Creative Cloud has a plethora of added extras and there maybe one or two you miss, or forget from time to time. Adobe Market is one of those I forget, then when I need it turn my head to the skies and thank whoever dreamed it up.

Where You’ll Find It

I’m using a Mac here so I’ll find the CC logo at the top of the screen, if you’re on a PC then it’ll be down the bottom right.

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You may have visited this before to update your applications or look for fonts.

What You’ll Find In Adobe Market

Looking at the Market can sometimes be a little disappointing, depending on your creative focus, but a quick search can soon reveal the treasures within!

For example;

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Effortless Synchronising and Workflow

Here’s an example of how I use Market. In this we’ll see how easy it is to find and use a custom brush for use in Photoshop.

For this demonstration I’m using an image from Fotolia of a Pink rose.

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What I’d like to do is get a spatter effect.

Typing Splatter in the search gives me some great effects straight off the bat;

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Scrolling down I find a nice brush called Splatter Watercolor 4. Taking the mouse over this reveals the Download to CC Icon;

Clicking on the icon reveals a dropdown menu of all the CC Libraries I currently have, including one for Brushes. If I wanted I could create a new Library here, but I’ll pop it in Brushes;

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In a couple of seconds (depending on internet connection) I get confirmation that the brush has been added;

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Opening my Library I can confirm that indeed, its been added to the Brushes Library;

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Use The Brush Asset

No need to install a new Brush set. Just click on the brush in the Library and it becomes the active brush!

I’ve used the brush on a black mask to reveal the image of the rose;

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