Managing brushes

You can use the Brushes palette to organize your brushes.

To display the Brushes palette:

Choose Window > Brushes.

To display brushes by name:

Choose List View from the Brushes palette menu. A picture of the brush displays to the left of the name. The picture to the right of the name indicates the brush type.

To display brushes by thumbnail only:

Choose Thumbnail View from the Brushes palette menu. A picture of the brush displays.

To modify the type of brushes displayed:

From the Brushes palette menu, choose the type of brush to display in the palette. You can choose more than one brush.

To select all brushes not currently used in the file:

Choose Select All Unused from the Brushes palette menu. Only brushes that are not currently used in the active file are selected.

To move a brush in the Brushes palette:

Drag a brush to the new location in the Brushes palette. You can move brushes only within their type. (For example, you cannot move a Calligraphic brush to the Scatter brush area.)

To duplicate a brush in the Brushes palette:

1. Select a brush to duplicate. To select multiple brushes, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) each brush to duplicate. To select a range of brushes, Shift-click to define the range.
2. Do one of the following:
• Choose Duplicate Brush from the Brushes palette menu.
• Drag the selection to the New Brush button  in the Brushes palette.

To delete a brush from the Brushes palette:

1. In the Brushes palette, select the brush to delete. To select multiple brushes, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) each brush to delete. To select a range of brushes, Shift-click to define the range.
2. Do one of the following:
• Choose Delete Brush from the Brushes palette menu.
• Click the Delete Brush button  in the Brushes palette.
• Drag the selection to the Delete Brush button in the Brushes palette.