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Arrow brushes volume 9 (#121)

100 Arrow brush strokes - many different arrows designs. This brush set is a unique set of brushes (the items are not duplicated in the brushes section throughout the site). The arrow brushes are in ABR and PNG format. The ABR (Photoshop brushes format files) are loaded via the brushes presets palette. Use the PNG brushes can be used in Photoshop CS6 CS5 CS4 CS3 CS2 CS1 7 6 (or 12, 11 etc equivalent) as well as Photoshop Elements (as layers) and also in other applications such as PaintShop pro and other applications on the PC and MAC OS X. 300 DPI. Varied sizes of arrow brushes. The arrow brush strokes can be combined, re-colored, modified, exported to other applications, used as a source for other presets such as patterns. The set also includes documentation about the arrow brushes as well as an arrow image gallery. The arrows can be used with most of the paint tools such as the blur and paint and clone etc. License commercial use (as well as personal use). The arrow brushes are all by graphicxtras.com.

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Arrow brushes volume 8 (#114)

100 Arrow brushes including triangle and outlines as well as triangle arrow brushes, long arrow brushes and four way brushes as well - stunning arrow brush strokes for Photoshop CS6 CS5 CS4 CS3 CS2 etc and Elements. License commercial use arrow brushes, royalty-free, all by graphicxtras.com. See all the brush strokes designs in the set via the thumbnail gallery on the right. The brush strokes are all added to the brush panel in Photoshop and Elements. The set also includes the designs in PNG format and these can be used in countless applications on the PC and MAC.

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Arrow brushes volume 7 (#86)

100 Arrow brushes including curved and elaborate arrow brushes, flourish arrow brushes, block arrow brushes and more . Wonderful arrow and triangular arrow designs for use throughout CS6 CS5 CS4 and other versions of Photoshop and Elements. The brushes can also be used in PaintShop Pro, Photo-Paint, PhotoImpact and many other applications (also Postworkshop Pro). The arrow brushes are all commercial use, all royalty-free and all by graphicxtras.com. They can be used in countless projects and there are no time limits on their use. You can use them singularly or a standard brush stroke, you can combine the arrow brushes, you can re-color the designs, apply effects, use the arrows on layers and much more. Stunning designs in ABR and PNG format, 300 DPI, varied sizes.

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Arrow brushes volume 6 (#115)

100 Arrow brushes including unusual arrow shafts and outline arrow brush strokes and piercing arrow brush strokes and triangular arrow brushes. Wonderful commercial use brush strokes, all royalty-free. The arrow brushes are in ABR and PNG format. Load the ABR files via the edit preset manager or via the brushes palette. Use the arrow brush strokes with most of the brush tools in the Photoshop palette such as the clone tool, paint tool, smear, art history tool and others. The brush strokes can be combined, modified, re-colored, exported and much more. A powerful toolkit of stunning arrow designs. Digital download (on buying the arrow brushes set you receive the download link to the arrows and the set also includes documentation as well as a gallery of all the designs). PC and MAC OS X

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Arrow brushes volume 5 (#116)

100 Arrow brushes including playback buttons including fast forward arrows and button arrow brushes and outline designs. Many stunning and unique arrow designs. All the arrow sets on this page have unique designs, none of the arrow brush strokes are used in the other sets (though there might be some overlap of designs). The arrow brushes include the designs in ABR and PNG format. The PNG format files can be loaded via the file open command as well as the file place command. You can also use the arrow PNG designs as a superb source for pattern brushes. The arrow brushes can be applied in 1000s of ways throughout the applications. Use the brushes in the latest version (CS6) as well as most earlier versions of Photoshop on the PC and MAC. 300 DPI. Commercial use, royalty-free, all the arrow brushes are by graphicxtras.com

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Arrow brushes volume 4 (#117)

100 Arrow brushes including abstract and sharp brushes including long arrow brushes and curved brushes and abstract arrow brushes. Beautiful arrow brush strokes that can be applied in 1000s of ways in your projects. Use the brushes with smart objects, with layers, combine with many other Photoshop effects, use as a source for displacements and patterns and much more. 300 DPI. the arrow brushes are for commercial use, royalty-free. Use the brushes on the PC and MAC. If you have any questions about the brush strokes, please e-mail us.

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Arrow brushes volume 3 (#118)

100 Arrow brushes including basic arrows, perspective arrows, broken arrow brushes, heart themed arrows, basic 3D arrows and more. The arrow brush strokes are for commercial use, all royalty-free. The brushes are all by graphicxtras.com. The arrow brushes can be used with the new 3D features of Photoshop as well as with the video features of the applications. Use the arrow brushes in the PC (windows 7, windows Vista etc) and OS X versions. You can also use the designs on the 32bit version as well as the 64bit version of Photoshop

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Arrow brushes volume 2 (#119)

100 Arrow brushes including both way arrow designs and playback arrow brush strokes as well as two color arrow designs and multiple arrow design brushes and many more. Combine the arrow brushes in 1000s of ways. All the brush strokes are for commercial use (use them to create parts of logos, T-shirts, books, illustrations, paintings, packaging, leaflets and much more) All royalty-free. The arrow brushes are for the PC and MAC OS X. Powerful designs. Apply via the Photoshop toolbox. Set the color of the arrow brushes via the foreground color.

