moving pngs with very few pixels

[Tamsin]

I'm using PSE13 on a Mac and am having trouble moving a couple of Anna's brushes onto my layout. They are very light, barely there brushes from her 'Old World' palette. The move tool can't 'get a grip' on them if you like. I googled and someone suggested duplicating these sort of pngs so there was more to 'grip'. I actually tried that trick the other day on another brush that I was also having problems with and it worked but these two 'Old World' brushes have even fewer pixels and that trick doesn't work. I haven't tried duplicating multiple times because I thought there might be a less time consuming way and thought I'd ask.

Many thanks.

 

[petey111]

ummm.....zoom in really, really, REALLY close???? But then you can't see where you are moving it to I know.

I'm of no real help. Hopefully, someone else can help!

 

[frani_54]

Sorry can't help you, I work on a PC using CS6. I tried moving all the png brushes on my layer and don't seem to have an issue.

 

[Tamsin]

You won't believe this but just realised I can select all/copy/paste!!!!!! I knew there'd be an easy way to do it! Thanks girls for your time.

 

[Rita (Blue Flower Art)]

I don't know if this will work in PSE. It's a little trick I use a lot in PS cc.

Select the layer in the layers palette, the one with the faint brush. Then, hold down the command key and click and drag the brush.

 

[Tamsin]

Thanks for that tip, Rita. I just tried moving a layer on the scrap page I'm working on and it worked like a charm. So glad I asked.

I'd love there to be a thread with tips like that one. Useful tips that people might not be aware of and might help with the workflow. I just stumble along with PSE as I'm teaching myself.

Thanks again!

 

[margje]

Sorry i was just writing about copy and paste and saw the others already adviced that! I don't know if there is a place tool in Elements because in CS that works too!

 

[Ellen]

I just drag mine from the layers palette but don't need to hold the command key

 

[Tamsin]

Ellen 99% of the time I can just drag too but just sometimes it seems there aren't enough pixels. Maybe it's just I use the trackpad instead of a mouse??

In any case the command key worked like a charm as did copy/paste.

I thank you all very much. Every little bit of information is useful to know.

 

[petey111]

Tamsin - I think this part of the forum is a great place for those tips and such. We also are always interested in those tips for our blog posts! I might use this tip for a post if no one minds! You'll all get credit of course!

 

[Tamsin]

Good idea Petey. Sometimes you just need a clue. I'm self taught and feel super silly sometimes but if someone points me in the right direction I'm away.