diff --git a/crates/engine/src/brush_cmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/brush_cmds.rs
index a6dbd31098..764e74b9df 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/brush_cmds.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/brush_cmds.rs
@@ -337,8 +337,16 @@ fn mixer_brush(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let cmd = "paint.mixerBrush";
     let pts = parse_points(p, cmd)?;
     let brush = resolve_brush(s, p, cmd)?;
-    let m = MixerSettings { wet: pct(p, "wet", 50.0), load: pct(p, "load", 50.0), mix: pct(p, "mix", 50.0), flow: pct(p, "flow", 100.0) };
-    let sample_all = flag(p, "sampleAllLayers", false);
+    // The brush's Mixer Brush options, overridden by the scalar params.
+    let bm = &brush.mixer;
+    let m = MixerSettings {
+        wet: pct(p, "wet", bm.wet * 100.0),
+        load: pct(p, "load", bm.load * 100.0),
+        mix: pct(p, "mix", bm.mix * 100.0),
+        flow: pct(p, "flow", bm.flow * 100.0),
+        sample_all_layers: flag(p, "sampleAllLayers", bm.sample_all_layers),
+    };
+    let sample_all = m.sample_all_layers;
     let (clean, load_after) = (flag(p, "cleanAfterStroke", true), flag(p, "loadAfterStroke", true));
     let mut state = s.tools.mixer.clone();
     if load_after || state.reservoir.is_none() {
@@ -543,10 +551,89 @@ fn set_brush(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         }
     }
     b = merge_brush(&b, &patch, cmd)?;
-    s.tools.brush = b;
+    let before = std::mem::replace(&mut s.tools.brush, b);
+    // A coalesced gesture (one slider drag) journals as one call: remember the brush it started from.
+    let key = p.get("coalesce").and_then(Value::as_str).filter(|_| p.get("preset").is_none() && p.get("reset").is_none());
+    let continuing = |s: &Session, k: &str| {
+        s.tools.brush_gesture.as_ref().is_some_and(|(g, _)| g == k)
+            && s.journal.last().is_some_and(|(id, lp)| id == cmd && lp.get("coalesce").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some(k))
+    };
+    match key {
+        Some(k) if continuing(s, k) => {}
+        Some(k) => s.tools.brush_gesture = Some((k.to_string(), before)),
+        None => s.tools.brush_gesture = None,
+    }
     Ok(brush_json(&s.tools.brush))
 }
 