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Arrow brushes volume 1 (#120)

100 Arrow brush strokes including multi-colored arrow brush strokes with circular designs, half filled arrow brushes, playback arrow brushes, circular ending brushes and more. A powerful selection of grayscale arrow brushes. The brushes can be combined in 1000s of ways. Apply using a mouse as well as an artpad / pen (a much better option). The brushes are for commercial use, all royalty-free. See all the arrows in the set via the thumbnail gallery opposite. 300 DPI. The arrow brushes are loaded via the right side menu of the brushes palette (load or replace command). You can also use the PNG files in countless other applications as well as in plugins. PC and MAC OS X. Commercial use, royalty-free. Digital download.

Arrow brushes - ABR (Photoshop) and PNG format The arrow brushes sets all contain the brushes in ABR format as well as PNG format. The arrow ABR format files are standard format brush files. The ABR files are generally for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements but many new software can read the files and use the brushes such as the Post work shop pro application. The arrow ABR files are opened via the brushes palette side menu - you will see a little arrow on the right side - you can select the load or replace. The load command will load the arrows and will retain the previous brushes. The replace command removes all the previous brushes and will leave the brushes palette only with the arrow designs.

3D Brushes / Photoshop CS6. With Photoshop CS6 Extended it is now really easy to create wonderful 3D effects with just a brush stroke. Apply an arrow brush to a layer (create a new layer via the layer menu) and then go to the 3D panel / palette and select the 3D extrusion setting. The arrow brush will then immediately become a 3D brush with an extrusion (which can be increased or decreased by selecting the layer and then going to the properties panel and changing the size of the extrusion). You can also select a shape preset via the properties panel as well as 'catch shadows' etc. Once you have your 3D layer, sadly there appears to be no way to add more brush strokes and have those turn 3D - though the brush strokes can be added to the texture / surface as well as to the bump map, shine, roughness etc (you have to use the new texture option and load texture option in the properties panel to add to the bump map etc). You can then render the wonderful new 3D arrow brush (though it takes a fair amount of time on my PC)

Arrow Brush follows path - arrow around a circle The arrow brushes (or any other brushes) can follow a path. To apply arrows around a circle, create a circular path using the custom shape tool. Select a brush (in this case, an arrow) and then go to the window menu and select the brushes palette. Select the brush / paint tool. Set the initial angle for the brush (varying this value can result in different end designs - it does depend on the default direction of the arrow brush). Click the shape dynamics (on the brush palette) and set the angle jitter to 0 and the control dropdown for the angle to 'direction'

 

Different examples of the arrow brush following the circular path (different sizes, jitters and angles) - experiment with different settings (as well as any of the different arrow brushes).

 

Use the right side menu 'stroke path' in the path palette.

 

 

Arrow brush circle path examples The following images are examples of a number of different brush strokes applied to a circle using the follow path approach discussed above - such as Random jitter applied to the angle; Angle at 90 degrees to the original; Two paths instead of one; Use size fade option with setting of 30; Jitter the size of the brush via the size jitter; The arrow brushes can then be re-used as defined as a new brush via the edit menu 'define brush command'

 

EPS - yes, more material is often included in the sets The arrow sets also contain, in most cases, EPS files of the same designs as the brushes. Where the arrow brushes might be sized at 495 x 495 etc (mainly so they can be added into PSP etc) the EPS designs free you from that size as the arrows are vectors and can be any size. On importing (placing) the EPS files you will be asked to enter a size for the design. With Photoshop CS6 / CS5 this means that you can open the EPS file as a smart object (open as smart object menu), and all though you will be asked for an initial size for the arrow, you can always re-size the arrow at any point without any size issues. The arrows can be 10000 x 10000 etc or used as an icon 32 x 32. The EPS files can also be opened in PSP and Xara and others. The arrows are not fixed to a particular design. You can always apply effects to the brush to create a grained arrow brush or grunged arrow brush or warped arrow brush and millions of other possible strokes

Arrow brushes and Photoshop layers

You can apply the brushes to layers and apply layer effects / styles such as gel or metallic effects to create metal arrow brushes. Once the arrow is applied to a layer, you can also use the transformation tools to scale the layer as well as rotate the layer and also warp the layer. The layer effects can also be applied via the layer menu so you can add a quick shadow to the brush stroke. As the arrow brush is a layer, you can duplicate the brush layer to create additional brush strokes. The arrow brushes can be applied and modified for comps via the layer comp panel. As a layer, the arrow brush strokes can also be hidden as well as re-layered via the layer palette. Applying the brush strokes all in one go to a single layer is probably the easiest approach but with a little careful planning and a shortcut or two, you can use the layers and Photoshop brushes to create truly stunning arrow themed designs that can be modified and edited at any point in the creative process. This also, as mentioned in the 3D section, allows for 3D brush strokes as well as conversion to smart objects which means effects can be applied to the Photoshop arrow layer (and these effects can be modified at any point)

 

 

Arrow direction - rotate the arrow brushes The arrow brushes are created in a particular direction (generally left to right) but you can always rotate the brushes via the window menu and brushes palette

 

 

Use the rotation setting to rotate the brushes - you can either enter the angle setting to change the angle for the arrow brush in Photoshop or you can drag the arrow position in the brushes palette - personally I find it easier just to remember to enter 90 degrees or 45 degrees and also the angle field also allows a more accurate setting - say you want to set an angle at 34 degrees and that is a lot easier to enter than drag a circle.

