SOFTWARE:

Photoshop CC2018
or higher
(Mac + Windows)

HARDWARE:
2.5GHz processor

8Gb RAM or Higher

16Gb+ RAM recommended

470Mb of available
storage space

Graphics Tablet
recommended

SKILL BASE:
Suitable for
novice to expert
Photoshop users

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
FOR ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD

THANKS A MILLION FOR PURCHASING OUR

KOLORMARC STUDIO MARKERS. TO INSTALL
YOUR BRUSHES FOLLOW THE STEP-BY-STEP
INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.

Quick Install:

1 Open Photoshop.

2 Locate the .abr brush preset file in the folder

titled ‘Install This File’.

3 Double click the .abr file to automatically

Double_Click_Me.abr
install it into Photoshop.

4 The brushes will appear in the Brushes panel

whenever the Brush Tool is selected.

Or

Manual Install: (use if Quick Install fails)

1 Open Photoshop.

2 Open the Brushes Panel Window > Brushes

(or Window > Brush Presets in older PS versions)
and click the fly-out menu in the top
right corner.

3 Select Import Brushes… then locate the .abr file

in the ‘Install These Files’ folder and click
Open to install.

4 The brushes will appear in your Brushes Panel

whenever the Brush Tool is selected.

How To Install The KolorMarc

Swatch Palette

1 Open Photoshop.

2 Open the Swatches Panel Window > Swatches

and click the fly-out menu in the top
right corner.

3 Select Import Swatches… then locate the

KolorMarc .ase file in the ‘Install These Files’
folder and click Open to install.

4 Select ‘Large List’ from the flyout menu for

easy navigation by color code.

USER GUIDE:
Getting To Know Your Brushes

BRUSH GROUPS

Your KolorMarc brush set contains multiple brush

styles that work together as a complete system for
creating realistic alcohol marker rendering.

1 Outliners featuring a variety of bleed and taper profiles.

2 Markers in a variety of brush tip styles including chisel,

brush and fine tip. 1

3
3 Effects designed for adding ink blemishes and quick
4
background fills with realistic stroke overlapping.

4 Erasers with matching textures for easy blending.

GETTING ORGANIZED WITH BRUSH NAMES

a
SET YOUR BRUSHES
PANEL TO DISPLAY BOTH
THE BRUSH NAME AND
THE BRUSH STROKE

b
This makes it super-easy to
select brushes by name or stroke
preview at a glance.

In your Brushes Panel (Window >

Brushes) click the fly-out menu
on the top right side of the
panel (a) and choose Brush Name
and Brush Stroke (b).

You can also adjust the size of

your brush preview using the
scale slider at the bottom of the
Brushes Panel (c).
c

CUSTOMIZING YOUR BRUSHES

HOW TO CHANGE THE SCALE OF

YOUR HALFTONE TEXTURES 2

1
1 Open the Brush Settings Panel (Window > Brush Settings).

2 Go to the Texture tab and use the Scale slider to

increase or decrease the texture size.

3 The texture scale will reset to the default whenever you

select another brush. See below for info on saving a
copy of your scaled brushes.

SAVING A COPY OF A
CUSTOMIZED BRUSH

Any changes made to your brushes texture scale will

be lost when you select a new brush. To save a brush
with your custom settings take the following steps.
1

1 Go to the Brushes Panel (Window > Brushes).

Your customized brush will be highlighted in orange
to indicate that changes have been made to it’s
default settings.

2 Click the ‘Create New Brush’ button at the bottom of 2

the Brush Settings Panel.

3 Check the ‘Include Tool Settings’

checkbox and give your custom brush a
recognizable name then click OK to save.

4 Your saved brush will appear in the Brushes panel

directly below the original and will be highlighted
in blue to indicate that the brush settings have
been saved permanently to the brush.

ABOUT BRUSH BLEND MODES

You can edit any brush to apply opaque ink

BY DEFAULT, YOUR BRUSHES ARE
by changing the blend mode to Normal as
PRESET WITH THE BLEND MODE
shown above.
SET TO MULTIPLY.

This means that any time you lift your pen This may be useful when filling large, complex
or apply another color on top of the areas with multiple strokes or when making
previous stroke, the ink will be blended. touchups to existing fills.

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