+/// The brush as JSON with the bitmaps (sampled tips, pattern tiles) that `skip` names replaced by
+/// placeholders: they can be megabytes of base64, and skipped ones are equal on both sides.
+fn light_json(b: &BrushSettings, skip: (bool, bool, bool)) -> Value {
+    let mut c = b.clone();
+    if skip.0 {
+        c.tip = TipShape::Round;
+    }
+    if skip.1 {
+        c.dual_brush.tip = TipShape::Round;
+    }
+    if skip.2 {
+        c.texture.pattern = photocraft_paint::Pattern::default();
+    }
+    serde_json::to_value(&c).unwrap_or(Value::Null)
+}
+
+/// Fields of `new` that differ from `old`, nested objects diffed key by key: the minimal
+/// `tools.setBrush` `brush` patch that turns `old` into `new` (`{}` when nothing changed).
+pub fn brush_patch(old: &BrushSettings, new: &BrushSettings) -> Value {
+    let skip = (old.tip == new.tip, old.dual_brush.tip == new.dual_brush.tip, old.texture.pattern == new.texture.pattern);
+    fn diff(a: &Value, b: &Value) -> Option<Value> {
+        match (a, b) {
+            (Value::Object(ao), Value::Object(bo)) => {
+                let mut out = serde_json::Map::new();
+                for (k, bv) in bo {
+                    match ao.get(k) {
+                        Some(av) => {
+                            if let Some(d) = diff(av, bv) {
+                                out.insert(k.clone(), d);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        None => {
+                            out.insert(k.clone(), bv.clone());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                (!out.is_empty()).then_some(Value::Object(out))
+            }
+            // Enums with payloads (tips, patterns) are replaced whole.
+            _ => (a != b).then(|| b.clone()),
+        }
+    }
+    diff(&light_json(old, skip), &light_json(new, skip)).unwrap_or_else(|| json!({}))
+}
+
+/// Journal hook ([`Session::execute`]): consecutive `tools.setBrush` calls with the same
+/// `coalesce` key (one drag in the options bar or the Brush Settings panel) are one journal
+/// entry, the patch from the brush before the gesture to the brush now. Returns true when the
+/// call was folded into the previous entry.
+pub fn coalesce_journal(s: &mut Session, id: &str, params: &Value) -> bool {
+    if id != "tools.setBrush" {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let Some(key) = params.get("coalesce").and_then(Value::as_str) else { return false };
+    let Some((gk, start)) = s.tools.brush_gesture.as_ref() else { return false };
+    if gk != key {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let patch = brush_patch(start, &s.tools.brush);
+    match s.journal.last_mut() {
+        Some((last, lp)) if last == id && lp.get("coalesce").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some(key) => {
+            *lp = json!({ "brush": patch, "coalesce": key });
+            true
+        }
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
 macro_rules! spec {
     ($id:literal, $label:literal, $params:literal, $en:expr, $run:expr, $journal:expr) => {
         CommandSpec { id: $id, label: $label, menu: &[], shortcut: None, params: $params, enabled: $en, run: $run, journal: $journal }
@@ -567,7 +654,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
         spec!(
             "paint.mixerBrush",
             "Mixer Brush",
-            r##"{"points":[…],"brush":{…}?,"preset":name?,"size":px?,"wet":0..100=50,"load":0..100=50,"mix":0..100=50,"flow":0..100=100,"color":"#rrggbb"?=foreground,"sampleAllLayers":bool=false,"cleanAfterStroke":bool=true,"loadAfterStroke":bool=true,"seed":u64?}"##,
+            r##"{"points":[…],"brush":{…}?,"preset":name?,"size":px?,"wet":0..100=brush.mixer.wet,"load":0..100=brush.mixer.load,"mix":0..100=brush.mixer.mix,"flow":0..100=brush.mixer.flow,"color":"#rrggbb"?=foreground,"sampleAllLayers":bool=brush.mixer.sampleAllLayers,"cleanAfterStroke":bool=true,"loadAfterStroke":bool=true,"seed":u64?}"##,
             has_paintable,
             mixer_brush,
             true
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/brush_cmds/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/brush_cmds/tests.rs
index 85afaebd35..0e9ab4034a 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/brush_cmds/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/brush_cmds/tests.rs
@@ -311,3 +311,93 @@ fn live_stroke_matches_the_committed_stroke() {
     assert!(LiveStroke::begin(&s, &json!({"points": [[1, 1]], "target": {"channel": 9}})).is_err());
     assert!(LiveStroke::begin(&Session::new(), &json!({"points": [[1, 1]]})).is_err());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn new_brush_controls_round_trip_through_set_brush() {
+    let mut s = session(40, 40);
+    let patch = json!({
+        "spacingEnabled": false,
+        "shapeDynamics": {"tiltScale": 1.5, "brushProjection": true},
+        "transfer": {"wetness": {"jitter": 0.3, "control": "penPressure"}, "mix": {"jitter": 0.6, "minimum": 0.2}},
+        "locks": {"shapeDynamics": true, "texture": true, "noise": true},
+        "mixer": {"wet": 0.8, "load": 0.25, "mix": 0.4, "flow": 0.9, "sampleAllLayers": true},
+    });
+    s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({ "brush": patch })).unwrap();
+    let b = &s.tools.brush;
+    assert!(!b.spacing_enabled && b.shape_dynamics.brush_projection && b.shape_dynamics.tilt_scale == 1.5);
+    assert_eq!(b.transfer.wetness.control, photocraft_paint::Control::PenPressure);
+    assert_eq!((b.transfer.mix.jitter, b.transfer.mix.minimum), (0.6, 0.2));
+    assert!(b.locks.shape_dynamics && b.locks.texture && b.locks.noise && !b.locks.scattering);
+    assert_eq!((b.mixer.wet, b.mixer.load, b.mixer.mix, b.mixer.flow, b.mixer.sample_all_layers), (0.8, 0.25, 0.4, 0.9, true));
+    // brush.get reports them, and a fresh session gets the same brush from the reported JSON.
+    let got = s.execute("brush.get", json!({})).unwrap();
+    for (path, want) in [
+        ("/spacingEnabled", json!(false)),
+        ("/shapeDynamics/tiltScale", json!(1.5)),
+        ("/shapeDynamics/brushProjection", json!(true)),
+        ("/transfer/wetness/control", json!("penPressure")),
+        ("/locks/texture", json!(true)),
+        ("/mixer/sampleAllLayers", json!(true)),
+        ("/mixer/load", json!(0.25)),
+    ] {
+        assert_eq!(got.pointer(path), Some(&want), "{path}");
+    }
+    let mut t = session(40, 40);
+    t.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({ "brush": got })).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(t.tools.brush, s.tools.brush);
+    // Locked sections survive picking a preset through the command.
+    s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({"preset": "Chalk"})).unwrap();
+    assert!(s.tools.brush.shape_dynamics.brush_projection && s.tools.brush.locks.texture);
+    // Wrong types are errors and leave the brush alone.
+    let before = s.tools.brush.clone();
+    for bad in
+        [json!({"spacingEnabled": 3}), json!({"locks": {"texture": "yes"}}), json!({"mixer": {"wet": "wet"}}), json!({"shapeDynamics": {"tiltScale": []}})]
+    {
+        assert!(s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({ "brush": bad })).is_err());
+    }
+    assert_eq!(s.tools.brush, before);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mixer_brush_uses_the_brush_mixer_settings() {
+    let mut s = session(200, 30);
+    s.execute("tools.setColors", json!({"foreground": "#ff0000"})).unwrap();
+    // No wet/load params: the brush's Mixer settings (a dry brush with 0 % Load) apply.
+    s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({"brush": {"pressureSize": false, "spacing": 0.25, "mixer": {"wet": 0, "load": 0, "mix": 0}}})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("paint.mixerBrush", json!({"points": [[5, 15], [195, 15]], "size": 8})).unwrap();
+    assert!(rgba(&s, 10, 15)[3] > 0.95 && rgba(&s, 190, 15)[3] < 0.5, "the brush's 0 % Load dries out");
+    // A param still overrides the brush.
+    s.execute("paint.mixerBrush", json!({"points": [[5, 5], [195, 5]], "size": 8, "load": 100})).unwrap();
+    assert!(rgba(&s, 190, 5)[3] > 0.95);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn coalesced_set_brush_calls_journal_once_per_gesture() {
+    let mut s = session(20, 20);
+    let n = s.journal.len();
+    for k in 1..=10 {
+        s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({"brush": {"opacity": k as f32 / 20.0}, "coalesce": "bar:1"})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("brush.get", json!({})).unwrap();
+    }
+    s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({"brush": {"shapeDynamics": {"tiltScale": 0.5}}, "coalesce": "bar:1"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.journal.len(), n + 1, "one gesture, one entry");
+    let (id, p) = s.journal.last().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(id, "tools.setBrush");
+    assert_eq!(p["brush"], json!({"opacity": 0.5, "shapeDynamics": {"tiltScale": 0.5}}));
+    // A new gesture is a new entry; so is an uncoalesced call.
+    s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({"brush": {"flow": 0.5}, "coalesce": "bar:2"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({"brush": {"flow": 0.4}, "coalesce": "bar:2"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({"brush": {"size": 33}})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.journal.len(), n + 3);
+    // Another command in between ends the gesture.
+    s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({"brush": {"size": 34}, "coalesce": "bar:3"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("paint.stroke", json!({"points": [[2, 2], [10, 10]]})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("tools.setBrush", json!({"brush": {"size": 35}, "coalesce": "bar:3"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.journal.len(), n + 6);
+    // Replay gives the same brush.
+    let mut t = session(20, 20);
+    for (id, p) in s.journal.iter().skip(1) {
+        t.execute(id, p.clone()).unwrap();
+    }
+    assert_eq!(t.tools.brush, s.tools.brush);
+}
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/brush_preset_cmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/brush_preset_cmds.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f423c330b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/engine/src/brush_preset_cmds.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+//! Organising brush presets (the Brushes panel's drag and drop and context menus): rename, move a
+//! preset within or between groups, move, rename and delete whole groups.
+//!
+//! The library order is the panel order: groups appear in order of their first preset. Every
+//! change syncs to the preset store ([`crate::preset_store`]), whose index keeps the group order
+//! and the order of every preset, built-ins included. A built-in that is renamed or moved to
+//! another group becomes the user's preset (built-ins are regenerated with their own group).
+
+use photocraft_paint::BrushPreset;
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+
+use crate::commands::CommandSpec;
+use crate::{EngineError, Result, Session};
+
+fn bad(cmd: &str, msg: impl Into<String>) -> EngineError {
+    EngineError::BadParams { cmd: cmd.into(), msg: msg.into() }
+}
+fn always(_: &Session) -> std::result::Result<(), String> {
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Longest preset or group name accepted.
+pub const MAX_NAME: usize = 255;
+
+fn text(p: &Value, k: &str, cmd: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    let v = p.get(k).and_then(Value::as_str).map(str::trim).filter(|n| !n.is_empty()).ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, format!("missing `{k}`")))?;
+    if v.chars().count() > MAX_NAME {
+        return Err(bad(cmd, format!("`{k}` is longer than {MAX_NAME} characters")));
+    }
+    Ok(v.to_string())
+}
+
+/// A group name param: may be empty (the ungrouped presets), never absurdly long.
+fn group_param(p: &Value, k: &str, cmd: &str) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+    match p.get(k) {
+        None | Some(Value::Null) => Ok(None),
+        Some(Value::String(g)) if g.chars().count() <= MAX_NAME => Ok(Some(g.trim().to_string())),
+        Some(_) => Err(bad(cmd, format!("`{k}` must be a group name (string, at most {MAX_NAME} characters)"))),
+    }
+}
+
+fn index_of(presets: &[BrushPreset], name: &str) -> Option<usize> {
+    presets.iter().position(|x| x.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(name))
+}
+
+fn find(s: &Session, p: &Value, k: &str, cmd: &str) -> Result<usize> {
+    let name = text(p, k, cmd)?;
+    index_of(&s.tools.presets, &name).ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, format!("no brush preset named `{name}`")))
+}
+
+/// Groups in panel order (first appearance).
+pub fn group_order(presets: &[BrushPreset]) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut out: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    for p in presets {
+        if !out.contains(&p.group) {
+            out.push(p.group.clone());
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+fn position_in_group(presets: &[BrushPreset], i: usize) -> usize {
+    presets.get(i).map_or(0, |pr| presets[..i].iter().filter(|x| x.group == pr.group).count())
+}
+
+fn rename(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+    let cmd = "brush.presets.rename";
+    let i = find(s, p, "name", cmd)?;
+    let new = text(p, "newName", cmd)?;
+    if index_of(&s.tools.presets, &new).is_some_and(|j| j != i) {
+        return Err(bad(cmd, format!("a brush preset named `{new}` already exists")));
+    }
+    let pr = s.tools.presets.get_mut(i).ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "no such preset"))?;
+    if pr.name != new {
+        pr.name = new.clone();
+        pr.builtin = false;
+        s.brush_presets_changed();
+    }
+    Ok(json!({ "name": new }))
+}
+
+fn move_preset(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+    let cmd = "brush.presets.move";
+    let i = find(s, p, "name", cmd)?;
+    let before = match p.get("before") {
+        None | Some(Value::Null) => None,
+        Some(_) => {
+            let b = find(s, p, "before", cmd)?;
+            if b == i {
+                return Err(bad(cmd, "`before` names the preset being moved"));
+            }
+            Some(b)
+        }
+    };
+    let index = match p.get("index") {
+        None | Some(Value::Null) => None,
+        Some(v) => Some(v.as_u64().ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "`index` must be a non-negative integer"))?),
+    };
+    let lib = &mut s.tools.presets;
+    let target = match (group_param(p, "group", cmd)?, before) {
+        (Some(g), _) => g,
+        (None, Some(b)) => lib[b].group.clone(),
+        (None, None) => lib[i].group.clone(),
+    };
+    if let Some(b) = before
+        && lib[b].group != target
+    {
+        return Err(bad(cmd, format!("`before` is not in group `{target}`")));
+    }
+    let before_name = before.map(|b| lib[b].name.clone());
+    let mut pr = lib.remove(i);
+    if pr.group != target {
+        pr.group = target.clone();
+        // A built-in moved elsewhere is the user's now (built-ins regenerate in their own group).
+        pr.builtin = false;
+    }
+    let members: Vec<usize> = lib.iter().enumerate().filter(|(_, x)| x.group == target).map(|(k, _)| k).collect();
+    let pos = match (before_name, index) {
+        (Some(n), _) => index_of(lib, &n).unwrap_or(lib.len()),
+        (None, Some(n)) => match members.get(n.min(usize::MAX as u64) as usize) {
+            Some(&k) => k,
+            None => members.last().map_or(lib.len(), |k| k + 1),
+        },
+        (None, None) => members.last().map_or(lib.len(), |k| k + 1),
+    };
+    let pos = pos.min(lib.len());
+    let name = pr.name.clone();
+    lib.insert(pos, pr);
+    let at = position_in_group(lib, pos);
+    s.brush_presets_changed();
+    Ok(json!({ "name": name, "group": target, "index": at }))
+}
+
+fn group_block(s: &Session, g: &str, cmd: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    if s.tools.presets.iter().any(|x| x.group == g) { Ok(()) } else { Err(bad(cmd, format!("no brush preset group named `{g}`"))) }
+}
+
+fn move_group(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+    let cmd = "brush.presets.moveGroup";
+    let g = group_param(p, "group", cmd)?.ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "missing `group`"))?;
+    group_block(s, &g, cmd)?;
+    let before = group_param(p, "before", cmd)?;
+    if let Some(b) = &before {
+        group_block(s, b, cmd)?;
+        if *b == g {
+            return Err(bad(cmd, "`before` names the group being moved"));
+        }
+    }
+    let index = match p.get("index") {
+        None | Some(Value::Null) => None,
+        Some(v) => Some(v.as_u64().ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "`index` must be a non-negative integer"))?),
+    };
+    let lib = std::mem::take(&mut s.tools.presets);
+    let (block, mut rest): (Vec<BrushPreset>, Vec<BrushPreset>) = lib.into_iter().partition(|x| x.group == g);
+    let order = group_order(&rest);
+    let first = |name: &str, rest: &[BrushPreset]| rest.iter().position(|x| x.group == name).unwrap_or(rest.len());
+    let pos = match (&before, index) {
+        (Some(b), _) => first(b, &rest),
+        (None, Some(n)) => order.get(n.min(usize::MAX as u64) as usize).map_or(rest.len(), |name| first(name, &rest)),
+        (None, None) => rest.len(),
+    };
+    let tail = rest.split_off(pos.min(rest.len()));
+    rest.extend(block);
+    rest.extend(tail);
+    s.tools.presets = rest;
+    s.brush_presets_changed();
+    let at = group_order(&s.tools.presets).iter().position(|x| *x == g).unwrap_or(0);
+    Ok(json!({ "group": g, "index": at }))
+}
+
+fn rename_group(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+    let cmd = "brush.presets.renameGroup";
+    let g = group_param(p, "group", cmd)?.ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "missing `group`"))?;
+    group_block(s, &g, cmd)?;
+    let new = text(p, "newName", cmd)?;
+    if new != g && s.tools.presets.iter().any(|x| x.group == new) {
+        return Err(bad(cmd, format!("a group named `{new}` already exists")));
+    }
+    if new != g {
+        for x in s.tools.presets.iter_mut().filter(|x| x.group == g) {
+            x.group = new.clone();
+            x.builtin = false;
+        }
+        s.brush_presets_changed();
+    }
+    Ok(json!({ "group": new }))
+}
+
+fn delete_group(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
+    let cmd = "brush.presets.deleteGroup";
+    let g = group_param(p, "group", cmd)?.ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "missing `group`"))?;
+    group_block(s, &g, cmd)?;
+    let before = s.tools.presets.len();
+    s.tools.presets.retain(|x| x.group != g);
+    s.brush_presets_changed();
+    Ok(json!({ "deleted": before - s.tools.presets.len(), "count": s.tools.presets.len() }))
+}
+
+macro_rules! spec {
+    ($id:literal, $label:literal, $params:literal, $run:expr) => {
+        CommandSpec { id: $id, label: $label, menu: &[], shortcut: None, params: $params, enabled: always, run: $run, journal: true }
+    };
+}
+
+/// Brush preset organisation specs.
+pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
+    vec![
+        spec!("brush.presets.rename", "Rename Brush", r##"{"name":string,"newName":string} → {name}"##, rename),
+        spec!(
+            "brush.presets.move",
+            "Move Brush",
+            r##"{"name":string,"group":string?=its group ("" = ungrouped),"before":name? (preset to land before) | "index":n? (position in the group)=end} → {name, group, index}"##,
+            move_preset
+        ),
+        spec!(
+            "brush.presets.moveGroup",
+            "Move Brush Group",
+            r##"{"group":string,"before":group? | "index":n? (group position)=end} → {group, index}"##,
+            move_group
+        ),
+        spec!("brush.presets.renameGroup", "Rename Brush Group", r##"{"group":string,"newName":string} → {group}"##, rename_group),
+        spec!("brush.presets.deleteGroup", "Delete Brush Group", r##"{"group":string} → {deleted, count}"##, delete_group),
+    ]
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn names(s: &Session, g: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+        s.tools.presets.iter().filter(|x| x.group == g).map(|x| x.name.clone()).collect()
+    }
+
+    fn with_groups() -> Session {
+        let mut s = Session::new();
+        for (n, g) in [("A1", "Alpha"), ("A2", "Alpha"), ("A3", "Alpha"), ("B1", "Beta"), ("B2", "Beta")] {
+            s.tools.presets.push(BrushPreset { name: n.into(), brush: Default::default(), builtin: false, group: g.into() });
+        }
+        s
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn move_within_and_between_groups() {
+        let mut s = with_groups();
+        let r = s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A3", "before": "A1"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(r, json!({"name": "A3", "group": "Alpha", "index": 0}));
+        assert_eq!(names(&s, "Alpha"), ["A3", "A1", "A2"]);
+        s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A3", "index": 99})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(names(&s, "Alpha"), ["A1", "A2", "A3"]);
+        s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "index": 1})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(names(&s, "Alpha"), ["A2", "A1", "A3"]);
+        // Into another group, before a member (the group comes from `before`).
+        s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "before": "B2"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((names(&s, "Alpha"), names(&s, "Beta")), (vec!["A2".to_string(), "A3".into()], vec!["B1".to_string(), "A1".into(), "B2".into()]));
+        // Into a group by name (appended), and into a new group.
+        s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A2", "group": "Beta"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(names(&s, "Beta"), ["B1", "A1", "B2", "A2"]);
+        s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A3", "group": "Gamma"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(group_order(&s.tools.presets).last().map(String::as_str), Some("Gamma"));
+        assert!(names(&s, "Alpha").is_empty());
+        // A built-in moved to another group becomes the user's.
+        let b = s.tools.presets.iter().find(|x| x.builtin).unwrap().name.clone();
+        s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": b, "group": "Beta", "index": 0})).unwrap();
+        let moved = photocraft_paint::presets::find(&s.tools.presets, &b).unwrap();
+        assert!(!moved.builtin && moved.group == "Beta");
+        assert_eq!(names(&s, "Beta")[0], b);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn groups_move_rename_and_delete() {
+        let mut s = with_groups();
+        let order = group_order(&s.tools.presets);
+        let n = order.len();
+        assert_eq!(&order[n - 2..], ["Alpha", "Beta"]);
+        let r = s.execute("brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({"group": "Beta", "index": 0})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(r["index"], 0);
+        assert_eq!(group_order(&s.tools.presets)[0], "Beta");
+        assert_eq!(names(&s, "Beta"), ["B1", "B2"], "a group moves as a block, in order");
+        s.execute("brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({"group": "Alpha", "before": "Beta"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&group_order(&s.tools.presets)[..2], ["Alpha", "Beta"]);
+        s.execute("brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({"group": "Alpha"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(group_order(&s.tools.presets).last().map(String::as_str), Some("Alpha"));
+        s.execute("brush.presets.renameGroup", json!({"group": "Alpha", "newName": "First"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(names(&s, "First"), ["A1", "A2", "A3"]);
+        assert!(s.execute("brush.presets.renameGroup", json!({"group": "First", "newName": "Beta"})).is_err());
+        let r = s.execute("brush.presets.deleteGroup", json!({"group": "First"})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(r["deleted"], 3);
+        assert!(names(&s, "First").is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rename_checks_names() {
+        let mut s = with_groups();
+        s.execute("brush.presets.rename", json!({"name": "a1", "newName": "Alpha One"})).unwrap();
+        assert!(photocraft_paint::presets::find(&s.tools.presets, "Alpha One").is_some());
+        assert!(s.execute("brush.presets.rename", json!({"name": "A2", "newName": "alpha one"})).is_err());
+        // Case-only renames of itself are fine.
+        s.execute("brush.presets.rename", json!({"name": "Alpha One", "newName": "ALPHA ONE"})).unwrap();
+        let b = s.tools.presets.iter().find(|x| x.builtin).unwrap().name.clone();
+        s.execute("brush.presets.rename", json!({"name": b, "newName": "My Round"})).unwrap();
+        assert!(!photocraft_paint::presets::find(&s.tools.presets, "My Round").unwrap().builtin);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bad_params_fail_without_changes() {
+        let mut s = with_groups();
+        let before = s.tools.presets.clone();
+        let long = "x".repeat(MAX_NAME + 1);
+        for (id, p) in [
+            ("brush.presets.move", json!({})),
+            ("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "Nope"})),
+            ("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "before": "A1"})),
+            ("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "before": "Nope"})),
+            ("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "group": "Alpha", "before": "B1"})),
+            ("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "index": -1})),
+            ("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "index": "first"})),
+            ("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "group": 7})),
+            ("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "group": long})),
+            ("brush.presets.rename", json!({"name": "A1"})),
+            ("brush.presets.rename", json!({"name": "A1", "newName": "  "})),
+            ("brush.presets.rename", json!({"name": "A1", "newName": long})),
+            ("brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({"group": "Nope"})),
+            ("brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({"group": "Alpha", "before": "Alpha"})),
+            ("brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({"group": "Alpha", "index": 1.5})),
+            ("brush.presets.renameGroup", json!({"group": "Alpha"})),
+            ("brush.presets.deleteGroup", json!({"group": null})),
+            ("brush.presets.deleteGroup", json!({"group": "Nope"})),
+        ] {
+            assert!(s.execute(id, p.clone()).is_err(), "{id} {p}");
+        }
+        assert_eq!(s.tools.presets, before);
+        // Huge indices clamp to the end.
+        s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "A1", "index": u64::MAX})).unwrap();
+        s.execute("brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({"group": "Alpha", "index": u64::MAX})).unwrap();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/commands.rs b/crates/engine/src/commands.rs
index a8d96479a3..715e42f71d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/commands.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/commands.rs
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ fn build() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
     v.extend(crate::edit_cmds::specs());
     v.extend(crate::color_cmds::specs());
     v.extend(crate::brush_cmds::specs());
+    v.extend(crate::brush_preset_cmds::specs());
     v.extend(crate::eraser_cmds::specs());
     v.extend(crate::preset_import_cmds::specs());
     v.extend(crate::retouch_cmds::specs());
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index f6a0fd11bb..8536b0b785 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub mod analysis_cmds;
 pub mod artboard_cmds;
 pub mod automate_cmds;
 pub mod brush_cmds;
+pub mod brush_preset_cmds;
 pub mod build_info;
 mod canvas_geom;
 pub mod channel_cmds;
@@ -198,6 +199,9 @@ pub struct ToolState {
     pub presets_rev: u64,
     /// Mixer Brush paint carried between strokes.
     pub mixer: photocraft_paint::mixer::MixerState,
+    /// The coalescing key of the running `tools.setBrush` gesture and the brush before it, so the
+    /// gesture journals as one call ([`brush_cmds::coalesce_journal`]).
+    pub brush_gesture: Option<(String, photocraft_paint::BrushSettings)>,
 }
 
