ELEMENTS: How do you load brushes and shapes in PSE 11

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ELEMENTS: How do you load brushes and shapes in PSE 11

I would appreciate any help. I've forgotten how. I don't see the same menu like pse 9 had. Do I have to put them into the app data folders? Thank you so much!

How do you load brushes, shapes, patterns, etc.

I'm not sure how similar it is to PSE, but here's my tutorial for Photoshop.

It is always best to store your brushes in the same location on your drive.

Open Elements.
Click the "Paintbrush" icon on the "Tools" palette on the left side of the screen.
The "Paintbrush" toolbar opens at the top of the screen.
Click on the "Brush" menu and click the right-pointing triangle in a circle icon at the top right of the window.
Click "Load Brushes" to open a navigation window.
Browse to where you have saved your brush sets.
Click once on the file to highlight it, then click the "Load" button.
If Elements asks whether to replace the brushes, click the "Append" button. Elements adds these brushes to your brush palette.
Pull down the "Brush" menu and click the triangle icon again. Select one of the brush categories at the bottom of the drop-down menu list. When the "Replace" window pops up, click the "Append" button, which adds the new brushes to the bottom of your list. Clicking one of the other options would erase all of your current brushes with the new set.
Repeat this process to load as many brush sets as preferred.
Close Elements or click "File," then "Open" or "New" to start using your brushes on a project.

THANK YOU!!!!!!! smiley

Unfortunately you still cannot load shapes, at least I can't with my PSE11 ... I have to actually load them through the back door into the presets folder in the software ... the preset manager does not give me the option of loading them.