 

Alternatively, you can always apply the arrow brushes to a layer and then use the transform features to rotate the layer in Photoshop (set the 'show transform controls' to on for the layer). This is effective if you wish to rotate an entire layer of brush strokes but not so useful per brush (unless you create each arrow brush on a new layer)

PNG files - the arrows for other uses

The sets also include PNG files and they are the same as the strokes included in the ABR files. The arrow PNG files can be loaded into Photoshop as well as Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro (PSP) and many other software. You can use the arrow PNG files as a source for brushes for PSP etc though the actual approach to adding them varies from application to application. In PSP, you can load them direct from the brush tool / options palette. The arrow brushes PNG files can also be used just as a layer. If used as a layer, the arrow designs can also have layer effects (styles) applied to the designs. The arrow PNG files can be re-colored, exported, blended, used to create shadow effects as with the spiral arrow brush to the left. You can also convert the arrow brush to a new format such as GIF or TIFF or JPG and even vector if you wish (the files do not have to remain in PNG format). You can find many applications on the web - some better than others. To use the results in commercial work, you will have to probably find a paid for application such as PaintShop Pro as many conversion applications add various legal requirements / usage.

Use the arrow brushes as patterns You can also use the arrow PNG files as a source for patterns. Save the arrow brush stroke to a pattern via the edit menu and define pattern command. You can, of course, apply a vast range of effects to the arrow brushes to create truly unique arrow pattern designs. You can also apply multiple arrow brushes to the design to create a complex arrow pattern, or just use a single brush stroke to create a very basic arrow pattern design. You can also add various layer effects to the pattern stroke as well as perhaps standard effects such as the filter gallery in Photoshop. The PNG files can also be used in patterns in PaintShop Pro and other applications such as Photo-Paint and PhotoImpact though the exact way of adding a pattern to those applications vary (sometimes from version to version of the tool). In the case of PSP, simply add the brush stroke arrow designs to the patterns folder or the textures folder or even the displacements / bump map folder (the location of which can be found via the PSP preferences)

 

Cross arrow pattern below created based on an arrow brush. With the latest release of Photoshop CS6 and the new fill options for the creation of truly weird and wonderful patterns (via scripting), the arrow brush strokes to patterns can be used to create even more amazing designs such as frame patterns as well as even 3D effect pattern designs and spiral themed designs (if you use the transparency that comes with a brush stroke).

 

 

Additional arrow brush examples

examples of brush strokes from pack 114 - the brushes are applied to a yellow background. The top left example shows a single brush stroke, the top right shows multiple strokes applied in a grid. Bottom of the image shows a row of arrow brush strokes applied in Photoshop CS6 / CS5

 

 

pack 121 examples - arrow brushes

pack 114 arrow examples

pack 86 examples

pack 115 examples - weird and wonderful arrow brushes for all kinds of work

pack 116 examples

pack 117 examples

 

pack 118 examples including circular arrows and 3D arrow brushes and more

 

pack 119 examples including arrow brushes pointing both ways as well as a four way split arrow brush designs

 

pack 120 examples - arrow brushes - this set includes more grayscale arrow brush strokes with circular designs, shadow arrow designs, multiple arrow brushes as well as corner bend arrow designs

Using realistic arrow brushes to create sketched custom shapes in Photoshop

Select the custom shape tool and apply a shape (arrow shape from pack 164).

 

example on the left shows the arrow before being sketched

 

Now fill the entire document with white by using the edit fill command. Once filled, go to window menu and history and set the source for the history brush to the arrow custom shape line. Now go to the history brush tool and select a brush stroke in the brush palette (example here is from the brushes collection gel brushes from graphicxtras) and apply the history brush stroke to the empty document - you will now see the arrow re-appear but sketched

 

example on the right shows an arrow shape re-created using history brush and gel brush stroke in Photoshop.

 

As the history brush allows for no color, the only color comes from the original history state - so a quick and easy way to create a colorful sketched design would be to apply the initial custom shape multiple times with multiple different colors and then to apply the history brush multiple times with each of the different color history states

 

example on the left shows arrow design now with multiple colors applied to using the gel brush stroke from the brushes collection for Photoshop

 

One issue with this is that you have to remember the visible states in the history palette is limited. Set the number of history states visible in the history palette via the performance preferences dialog.

 

example (on right) shows the preference palette where you can set the history states setting, increasing or decreasing the number of items saved. Added: January 2nd 2012