 impl Default for ToolState {
@@ -213,6 +217,7 @@ impl Default for ToolState {
             presets: photocraft_paint::presets::builtin(),
             presets_rev: 0,
             mixer: Default::default(),
+            brush_gesture: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -336,7 +341,7 @@ impl Session {
         edit_menu_cmds::after_command(self, id);
         automate_cmds::after_command(self, id);
         self.sync_preset_store();
-        if spec.journal {
+        if spec.journal && !brush_cmds::coalesce_journal(self, id, &params) {
             self.journal.push((id.to_string(), params));
         }
         Ok(r)
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/preset_store.rs b/crates/engine/src/preset_store.rs
index 2b6bdfbc9d..272cb34f2f 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/preset_store.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/preset_store.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 //! - `tips/<hash>.pctip`: content-addressed bitmaps, deflated, stored at 8 bits per sample when
 //!   the tip came from 8-bit data and 16 bits otherwise. Renaming or re-grouping a preset only
 //!   rewrites a small JSON file; a tip no group references any more is deleted;
-//! - `index.json`: group order and the built-in presets the user deleted.
+//! - `index.json`: group order, the order of every preset (built-ins included, so drag and drop
+//!   in the Brushes panel persists) and the built-in presets the user deleted.
 //!
 //! Built-in presets are never written (they are regenerated on start). The store syncs after
 //! every command that changes the brush presets ([`Session::brush_presets_changed`]); only groups
@@ -324,6 +325,8 @@ struct IndexFile {
     groups: Vec<String>,
     /// Built-in presets the user deleted (by name).
     hidden_builtins: Vec<String>,
+    /// Every preset's name in library (panel) order; empty when it is the default order.
+    order: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 /// The group's file name: a readable, sanitised prefix plus a hash of the exact name, so
@@ -403,6 +406,8 @@ pub struct Opened {
     pub presets: Vec<BrushPreset>,
     /// Built-in presets the user deleted.
     pub hidden_builtins: Vec<String>,
+    /// The saved library order (preset names), empty when none was saved.
+    pub order: Vec<String>,
     /// Files that were skipped (corrupt, oversized, missing tips).
     pub warnings: Vec<String>,
 }
@@ -515,8 +520,9 @@ pub fn open(backend: Box<dyn PresetBackend>) -> Opened {
         }
     }
     let hidden_builtins = index.as_ref().map(|i| i.hidden_builtins.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
+    let order = index.as_ref().map(|i| i.order.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
     store.index = index;
-    Opened { store, presets, hidden_builtins, warnings }
+    Opened { store, presets, hidden_builtins, order, warnings }
 }
 
