values for each tool, and the most useful are used for the 'Crop' tool. Rather than type standard sizes into the toolbar, you select the one you need from a list. Download the appropriate file -
CLICK HERE for the PS6 and PS7 file, CLICK HERE For CS and CS2. Save the file to
C:\ProgramFiles\Adobe\PhotoshopXX\Presets \Tools.

To load the pallette, click the little triangle to the right of the Tool Icon, then on 'Replace Tools' in the menu in the usual way. I prefer the 'Small List' option in the same menu. You can also use this menu to add your own presets, but don't forget to save the set if you do.

The pallette for CS and CS2 contains just upright crops as they have a little button between 'Width' and 'Height' to swop from upright to landscape.