 /// Read and decode tips, in parallel on native targets.
@@ -615,10 +621,24 @@ impl PresetStore {
         // Index: group order and deleted built-ins.
         let hidden: Vec<String> = builtin_names().iter().filter(|n| !presets.iter().any(|p| p.name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(n))).map(|n| n.to_string()).collect();
         let groups: Vec<String> = files.into_iter().filter(|f| self.groups.contains_key(f)).collect();
-        let want = IndexFile { version: 1, groups, hidden_builtins: hidden };
-        let same = self.index.as_ref().is_some_and(|i| i.groups == want.groups && i.hidden_builtins == want.hidden_builtins);
+        // The full order is only saved once it differs from the default (built-ins, then the rest).
+        let order: Vec<String> = presets.iter().map(|p| p.name.clone()).collect();
+        let default_order: Vec<String> = presets.iter().filter(|p| p.builtin).chain(presets.iter().filter(|p| !p.builtin)).map(|p| p.name.clone()).collect();
+        let builtins_in_order = {
+            let names = builtin_names();
+            let mut it = presets.iter().filter(|p| p.builtin).map(|p| names.iter().position(|n| *n == p.name));
+            let first = it.next().flatten();
+            it.try_fold(first, |prev, cur| match (prev, cur) {
+                (Some(a), Some(b)) if b > a => Some(Some(b)),
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .is_some()
+        };
+        let order = if builtins_in_order && order == default_order { Vec::new() } else { order };
+        let want = IndexFile { version: 1, groups, hidden_builtins: hidden, order };
+        let same = self.index.as_ref().is_some_and(|i| i.groups == want.groups && i.hidden_builtins == want.hidden_builtins && i.order == want.order);
         if !same {
-            let empty = want.groups.is_empty() && want.hidden_builtins.is_empty();
+            let empty = want.groups.is_empty() && want.hidden_builtins.is_empty() && want.order.is_empty();
             let r = if empty && self.index.is_none() {
                 Ok(())
             } else {
@@ -693,7 +713,7 @@ impl Session {
     /// built-in of the same name; presets created before the store finished loading win), hide
     /// deleted built-ins, then sync. Returns the load warnings.
     pub fn attach_preset_store(&mut self, opened: Opened) -> Vec<String> {
-        let Opened { store, presets, hidden_builtins, mut warnings } = opened;
+        let Opened { store, presets, hidden_builtins, order, mut warnings } = opened;
         let lib = &mut self.tools.presets;
         lib.retain(|p| !(p.builtin && hidden_builtins.iter().any(|h| h.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&p.name))));
         for p in presets {
@@ -703,6 +723,11 @@ impl Session {
                 None => lib.push(p),
             }
         }
+        // The saved panel order (stable: presets it doesn't name keep their order, at the end).
+        if !order.is_empty() {
+            let pos: HashMap<String, usize> = order.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, n)| (n.to_lowercase(), i)).collect();
+            lib.sort_by_key(|p| pos.get(&p.name.to_lowercase()).copied().unwrap_or(usize::MAX));
+        }
         self.preset_store = Some(store);
         self.brush_presets_changed();
         self.sync_preset_store();
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/preset_store/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/preset_store/tests.rs
index e8c24eff9e..1e66a7756e 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/preset_store/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/preset_store/tests.rs
@@ -239,6 +239,41 @@ fn startup_with_many_groups_loads_them_all() {
     assert_eq!(groups, (0..25).map(|g| format!("Group {g}")).collect::<Vec<_>>(), "group order survives");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn reordering_presets_and_groups_persists() {
+    let names = |s: &Session| s.tools.presets.iter().map(|p| (p.name.clone(), p.group.clone())).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let dir = TempDir::new("reorder");
+    let (mut s, _) = session(&dir);
+    for (n, g) in [("Ink 1", "Inks"), ("Ink 2", "Inks"), ("Wash", "Washes")] {
+        s.execute("brush.presets.save", json!({"name": n})).unwrap();
+        s.tools.presets.iter_mut().find(|p| p.name == n).unwrap().group = g.into();
+    }
+    s.brush_presets_changed();
+    s.sync_preset_store();
+    // Untouched order: no order list is written (the default order is implied).
+    let (t, _) = session(&dir);
+    assert_eq!(names(&t), names(&s));
+    // Reorder a built-in within its group, a user preset across groups, and whole groups.
+    let builtin_group = s.tools.presets[0].group.clone();
+    let last_builtin = s.tools.presets.iter().rfind(|p| p.builtin && p.group == builtin_group).unwrap().name.clone();
+    let first = s.tools.presets[0].name.clone();
+    s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": last_builtin, "before": first})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("brush.presets.move", json!({"name": "Ink 2", "group": "Washes", "index": 0})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({"group": "Washes", "index": 0})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({"group": "Inks", "before": builtin_group})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.tools.presets[0].name, "Ink 2");
+    let (t, w) = session(&dir);
+    assert!(w.is_empty(), "{w:?}");
+    assert_eq!(names(&t), names(&s), "the panel order survives a restart");
+    assert!(t.tools.presets.iter().find(|p| p.name == last_builtin).unwrap().builtin, "reordering keeps a built-in built-in");
+    // Renaming and deleting a group persist too.
+    s.execute("brush.presets.renameGroup", json!({"group": "Inks", "newName": "Pens"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("brush.presets.deleteGroup", json!({"group": "Washes"})).unwrap();
+    let (t, _) = session(&dir);
+    assert_eq!(names(&t), names(&s));
+    assert!(t.tools.presets.iter().all(|p| p.group != "Washes" && p.group != "Inks"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn corrupt_and_oversized_files_are_skipped_with_a_warning() {
     let dir = TempDir::new("corrupt");
diff --git a/crates/io/src/abr_map.rs b/crates/io/src/abr_map.rs
index b694dde08e..487f9856b0 100644
--- a/crates/io/src/abr_map.rs
+++ b/crates/io/src/abr_map.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 
 use photocraft_paint::{
-    BrushPreset, BrushSettings, Control, DualBrush, Dynamic, GrayTile, MaskMode, Pattern, PatternStyle, Pose, ShapeDynamics, TipShape, Transfer,
+    BrushPreset, BrushSettings, Control, DualBrush, Dynamic, GrayTile, MaskMode, MixerSettings, Pattern, PatternStyle, Pose, ShapeDynamics, TipShape, Transfer,
 };
 use photocraft_psd::abr::{self, AbrFile, AbrSample, LegacyTip};
 use photocraft_psd::descriptor::{Descriptor, Value};
@@ -281,6 +281,25 @@ impl Mapper<'_> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Mixer Brush tool options captured with a preset (Wet, Load, Mix, Flow, Sample All Layers).
+    /// Key names are best effort (Photoshop doesn't document them); several spellings are read.
+    fn mixer_options(&mut self, to: &Descriptor, m: &mut MixerSettings) {
+        let first = |keys: &[&str]| keys.iter().find_map(|k| pct(to, k));
+        let wet = first(&["wetness", "Wtns", "wet"]);
+        let load = first(&["dryness", "load", "Ld  "]);
+        let mix = first(&["mix", "mixRatio", "Mx  "]);
+        if wet.is_none() && load.is_none() && mix.is_none() {
+            return;
+        }
+        m.wet = wet.unwrap_or(m.wet).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+        m.load = load.unwrap_or(m.load).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+        m.mix = mix.unwrap_or(m.mix).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+        m.flow = pct(to, "flow").unwrap_or(m.flow).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+        if let Some(v) = ["sampleMerged", "useAllLayers", "sampleAllLayers", "Mrgd"].iter().find_map(|k| boolean(to, k)) {
+            m.sample_all_layers = v;
+        }
+    }
+
     fn preset(&mut self, d: &Descriptor) -> Option<BrushSettings> {
         for (k, _) in &d.items {
             let k = String::from_utf8_lossy(k.as_bytes()).to_string();
@@ -298,8 +317,9 @@ impl Mapper<'_> {
             }
             b.angle = num(t, "Angl").unwrap_or(0.0) as f32;
             b.roundness = pct(t, "Rndn").unwrap_or(1.0).clamp(0.01, 1.0);
-            // `Intr` off = spacing unchecked (Photoshop spaces by pointer speed): keep it tight.
-            b.spacing = if boolean(t, "Intr") == Some(false) { 0.05 } else { pct(t, "Spcn").unwrap_or(0.25).clamp(0.01, 10.0) };
+            // `Intr` off = the Spacing checkbox is off: the pointer's speed sets the spacing.
+            b.spacing = pct(t, "Spcn").unwrap_or(0.25).clamp(0.01, 10.0);
+            b.spacing_enabled = boolean(t, "Intr") != Some(false);
             b.flip_x = boolean(t, "flipX").unwrap_or(false);
             b.flip_y = boolean(t, "flipY").unwrap_or(false);
         }
@@ -316,13 +336,9 @@ impl Mapper<'_> {
                 roundness,
                 flip_x_jitter: boolean(d, "flipX").unwrap_or(false),
                 flip_y_jitter: boolean(d, "flipY").unwrap_or(false),
+                tilt_scale: pct(d, "tiltScale").unwrap_or(0.0).clamp(0.0, 2.0),
+                brush_projection: boolean(d, "brushProjection").unwrap_or(false),
             };
-            if pct(d, "tiltScale").is_some_and(|v| v > 0.0) {
-                self.warnings.insert("Tilt Scale (Shape Dynamics) is not supported".into());
-            }
-            if boolean(d, "brushProjection") == Some(true) {
-                self.warnings.insert("Brush Projection is not supported".into());
-            }
         }
         // Scattering.
         if boolean(d, "useScatter") == Some(true) {
@@ -393,12 +409,13 @@ impl Mapper<'_> {
         }
         // Transfer.
         if boolean(d, "usePaintDynamics") == Some(true) {
-            b.transfer = Transfer { enabled: true, opacity: self.dynamic(obj(d, "opVr")), flow: self.dynamic(obj(d, "prVr")) };
-            for (k, what) in [("wtVr", "Wetness"), ("mxVr", "Mix")] {
-                if self.dynamic(obj(d, k)).is_active() {
-                    self.warnings.insert(format!("Transfer › {what} jitter (Mixer Brush) is not supported"));
-                }
-            }
+            b.transfer = Transfer {
+                enabled: true,
+                opacity: self.dynamic(obj(d, "opVr")),
+                flow: self.dynamic(obj(d, "prVr")),
+                wetness: self.dynamic(obj(d, "wtVr")),
+                mix: self.dynamic(obj(d, "mxVr")),
+            };
         }
         // Brush Pose (Photoshop's tilt is ±100 %; ours is ±90°).
         if boolean(d, "useBrushPose") == Some(true) {
@@ -443,6 +460,7 @@ impl Mapper<'_> {
             if let Some(v) = boolean(to, "smoothingZoomCompensation") {
                 b.smoothing.adjust_for_zoom = v;
             }
+            self.mixer_options(to, &mut b.mixer);
             if mask_blend_is_set(to) {
                 self.warnings.insert("tool blend modes stored with presets are not applied".into());
             }
diff --git a/crates/io/src/abr_map/tests.rs b/crates/io/src/abr_map/tests.rs
index 4581962716..5520795ed7 100644
--- a/crates/io/src/abr_map/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/io/src/abr_map/tests.rs
@@ -226,6 +226,51 @@ fn big_tips_are_downsampled() {
     assert!(imp.warnings.iter().any(|w| w.contains("downsampled")));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn tilt_scale_projection_spacing_and_mixer_fields_map() {
+    let tip = Descriptor::new("computedBrush").with("Dmtr", u(b"#Pxl", 30.0)).with("Spcn", prc(35.0)).with("Intr", Value::Boolean(false));
+    let preset = Descriptor::new("brushPreset")
+        .with("Nm  ", t("Wet Pen"))
+        .with("Brsh", Value::Descriptor(tip))
+        .with("useTipDynamics", Value::Boolean(true))
+        .with("szVr", var(3, 0.0, 0.0))
+        .with("tiltScale", prc(150.0))
+        .with("brushProjection", Value::Boolean(true))
+        .with("usePaintDynamics", Value::Boolean(true))
+        .with("wtVr", var(2, 30.0, 10.0))
+        .with("mxVr", var(1, 45.0, 0.0))
+        .with(
+            "toolOptions",
+            Value::Descriptor(
+                Descriptor::new("currentToolOptions")
+                    .with("wetness", prc(80.0))
+                    .with("dryness", prc(20.0))
+                    .with("mix", prc(65.0))
+                    .with("flow", prc(70.0))
+                    .with("sampleMerged", Value::Boolean(true)),
+            ),
+        );
+    let plain =
+        Descriptor::new("brushPreset").with("Nm  ", t("Plain")).with("Brsh", Value::Descriptor(Descriptor::new("computedBrush").with("Dmtr", u(b"#Pxl", 9.0))));
+    let bytes = write_v6(2, &[], &[], &[preset, plain], true).unwrap();
+    let imp = read_abr(&bytes, "Mixer").unwrap();
+    let b = &imp.presets[0].brush;
+    assert!(!b.spacing_enabled && (b.spacing - 0.35).abs() < 1e-6, "Intr off = Spacing unchecked, the value kept");
+    let sd = &b.shape_dynamics;
+    assert!(sd.brush_projection && (sd.tilt_scale - 1.5).abs() < 1e-6 && sd.size.control == Control::PenTilt);
+    let tr = &b.transfer;
+    assert_eq!((tr.wetness.control, tr.wetness.jitter, tr.wetness.minimum), (Control::PenPressure, 0.3, 0.1));
+    assert_eq!((tr.mix.control, tr.mix.jitter), (Control::Fade, 0.45));
+    let m = &b.mixer;
+    assert_eq!((m.wet, m.load, m.mix, m.flow, m.sample_all_layers), (0.8, 0.2, 0.65, 0.7, true));
+    assert!(!imp.warnings.iter().any(|w| w.contains("Tilt Scale") || w.contains("Projection") || w.contains("Mixer")), "{:?}", imp.warnings);
+    // Defaults when the file says nothing.
+    let p = &imp.presets[1].brush;
+    assert!(p.spacing_enabled && !p.shape_dynamics.brush_projection && p.shape_dynamics.tilt_scale == 0.0);
+    assert_eq!(p.mixer, photocraft_paint::MixerSettings::default());
+    assert_eq!((p.transfer.wetness, p.transfer.mix), (Dynamic::default(), Dynamic::default()));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn garbage_is_an_error() {
     assert!(read_abr(b"", "g").is_err());
diff --git a/crates/paint/src/brush.rs b/crates/paint/src/brush.rs
index aca8475702..01ffc756b3 100644
--- a/crates/paint/src/brush.rs
+++ b/crates/paint/src/brush.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use photocraft_color::BlendMode;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use crate::mixer::MixerSettings;
 use crate::tile::GrayTile;
 
 /// What drives a dynamic parameter (Photoshop's "Control" pop-ups).
@@ -80,12 +81,19 @@ pub struct ShapeDynamics {
     pub enabled: bool,
     /// Size jitter / control; `minimum` is Photoshop's Minimum Diameter.
     pub size: Dynamic,
+    /// Tilt Scale, 0..2 (0–200 %): with the size control on Pen Tilt, how much a tilted pen
+    /// squashes the tip's height (before the tip angle is applied). At full tilt the height is
+    /// scaled by `1 − tiltScale / 2`, so 0 leaves the tip alone and 200 % flattens it.
+    pub tilt_scale: f32,
     /// Angle jitter (fraction of ±180°) / control.
     pub angle: Dynamic,
     /// Roundness jitter / control; `minimum` is Minimum Roundness.
     pub roundness: Dynamic,
     pub flip_x_jitter: bool,
     pub flip_y_jitter: bool,
+    /// Brush Projection: the pen's tilt and barrel rotation are applied to the tip as a
+    /// projection (the tip is foreshortened along the tilt direction and turns with the pen).
+    pub brush_projection: bool,
 }
 
 /// Scattering.
@@ -254,13 +262,36 @@ impl Default for ColorDynamics {
     }
 }
 
-/// Transfer: per-dab opacity ceiling and flow.
+/// Transfer: per-dab opacity ceiling and flow, plus the Mixer Brush's wetness and mix.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default, rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct Transfer {
     pub enabled: bool,
     pub opacity: Dynamic,
     pub flow: Dynamic,
+    /// Wetness Jitter / control (Mixer Brush only): scales the Wet setting per dab.
+    pub wetness: Dynamic,
+    /// Mix Jitter / control (Mixer Brush only): scales the Mix setting per dab.
+    pub mix: Dynamic,
+}
+
+/// The sections a lock can hold (the lock icons in Photoshop's Brush Settings list): a locked
+/// section keeps its settings when another brush preset is picked.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(default, rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct SectionLocks {
+    pub shape_dynamics: bool,
+    pub scattering: bool,
+    pub texture: bool,
+    pub dual_brush: bool,
+    pub color_dynamics: bool,
+    pub transfer: bool,
+    pub pose: bool,
+    pub noise: bool,
+    pub wet_edges: bool,
+    pub build_up: bool,
+    pub smoothing: bool,
+    pub protect_texture: bool,
 }
 
 /// Brush Pose: stylus values used instead of (override) or for missing device data.
@@ -327,6 +358,9 @@ pub struct BrushSettings {
     pub hardness: f32,
     /// Spacing between dabs as a fraction of the diameter.
     pub spacing: f32,
+    /// Photoshop's Spacing checkbox. Off: the pointer's speed sets the spacing (one dab every
+    /// [`crate::dynamics::SPEED_SPACING_MS`] of stroke time; without timestamps, one per input point).
+    pub spacing_enabled: bool,
     /// Maximum coverage for the whole stroke.
     pub opacity: f32,
     /// Per-dab coverage.
@@ -374,6 +408,10 @@ pub struct BrushSettings {
     pub smoothing: Smoothing,
     /// Keep the current texture (pattern + scale) when switching to another textured preset.
     pub protect_texture: bool,
+    /// Sections whose settings stay when another preset is picked (tool state, like Photoshop's locks).
+    pub locks: SectionLocks,
+    /// Mixer Brush options (Wet, Load, Mix, Flow, Sample All Layers) used by `paint.mixerBrush`.
+    pub mixer: MixerSettings,
     /// Random seed for jitters (commands derive it from the stroke when not given), so strokes replay.
     pub seed: u64,
 }
@@ -384,6 +422,7 @@ impl Default for BrushSettings {
             size: 20.0,
             hardness: 1.0,
             spacing: 0.1,
+            spacing_enabled: true,
             opacity: 1.0,
             flow: 1.0,
             pressure_size: true,
@@ -411,6 +450,8 @@ impl Default for BrushSettings {
             build_up_rate: 20.0,
             smoothing: Smoothing::default(),
             protect_texture: false,
+            locks: SectionLocks::default(),
+            mixer: MixerSettings::default(),
             seed: 0,
         }
     }
@@ -418,10 +459,47 @@ impl Default for BrushSettings {
 
 impl BrushSettings {
     /// This brush (a preset) picked while `current` is the tool's brush: Smoothing is a tool
-    /// option, so it stays the tool's (Photoshop), and a protected texture stays too.
+    /// option, so it stays the tool's (Photoshop), a protected texture stays too, and so does every
+    /// section `current` has locked (the locks themselves are tool state and carry over).
     pub fn picked_over(self, current: &BrushSettings) -> Self {
         let mut b = self.with_protected_texture(current);
         b.smoothing = current.smoothing.clone();
+        let l = &current.locks;
+        if l.shape_dynamics {
+            b.shape_dynamics = current.shape_dynamics.clone();
+        }
+        if l.scattering {
+            b.scattering = current.scattering.clone();
+        }
+        if l.texture {
+            b.texture = current.texture.clone();
+        }
+        if l.dual_brush {
+            b.dual_brush = current.dual_brush.clone();
+        }
+        if l.color_dynamics {
+            b.color_dynamics = current.color_dynamics.clone();
+        }
+        if l.transfer {
+            b.transfer = current.transfer.clone();
+        }
+        if l.pose {
+            b.pose = current.pose.clone();
+        }
+        if l.noise {
+            b.noise = current.noise;
+        }
+        if l.wet_edges {
+            b.wet_edges = current.wet_edges;
+        }
+        if l.build_up {
+            b.build_up = current.build_up;
+            b.build_up_rate = current.build_up_rate;
+        }
+        if l.protect_texture {
+            b.protect_texture = current.protect_texture;
+        }
+        b.locks = current.locks.clone();
         b
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/paint/src/brush_tests.rs b/crates/paint/src/brush_tests.rs
index f79fda87f9..dc35ee5189 100644
--- a/crates/paint/src/brush_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/paint/src/brush_tests.rs
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ fn jitter_is_deterministic_per_seed() {
             roundness: Dynamic { jitter: 1.0, minimum: 0.2, ..Default::default() },
             flip_x_jitter: true,
             flip_y_jitter: true,
+            ..Default::default()
         },
         scattering: Scattering { enabled: true, scatter: Dynamic::jitter(2.0), both_axes: true, count: 3, count_jitter: Dynamic::jitter(1.0) },
         ..brush()
@@ -638,3 +639,177 @@ fn tail_preview_shows_the_stroke_as_finishing_it_would() {
     r.push(&pts);
     assert!(r.tail_preview().is_none());
 }
+
+// ---------- Tilt Scale, Brush Projection, speed spacing, locks, mixer transfer ----------
+
+/// Coverage extent (pixels above half coverage) of a rasterised dab along x and y through its centre.
+fn extents(b: &BrushSettings, d: &Dab) -> (usize, usize) {
+    let r = raster(b, d);
+    let (cx, cy) = (d.center.x.floor() as i32, d.center.y.floor() as i32);
+    let w = (r.0.x0..r.0.x1).filter(|&x| at(&r, x, cy) > 0.5).count();
+    let h = (r.0.y0..r.0.y1).filter(|&y| at(&r, cx, y) > 0.5).count();
+    (w, h)
+}
+
+fn pen(x: f64, y: f64, tilt_x: f32, tilt_y: f32, rotation: f32) -> StrokePoint {
+    StrokePoint { tilt_x, tilt_y, rotation, ..StrokePoint::new(x, y, 1.0) }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn tilt_scale_squashes_the_tip_height_with_pen_tilt() {
+    // Size control on Pen Tilt with a 100 % minimum, so only Tilt Scale changes the shape.
+    let mk = |scale: f32| BrushSettings {
+        size: 40.0,
+        shape_dynamics: ShapeDynamics {
+            enabled: true,
+            size: Dynamic { control: Control::PenTilt, minimum: 1.0, ..Default::default() },
+            tilt_scale: scale,
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+        ..brush()
+    };
+    let upright = [pen(50.0, 50.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)];
+    let tilted = [pen(50.0, 50.0, 45.0, 0.0, 0.0)];
+    // 0 % (the default) and an upright pen leave the tip round.
+    let d = dabs_of(&mk(0.0), &tilted)[0];
+    assert_eq!(d.roundness, 1.0);
+    let d = dabs_of(&mk(2.0), &upright)[0];
+    assert_eq!(d.roundness, 1.0);
+    // 100 % at 45° tilt: height × (1 − 0.5 × 0.5) = 0.75; 200 %: 0.5.
+    let d = dabs_of(&mk(1.0), &tilted)[0];
+    assert!((d.roundness - 0.75).abs() < 1e-4, "{}", d.roundness);
+    let d2 = dabs_of(&mk(2.0), &tilted)[0];
+    assert!((d2.roundness - 0.5).abs() < 1e-4, "{}", d2.roundness);
+    let (w, h) = extents(&mk(2.0), &d2);
+    assert!(w >= 38 && (h as i32 - 20).abs() <= 2, "{w}×{h}");
+    // Only with the size control on Pen Tilt (Photoshop greys the slider otherwise).
+    let mut b = mk(2.0);
+    b.shape_dynamics.size.control = Control::PenPressure;
+    assert_eq!(dabs_of(&b, &tilted)[0].roundness, 1.0);
+    // Rendered strokes differ.
+    let a = paint(&mk(0.0), &[pen(20.0, 40.0, 60.0, 0.0, 0.0), pen(120.0, 40.0, 60.0, 0.0, 0.0)], 0, 0);
+    let c = paint(&mk(2.0), &[pen(20.0, 40.0, 60.0, 0.0, 0.0), pen(120.0, 40.0, 60.0, 0.0, 0.0)], 0, 0);
+    let area = Rect::new(0, 0, 160, 80);
+    assert!(alpha_sum(&c, area) < alpha_sum(&a, area) * 0.75, "{} vs {}", alpha_sum(&c, area), alpha_sum(&a, area));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn brush_projection_foreshortens_along_tilt_and_turns_with_rotation() {
+    let mk = |on: bool| BrushSettings { size: 40.0, shape_dynamics: ShapeDynamics { enabled: true, brush_projection: on, ..Default::default() }, ..brush() };
+    // Tilted 60° towards +x: the tip is foreshortened to cos 60° = ½ along x.
+    let pts = [pen(50.0, 50.0, 60.0, 0.0, 0.0)];
+    let d = dabs_of(&mk(true), &pts)[0];
+    assert!((d.proj_scale - 0.5).abs() < 1e-4 && d.proj_angle.abs() < 1e-5, "{d:?}");
+    let (w, h) = extents(&mk(true), &d);
+    assert!((w as i32 - 20).abs() <= 2 && h >= 38, "{w}×{h}");
+    // Tilted along y instead: foreshortened vertically.
+    let d = dabs_of(&mk(true), &[pen(50.0, 50.0, 0.0, 60.0, 0.0)])[0];
+    let (w, h) = extents(&mk(true), &d);
+    assert!(w >= 38 && (h as i32 - 20).abs() <= 2, "{w}×{h}");
+    // Off: the tilt doesn't touch the tip.
+    let d = dabs_of(&mk(false), &pts)[0];
+    assert_eq!((d.proj_scale, d.angle), (1.0, 0.0));
+    assert_eq!(extents(&mk(false), &d), (40, 40));
+    // Barrel rotation turns the tip (an elliptical one shows it).
+    let mut b = mk(true);
+    b.roundness = 0.5;
+    let d = dabs_of(&b, &[pen(50.0, 50.0, 0.0, 0.0, 90.0)])[0];
+    assert!((d.angle.to_degrees() - 90.0).abs() < 1e-3);
+    let (w, h) = extents(&b, &d);
+    assert!(w < h, "{w}×{h}");
+    // Dual-brush dabs are never projected.
+    let ctx = BrushContext::new(&mk(true));
+    let dd = Dab { proj_scale: 0.3, ..Dab::round(Point::new(50.0, 50.0), 20.0, 1.0) };
+    let (r, mut a, mut c) = (ctx.dab_rect(&dd, true), Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+    ctx.rasterize(&dd, true, r, &mut a);
+    ctx.rasterize(&Dab { proj_scale: 1.0, ..dd }, true, r, &mut c);
+    assert_eq!(a, c);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn spacing_off_spaces_dabs_by_pointer_speed() {
+    let mut b = BrushSettings { size: 20.0, spacing_enabled: false, ..brush() };
+    let timed = |ms: f64| vec![StrokePoint { time: 0.0, ..StrokePoint::new(0.0, 10.0, 1.0) }, StrokePoint { time: ms, ..StrokePoint::new(100.0, 10.0, 1.0) }];
+    // 100 px in 400 ms: a dab every 8 ms = every 2 px; in 40 ms: every 20 px.
+    let slow = dabs_of(&b, &timed(400.0)).len();
+    let fast = dabs_of(&b, &timed(40.0)).len();
+    assert_eq!((slow, fast), (51, 6));
+    // Never denser than half a pixel, however slow.
+    assert!(dabs_of(&b, &timed(1.0e9)).len() <= 201);
+    // No timestamps: one dab per input point.
+    let pts: Vec<StrokePoint> = (0..7).map(|i| StrokePoint::new(f64::from(i) * 15.0, 10.0, 1.0)).collect();
+    assert_eq!(dabs_of(&b, &pts).len(), 7);
+    // Checked: fixed spacing (25 % of 20 px = 5 px) whatever the speed.
+    b.spacing_enabled = true;
+    assert_eq!(dabs_of(&b, &timed(400.0)).len(), dabs_of(&b, &timed(40.0)).len());
+    // Chunked input gives the same dabs.
+    b.spacing_enabled = false;
+    let pts: Vec<StrokePoint> = (0..20).map(|i| StrokePoint { time: f64::from(i) * 13.0, ..StrokePoint::new(f64::from(i) * 7.0, 10.0, 1.0) }).collect();
+    let one = dabs_of(&b, &pts);
+    let mut g = crate::dynamics::DabGenerator::new(&b, 1.0);
+    let (mut out, mut dual) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+    for c in pts.chunks(3) {
+        g.push(c, &mut out, &mut dual);
+    }
+    g.finish(&mut out, &mut dual);
+    assert_eq!(one, out);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn locked_sections_survive_picking_a_preset() {
+    let presets = crate::presets::builtin();
+    let chalk = crate::presets::find(&presets, "chalk").unwrap().brush.clone();
+    let mut cur = BrushSettings {
+        scattering: Scattering { enabled: true, count: 5, ..Default::default() },
+        transfer: Transfer { enabled: true, wetness: Dynamic::jitter(0.4), ..Default::default() },
+        noise: true,
+        ..brush()
+    };
+    // Unlocked: the preset's sections win.
+    let next = chalk.clone().picked_over(&cur);
+    assert_eq!(next.scattering, chalk.scattering);
+    assert_eq!(next.noise, chalk.noise);
+    // Locked: the current sections stay, and so do the locks.
+    cur.locks = SectionLocks { scattering: true, transfer: true, noise: true, ..Default::default() };
+    let next = chalk.clone().picked_over(&cur);
+    assert_eq!(next.scattering, cur.scattering);
+    assert_eq!(next.transfer, cur.transfer);
+    assert!(next.noise);
+    assert_eq!(next.locks, cur.locks);
+    // Unlocked sections still come from the preset.
+    assert_eq!(next.texture, chalk.texture);
+    assert_eq!(next.tip, chalk.tip);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn transfer_wetness_and_mix_vary_per_dab() {
+    let b = BrushSettings {
+        transfer: Transfer {
+            enabled: true,
+            wetness: Dynamic::controlled(Control::PenPressure),
+            mix: Dynamic { jitter: 1.0, minimum: 0.25, ..Default::default() },
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+        ..brush()
+    };
+    let pts = [StrokePoint::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.3), StrokePoint::new(60.0, 0.0, 0.3)];
+    let d = dabs_of(&b, &pts);
+    assert!(d.iter().all(|x| (x.wet - 0.3).abs() < 1e-5));
+    assert!(d.iter().all(|x| (0.25..=1.0).contains(&x.mix)) && d.iter().any(|x| x.mix < 0.9));
+    // Transfer off: as set.
+    let d = dabs_of(&brush(), &pts);
+    assert!(d.iter().all(|x| x.wet == 1.0 && x.mix == 1.0));
+    // New fields round-trip and old JSON loads with neutral values.
+    let full = BrushSettings {
+        spacing_enabled: false,
+        shape_dynamics: ShapeDynamics { tilt_scale: 1.5, brush_projection: true, ..Default::default() },
+        locks: SectionLocks { texture: true, ..Default::default() },
+        mixer: crate::mixer::MixerSettings { wet: 0.9, sample_all_layers: true, ..Default::default() },
+        ..b
+    };
+    let back: BrushSettings = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::to_value(&full).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(back, full);
+    let old: BrushSettings = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"size": 12, "shapeDynamics": {"enabled": true}, "transfer": {"enabled": true}}"#).unwrap();
+    assert!(old.spacing_enabled && !old.shape_dynamics.brush_projection && old.shape_dynamics.tilt_scale == 0.0 && old.locks == SectionLocks::default());
+    assert_eq!(old.mixer, crate::mixer::MixerSettings::default());
+}
diff --git a/crates/paint/src/dynamics.rs b/crates/paint/src/dynamics.rs
index 68a98bacb5..64caebeafd 100644
--- a/crates/paint/src/dynamics.rs
+++ b/crates/paint/src/dynamics.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ use crate::{Dab, StrokePoint};
 /// Maximum pulled-string length at 100 % smoothing, in screen pixels.
 pub const MAX_STRING_PX: f64 = 100.0;
 
+/// With Spacing unchecked, one dab per this many milliseconds of stroke time, so faster strokes
+/// space their dabs further apart (Photoshop: "the speed of the cursor determines the spacing").
+pub const SPEED_SPACING_MS: f64 = 8.0;
+
+/// Densest speed spacing, in pixels between dabs (a slow, long stroke never floods the buffer).
+const MIN_SPEED_STEP: f64 = 0.5;
+
 #[inline]
 fn lerp_pt(a: &StrokePoint, b: &StrokePoint, f: f64) -> StrokePoint {
     let ff = f as f32;
@@ -147,11 +154,32 @@ pub struct PathWalker {
     /// Airbrush interval in ms (None = off).
     interval: Option<f64>,
     time_acc: f64,
+    /// Speed spacing (Spacing unchecked): one step per this many ms of stroke time.
+    speed: Option<f64>,
+    speed_acc: f64,
 }
 
 impl PathWalker {
     pub fn new(build_up_interval_ms: Option<f64>) -> Self {
-        Self { last: None, next_at: 0.0, pending_first: None, initial_dir: None, dir: 0.0, step: 0, interval: build_up_interval_ms, time_acc: 0.0 }
+        Self {
+            last: None,
+            next_at: 0.0,
+            pending_first: None,
+            initial_dir: None,
+            dir: 0.0,
+            step: 0,
+            interval: build_up_interval_ms,
+            time_acc: 0.0,
+            speed: None,
+            speed_acc: 0.0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Space steps by stroke time instead of distance ([`SPEED_SPACING_MS`]): faster movement
+    /// spreads them out. Segments without timestamps get one step at their end point.
+    pub fn speed_spacing(mut self, interval_ms: f64) -> Self {
+        self.speed = Some(interval_ms.max(0.1));
+        self
     }
 
     fn emit(&mut self, point: StrokePoint, out: &mut impl FnMut(StepInput)) {
@@ -179,12 +207,36 @@ impl PathWalker {
             self.emit(f, out);
         }
         if len > 1e-9 {
-            while self.next_at <= len + 1e-9 {
-                let q = lerp_pt(&a, &p, (self.next_at / len).min(1.0));
-                self.emit(q, out);
-                self.next_at += step_len(&q).max(0.25);
+            match self.speed {
+                None => {
+                    while self.next_at <= len + 1e-9 {
+                        let q = lerp_pt(&a, &p, (self.next_at / len).min(1.0));
+                        self.emit(q, out);
+                        self.next_at += step_len(&q).max(0.25);
+                    }
+                    self.next_at -= len;
+                }
+                Some(iv) => {
+                    let dt = p.time - a.time;
+                    if dt > 0.0 && dt.is_finite() {
+                        self.speed_acc += dt;
+                        let max_n = (len / MIN_SPEED_STEP).ceil().max(1.0) as usize;
+                        let mut n = 0;
+                        while self.speed_acc >= iv && n < max_n {
+                            self.speed_acc -= iv;
+                            let f = ((dt - self.speed_acc) / dt).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+                            self.emit(lerp_pt(&a, &p, f), out);
+                            n += 1;
+                        }
+                        if n == max_n {
+                            self.speed_acc = self.speed_acc.rem_euclid(iv);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        // No timestamps: one dab per input point.
+                        self.emit(p, out);
+                    }
+                }
             }
-            self.next_at -= len;
         }
         if let Some(iv) = self.interval {
             let dt = p.time - a.time;
@@ -379,6 +431,22 @@ impl DabBuilder {
                     fy = !fy;
                 }
             }
+            // Tilt Scale and Brush Projection (Shape Dynamics).
+            let (mut proj_angle, mut proj_scale) = (0.0, 1.0);
+            if sd.enabled {
+                let tilt = s.point.tilt_x.hypot(s.point.tilt_y).clamp(0.0, 90.0);
+                if sd.size.control == Control::PenTilt && sd.tilt_scale > 0.0 {
+                    let k = 1.0 - sd.tilt_scale.clamp(0.0, 2.0) * 0.5 * tilt / 90.0;
+                    roundness = (roundness * k).clamp(0.01, 1.0);
+                }
+                if sd.brush_projection {
+                    angle += s.point.rotation;
+                    if tilt > 0.0 {
+                        proj_angle = (-s.point.tilt_y).atan2(s.point.tilt_x);
+                        proj_scale = tilt.to_radians().cos().max(0.05);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             let radius = (diameter / 2.0).max(0.5);
             // Scatter.
             let mut c = Point::new(s.point.x, s.point.y);
@@ -403,6 +471,7 @@ impl DabBuilder {
                 opacity = scalar(&tr.opacity, s, r(stream::OPACITY));
                 flow *= scalar(&tr.flow, s, r(stream::FLOW));
             }
+            let (wet, mix) = if tr.enabled { (scalar(&tr.wetness, s, r(stream::WET)), scalar(&tr.mix, s, r(stream::MIX))) } else { (1.0, 1.0) };
             if b.pressure_opacity && !(tr.enabled && tr.opacity.control != Control::Off) {
                 opacity *= s.point.pressure.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
             }
@@ -428,6 +497,10 @@ impl DabBuilder {
                 color,
                 depth,
                 index: i,
+                proj_angle,
+                proj_scale,
+                wet,
+                mix,
             });
         }
     }
@@ -479,6 +552,10 @@ impl DualBuilder {
                 color: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
                 depth: 1.0,
                 index: i,
+                proj_angle: 0.0,
+                proj_scale: 1.0,
+                wet: 1.0,
+                mix: 1.0,
             });
         }
     }
@@ -519,7 +596,7 @@ impl DabGenerator {
         let dual_on = brush.dual_brush.enabled;
         Self {
             smoother: Smoother::new(&brush.smoothing, zoom),
-            walker: PathWalker::new(interval),
+            walker: if brush.spacing_enabled { PathWalker::new(interval) } else { PathWalker::new(interval).speed_spacing(SPEED_SPACING_MS) },
             dual_walker: dual_on.then(|| PathWalker::new(None)),
             builder: DabBuilder::new(brush),
             dual: dual_on.then(|| DualBuilder::new(brush)),
diff --git a/crates/paint/src/lib.rs b/crates/paint/src/lib.rs
index b1208240c4..96e98facf8 100644
--- a/crates/paint/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/paint/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ pub mod rng;
 pub mod tile;
 
 pub use brush::{
-    BrushPreset, BrushSettings, ColorDynamics, Control, DualBrush, Dynamic, MaskMode, Pattern, PatternStyle, Pose, Scattering, ShapeDynamics, Smoothing,
-    Texture, TipShape, Transfer,
+    BrushPreset, BrushSettings, ColorDynamics, Control, DualBrush, Dynamic, MaskMode, Pattern, PatternStyle, Pose, Scattering, SectionLocks, ShapeDynamics,
+    Smoothing, Texture, TipShape, Transfer,
 };
+pub use mixer::MixerSettings;
 pub use render::{BrushContext, StrokeRenderer, render_stroke};
 pub use tile::GrayTile;
 
@@ -94,6 +95,13 @@ pub struct Dab {
     pub depth: f32,
     /// Position in the stroke (0 = first).
     pub index: u64,
+    /// Brush Projection: direction (radians, counter-clockwise, y up) along which the tip is
+    /// foreshortened, and the factor (1 = no projection).
+    pub proj_angle: f32,
+    pub proj_scale: f32,
+    /// Mixer Brush multipliers of Wet and Mix (Transfer › Wetness/Mix Jitter), 1 = as set.
+    pub wet: f32,
+    pub mix: f32,
 }
 
 impl Dab {
@@ -111,6 +119,10 @@ impl Dab {
             color: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
             depth: 1.0,
             index: 0,
+            proj_angle: 0.0,
+            proj_scale: 1.0,
+            wet: 1.0,
+            mix: 1.0,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/paint/src/mixer.rs b/crates/paint/src/mixer.rs
index dcbc1acf52..afb8092cd2 100644
--- a/crates/paint/src/mixer.rs
+++ b/crates/paint/src/mixer.rs
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ pub struct MixerSettings {
     pub load: f32,
     pub mix: f32,
     pub flow: f32,
+    /// Pick up colour from all visible layers instead of the target layer only.
+    pub sample_all_layers: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for MixerSettings {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Self { wet: 0.5, load: 0.5, mix: 0.5, flow: 1.0 }
+        Self { wet: 0.5, load: 0.5, mix: 0.5, flow: 1.0, sample_all_layers: false }
     }
 }
 
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ pub fn apply_mixer_stroke(
     let mut acc = vec![0.0f32; n];
     let mut paint = vec![0.0f32; n];
     let dmg = apply_dab_stroke(target, &st, selection, lock_transparency, 0, |work, fp| {
+        // Transfer › Wetness / Mix Jitter scale the settings per dab.
+        let (wet, mix) = (wet * fp.dab.wet.clamp(0.0, 1.0), mix * fp.dab.mix.clamp(0.0, 1.0));
         // Sample the canvas under the dab.
         acc.iter_mut().for_each(|v| *v = 0.0);
         let (mut wsum, mut asum) = (0.0f32, 0.0f32);
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ mod tests {
             let mut s = Surface::new(PixelFormat::RGBA8);
             let mut st = MixerState::default();
             st.load([1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
-            apply_mixer_stroke(&mut s, None, &stroke(10.0), &MixerSettings { wet: 0.0, load, mix: 0.0, flow: 1.0 }, &mut st, None, false);
+            apply_mixer_stroke(&mut s, None, &stroke(10.0), &MixerSettings { wet: 0.0, load, mix: 0.0, flow: 1.0, ..Default::default() }, &mut st, None, false);
             let (start, end) = (s.rgba(10, 10)[3], s.rgba(190, 10)[3]);
             assert!(start > 0.95, "{start}");
             if expect_dry {
@@ -186,7 +190,15 @@ mod tests {
         s.fill_rect(Rect::new(100, 0, 200, 20), &[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]);
         let mut st = MixerState::default();
         st.load([1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
-        apply_mixer_stroke(&mut s, None, &stroke(10.0), &MixerSettings { wet: 1.0, load: 0.3, mix: 0.9, flow: 1.0 }, &mut st, None, false);
+        apply_mixer_stroke(
+            &mut s,
+            None,
+            &stroke(10.0),
+            &MixerSettings { wet: 1.0, load: 0.3, mix: 0.9, flow: 1.0, ..Default::default() },
+            &mut st,
+            None,
+            false,
+        );
         // Blue is dragged into the white half.
         let c = s.rgba(115, 10);
         assert!(c[2] > c[1] + 0.05 && c[1] < 0.95, "{c:?}");
@@ -205,4 +217,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!dmg.is_empty());
         assert_eq!(s.rgba(50, 10)[3], 0.0);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn transfer_wetness_control_scales_pickup_per_dab() {
+        // Wetness on Pen Pressure: no pressure means a dry brush (no pickup), full pressure picks up.
+        let run = |pressure: f32| {
+            let mut s = Surface::new(PixelFormat::RGBA8);
+            s.fill_rect(Rect::new(0, 0, 200, 20), &[0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0]);
+            let mut st = MixerState::default();
+            st.load([1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
+            let mut k = stroke(10.0);
+            k.brush.transfer = crate::Transfer { enabled: true, wetness: crate::Dynamic::controlled(crate::Control::PenPressure), ..Default::default() };
+            for p in &mut k.points {
+                p.pressure = pressure;
+            }
+            apply_mixer_stroke(&mut s, None, &k, &MixerSettings { wet: 1.0, load: 1.0, mix: 1.0, flow: 1.0, ..Default::default() }, &mut st, None, false);
+            st.pickup
+        };
+        assert!(run(0.0).is_none());
+        assert!(run(1.0).is_some_and(|p| p[2] > 0.2));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/paint/src/presets.rs b/crates/paint/src/presets.rs
index e987348d53..c5d9143e34 100644
--- a/crates/paint/src/presets.rs
+++ b/crates/paint/src/presets.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn size_dyn(size: Dynamic) -> ShapeDynamics {
 }
 
 fn transfer(opacity: Dynamic, flow: Dynamic) -> Transfer {
-    Transfer { enabled: true, opacity, flow }
+    Transfer { enabled: true, opacity, flow, ..Default::default() }
 }
 
 fn paper(seed: u32, depth: f32) -> Texture {
diff --git a/crates/paint/src/render.rs b/crates/paint/src/render.rs
index 3cee715d59..cf33a1ef5f 100644
--- a/crates/paint/src/render.rs
+++ b/crates/paint/src/render.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ impl BrushContext {
         let (cx, cy) = (d.center.x as f32, d.center.y as f32);
         let (sn, cs) = d.angle.sin_cos();
         let (fx, fy) = (if d.flip_x { -1.0 } else { 1.0 }, if d.flip_y { -1.0 } else { 1.0 });
+        // Brush Projection: stretch the sampling coordinates along the tilt direction, which
+        // foreshortens the tip there by `proj_scale`.
+        let proj = (!dual && d.proj_scale < 0.999).then(|| {
+            let (ps, pc) = d.proj_angle.sin_cos();
+            (pc, ps, 1.0 / d.proj_scale.max(0.05) - 1.0)
+        });
         let r = d.radius;
         let ro = d.roundness.max(0.5 / r).min(1.0);
         let rm = (r * ro).max(0.5);
@@ -163,8 +169,13 @@ impl BrushContext {
             for xx in 0..w {
                 let x = rect.x0 + xx as i32;
                 let dx = x as f32 + 0.5 - cx;
-                // To y-up, rotate by -angle, flip.
-                let (ux, uy) = (dx, -dy);
+                // To y-up, project, rotate by -angle, flip.
+                let (mut ux, mut uy) = (dx, -dy);
+                if let Some((ax, ay, k)) = proj {
+                    let t = (ux * ax + uy * ay) * k;
+                    ux += t * ax;
+                    uy += t * ay;
+                }
                 let u = (ux * cs + uy * sn) * fx;
                 let v = (-ux * sn + uy * cs) * fy;
                 let (mut val, rn) = match mips {
diff --git a/crates/paint/src/rng.rs b/crates/paint/src/rng.rs
index 9d053653a1..3dfe5fd809 100644
--- a/crates/paint/src/rng.rs
+++ b/crates/paint/src/rng.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ pub mod stream {
     pub const DUAL_X: u64 = 16;
     pub const DUAL_Y: u64 = 17;
     pub const DUAL_FLIP: u64 = 18;
+    pub const WET: u64 = 19;
+    pub const MIX: u64 = 20;
 }
 
 /// Seed derived from arbitrary bytes (FNV-1a then mixed), for commands without an explicit seed.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel.rs
index 8ff7f4923e..8e9768117a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
 //!
 //! The panel never writes the session brush itself: each frame's edits become one
 //! `tools.setBrush` call carrying only the changed fields (Rule 1), so the journal, the control
-//! channel and the MCP server see exactly what the panel did and can do the same.
+//! channel and the MCP server see exactly what the panel did and can do the same. A drag's calls
+//! share a `coalesce` key, so a whole gesture is one journal entry ([`commit_gesture`]).
+//!
+//! The lock beside a section name keeps that section's settings when another preset is picked
+//! (`locks` in the brush, applied by the engine). The Brushes tab lives in [`crate::brushes_tab`].
 
 use egui::{Color32, CornerRadius, RichText, Sense, Stroke, vec2};
 use photocraft_engine::BrushSettings;
-use photocraft_engine::paint::{self, TipShape};
+use photocraft_engine::paint;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{Map, Value, json};
 
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ use crate::{PhotocraftApp, icons, widgets};
 
 pub use crate::brush_preview::{preview_pixels, preview_sig};
 pub use crate::brush_sections::section_body;
+pub use photocraft_engine::brush_cmds::brush_patch;
 
 /// Sections in Photoshop's order. The bool says whether the section has an enable box.
 pub const SECTIONS: [(&str, bool); 13] = [
@@ -41,9 +46,31 @@ pub const SECTIONS: [(&str, bool); 13] = [
 ];
 
 /// Panel width and the stroke strip's size.
-const WIDTH: f32 = 540.0;
+pub(crate) const WIDTH: f32 = 540.0;
 const STRIP: (u32, u32) = (488, 76);
 
+/// How the Brushes tab lists presets.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum BrushesView {
+    /// Rows: tip, size, stroke preview, name.
+    #[default]
+    List,
+    /// Tip thumbnails with their sizes.
+    Grid,
+}
+
+/// A rename in progress in the Brushes tab (a preset, or a group when `group` is set).
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(default, rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct Renaming {
+    pub group: bool,
+    /// The preset (or group) being renamed.
+    pub name: String,
+    /// The text typed so far.
+    pub text: String,
+}
+
 /// Brushes panel view state (serde, so the control channel can read and drive it).
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default, rename_all = "camelCase")]
@@ -52,6 +79,8 @@ pub struct BrushesPanelState {
     pub collapsed: Vec<String>,
     /// Case-insensitive name filter.
     pub filter: String,
+    pub view: BrushesView,
+    pub renaming: Option<Renaming>,
 }
 
 /// The enable flag behind section `i` (None for Brush Tip Shape and Smoothing).
@@ -72,63 +101,74 @@ pub fn section_flag(b: &mut BrushSettings, i: usize) -> Option<&mut bool> {
     })
 }
 
-/// The brush as JSON with the bitmaps (sampled tips, pattern tiles) that `skip` names replaced by
-/// placeholders: they can be megabytes of base64, and skipped ones are equal on both sides.
-fn light_json(b: &BrushSettings, skip: (bool, bool, bool)) -> Value {
-    let mut c = b.clone();
-    if skip.0 {
-        c.tip = TipShape::Round;
-    }
-    if skip.1 {
-        c.dual_brush.tip = TipShape::Round;
-    }
-    if skip.2 {
-        c.texture.pattern = paint::Pattern::default();
-    }
-    serde_json::to_value(&c).unwrap_or(Value::Null)
-}
-
-/// Fields of `new` that differ from `old`, nested objects diffed key by key: a minimal
-/// `tools.setBrush` patch (`{}` when nothing changed).
-pub fn brush_patch(old: &BrushSettings, new: &BrushSettings) -> Value {
-    let skip = (old.tip == new.tip, old.dual_brush.tip == new.dual_brush.tip, old.texture.pattern == new.texture.pattern);
-    fn diff(a: &Value, b: &Value) -> Option<Value> {
-        match (a, b) {
-            (Value::Object(ao), Value::Object(bo)) => {
-                let mut out = Map::new();
-                for (k, bv) in bo {
-                    match ao.get(k) {
-                        Some(av) => {
-                            if let Some(d) = diff(av, bv) {
-                                out.insert(k.clone(), d);
-                            }
-                        }
-                        None => {
-                            out.insert(k.clone(), bv.clone());
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                (!out.is_empty()).then_some(Value::Object(out))
-            }
-            // Enums with payloads (tips, patterns) are replaced whole.
-            _ => (a != b).then(|| b.clone()),
-        }
-    }
-    diff(&light_json(old, skip), &light_json(new, skip)).unwrap_or_else(|| json!({}))
+/// The lock behind section `i` (every section but Brush Tip Shape has one, as in Photoshop).
+pub fn section_lock(b: &mut BrushSettings, i: usize) -> Option<&mut bool> {
+    let l = &mut b.locks;
+    Some(match i {
+        1 => &mut l.shape_dynamics,
+        2 => &mut l.scattering,
+        3 => &mut l.texture,
+        4 => &mut l.dual_brush,
+        5 => &mut l.color_dynamics,
+        6 => &mut l.transfer,
+        7 => &mut l.pose,
+        8 => &mut l.noise,
+        9 => &mut l.wet_edges,
+        10 => &mut l.build_up,
+        11 => &mut l.smoothing,
+        12 => &mut l.protect_texture,
+        _ => return None,
+    })
 }
 
 /// Send the panel's edits (`before` → `after`) through `tools.setBrush`.
 pub fn commit(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, before: &BrushSettings, after: &BrushSettings) {
+    send(app, before, after, None);
+}
+
+fn send(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, before: &BrushSettings, after: &BrushSettings, key: Option<String>) -> bool {
     if before == after {
-        return;
+        return false;
     }
     let patch = brush_patch(before, after);
     if patch.as_object().is_some_and(Map::is_empty) {
-        return;
+        return false;
     }
-    if let Err(e) = app.run("tools.setBrush", json!({ "brush": patch })) {
+    let mut p = json!({ "brush": patch });
+    if let Some(k) = key {
+        p["coalesce"] = json!(k);
+    }
+    if let Err(e) = app.run("tools.setBrush", p) {
         app.ui.status = e;
     }
+    true
+}
+
+const GESTURE: &str = "brush-set-gesture";
+
+/// The current brush-edit gesture number. A pointer press starts a new gesture (once per frame);
+/// [`commit_gesture`] ends one after an edit made with the pointer up (a click, a typed value).
+fn gesture(ctx: &egui::Context) -> u64 {
+    let frame = ctx.cumulative_pass_nr();
+    let pressed = ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed());
+    ctx.data_mut(|d| {
+        let g = d.get_temp_mut_or_default::<(u64, u64)>(egui::Id::new(GESTURE));
+        if pressed && g.1 != frame {
+            g.0 += 1;
+            g.1 = frame;
+        }
+        g.0
+    })
+}
+
+/// [`commit`] as part of a gesture: every call of one drag carries the same `coalesce` key, so
+/// the engine journals the drag as a single `tools.setBrush` (Rule 1: one command per gesture).
+/// Call it every frame (it tracks presses even when nothing changed).
+pub fn commit_gesture(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, before: &BrushSettings, after: &BrushSettings) {
+    let g = gesture(ctx);
+    if send(app, before, after, Some(format!("brush-ui:{g}"))) && !ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_down()) {
+        ctx.data_mut(|d| d.get_temp_mut_or_default::<(u64, u64)>(egui::Id::new(GESTURE)).0 += 1);
+    }
 }
 
 /// Group label for presets saved without a group.
@@ -147,189 +187,41 @@ pub fn grouped_presets(presets: &[paint::BrushPreset]) -> Vec<(String, Vec<usize
     out
 }
 
-/// Does the current brush match `preset` (everything but colour and size)? Cheap fields first:
-/// the full comparison clones the preset and its tip.
+/// Does the current brush match `preset` (everything but colour, size and the tool state that
+/// picking a preset keeps: smoothing and the section locks)? Cheap fields first: the full
+/// comparison clones the preset and its tip.
 pub fn is_current(preset: &BrushSettings, brush: &BrushSettings) -> bool {
     preset.hardness == brush.hardness
         && preset.spacing == brush.spacing
         && preset.tip == brush.tip
-        && BrushSettings { color: brush.color, size: brush.size, background: brush.background, ..preset.clone() } == *brush
+        && BrushSettings {
+            color: brush.color,
+            size: brush.size,
+            background: brush.background,
+            smoothing: brush.smoothing.clone(),
+            locks: brush.locks.clone(),
+            ..preset.clone()
+        } == *brush
 }
 
 /// A fresh "Brush N" name.
-fn new_preset_name(presets: &[paint::BrushPreset]) -> String {
+pub(crate) fn new_preset_name(presets: &[paint::BrushPreset]) -> String {
     (1..).map(|n| format!("Brush {n}")).find(|n| !presets.iter().any(|p| &p.name == n)).unwrap_or_else(|| "Brush".into())
 }
 
-fn run_or_status(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, id: &str, p: Value) {
+pub(crate) fn run_or_status(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, id: &str, p: Value) {
     if let Err(e) = app.run(id, p) {
         app.ui.status = e;
     }
 }
 
-fn full_uv() -> egui::Rect {
+pub(crate) fn full_uv() -> egui::Rect {
     egui::Rect::from_min_max(egui::Pos2::ZERO, egui::pos2(1.0, 1.0))
 }
 
-fn brushes_tab(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
-    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
-    // Size of the current brush (Photoshop's Brushes panel slider).
-    let before = app.session.tools.brush.clone();
-    let mut b = before.clone();
-    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-        ui.label(RichText::new("Size").color(t.text_dim));
-        let mut lv = b.size.max(1.0).ln();
-        ui.add_sized(vec2(WIDTH - 140.0, 18.0), |ui: &mut egui::Ui| {
-            let r = widgets::slider(ui, &mut lv, 0.0..=5000f32.ln(), None);
-            if r.changed() {
-                b.size = lv.exp().round().clamp(1.0, 5000.0);
-            }
-            r
-        });
-        let mut s = b.size;
-        if widgets::value_field(ui, &mut s, 1.0..=5000.0, "px", 74.0).changed() {
-            b.size = s.round().clamp(1.0, 5000.0);
-        }
-    });
-    commit(app, &before, &b);
-    ui.add_space(4.0);
-    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-        icons::paint(ui, egui::Rect::from_min_size(ui.cursor().min + vec2(0.0, 3.0), vec2(16.0, 16.0)), "search", 14.0, t.text_faint);
-        ui.add_space(20.0);
-        ui.add(egui::TextEdit::singleline(&mut app.ui.brushes_panel.filter).hint_text("Search Brushes").desired_width(WIDTH - 60.0));
-    });
-    ui.add_space(6.0);
-    let filter = app.ui.brushes_panel.filter.trim().to_lowercase();
-    let groups = grouped_presets(&app.session.tools.presets);
-    let brush = &app.session.tools.brush;
-    let mut clicked = None;
-    let mut toggle = None;
-    egui::ScrollArea::vertical().id_salt("brush-presets").max_height(400.0).auto_shrink([false, true]).show(ui, |ui| {
-        ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.y = 1.0;
-        for (group, items) in groups {
-            let items: Vec<usize> = items
-                .into_iter()
-                .filter(|i| filter.is_empty() || app.session.tools.presets.get(*i).is_some_and(|p| p.name.to_lowercase().contains(&filter)))
-                .collect();
-            if items.is_empty() {
-                continue;
-            }
-            let open = !filter.is_empty() || !app.ui.brushes_panel.collapsed.contains(&group);
-            let (r, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(ui.available_width(), 24.0), Sense::click());
-            if resp.hovered() {
-                ui.painter().rect_filled(r, t.radius_sm, t.hover);
-            }
-            let x = r.left() + 4.0;
-            icons::paint(
-                ui,
-                egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::pos2(x, r.center().y - 7.0), vec2(14.0, 14.0)),
-                if open { "chevron-down" } else { "chevron-right" },
-                12.0,
-                t.text_dim,
-            );
-            icons::paint(
-                ui,
-                egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::pos2(x + 18.0, r.center().y - 8.0), vec2(16.0, 16.0)),
-                if open { "folder-open" } else { "folder" },
-                14.0,
-                t.icon,
-            );
-            ui.painter().text(egui::pos2(x + 40.0, r.center().y), egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER, &group, theme::semibold(12.0), t.text);
-            ui.painter().text(
-                egui::pos2(r.right() - 8.0, r.center().y),
-                egui::Align2::RIGHT_CENTER,
-                items.len().to_string(),
-                theme::medium(11.0),
-                t.text_faint,
-            );
-            if resp.clicked() {
-                toggle = Some(group.clone());
-            }
-            if !open {
-                continue;
-            }
-            for i in items {
-                let Some(p) = app.session.tools.presets.get(i) else { continue };
-                let (r, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(ui.available_width(), 44.0), Sense::click());
-                if !ui.is_rect_visible(r) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if is_current(&p.brush, brush) {
-                    ui.painter().rect_filled(r, t.radius_sm, t.accent_soft);
-                } else if resp.hovered() {
-                    ui.painter().rect_filled(r, t.radius_sm, t.hover);
-                }
-                let pb = &p.brush;
-                let tip = brush_preview::tip_texture(ui.ctx(), &format!("brushes-tip:{}", p.name), &pb.tip, (pb.hardness, pb.angle, pb.roundness), 36, t.text);
-                let cell = egui::Rect::from_min_size(r.left_top() + vec2(22.0, 2.0), vec2(36.0, 30.0));
-                let tr = egui::Rect::from_center_size(cell.center(), vec2(30.0, 30.0) * crate::brush_sections::thumb_scale(pb.size));
-                ui.painter().image(tip.id(), tr, full_uv(), Color32::WHITE);
-                ui.painter().text(
-                    egui::pos2(cell.center().x, r.bottom() - 1.0),
-                    egui::Align2::CENTER_BOTTOM,
-                    format!("{}", pb.size.round() as i64),
-                    egui::FontId::proportional(9.0),
-                    t.text_faint,
-                );
-                let stroke = brush_preview::stroke_texture(ui.ctx(), &format!("brushes-stroke:{}", p.name), pb, 170, 36, t.text);
-                let sr = egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::pos2(cell.right() + 8.0, r.top() + 4.0), vec2(170.0, 36.0));
-                ui.painter().image(stroke.id(), sr, full_uv(), Color32::WHITE);
-                ui.painter().text(
-                    egui::pos2(sr.right() + 12.0, r.center().y),
-                    egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER,
-                    &p.name,
-                    egui::FontId::proportional(12.0),
-                    t.text_dim,
-                );
-                if resp.clicked() {
-                    clicked = Some(p.name.clone());
-                }
-            }
-            ui.add_space(2.0);
-        }
-    });
-    if let Some(g) = toggle {
-        let c = &mut app.ui.brushes_panel.collapsed;
-        match c.iter().position(|x| *x == g) {
-            Some(i) => {
-                c.remove(i);
-            }
-            None => c.push(g),
-        }
-    }
-    if let Some(name) = clicked {
-        run_or_status(app, "tools.setBrush", json!({ "preset": name }));
-    }
-    ui.add_space(4.0);
-    widgets::hairline(ui);
-    ui.add_space(4.0);
-    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-        ui.label(RichText::new(format!("{} presets", app.session.tools.presets.len())).color(t.text_faint));
-        ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
-            let current = app.session.tools.presets.iter().find(|p| is_current(&p.brush, &app.session.tools.brush)).map(|p| p.name.clone());
-            if ui.add_enabled_ui(current.is_some(), |ui| icons::button(ui, "trash", 24.0, false, "Delete brush")).inner.clicked()
-                && let Some(name) = current
-            {
-                run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.delete", json!({ "name": name }));
-            }
-            if icons::button(ui, "square-plus", 24.0, false, "Create new brush from the current settings").clicked() {
-                let name = new_preset_name(&app.session.tools.presets);
-                run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.save", json!({ "name": name }));
-            }
-            if icons::button(ui, "folder-open", 24.0, false, "Import Brushes… (.abr)").clicked() {
-                app.open_dialog_file();
-            }
-        });
-    });
-    // Forget previews of presets that no longer exist.
-    let names: std::collections::HashSet<&str> = app.session.tools.presets.iter().map(|p| p.name.as_str()).collect();
-    brush_preview::with_cache(ui.ctx(), |c| {
-        c.retain(|slot| slot.split_once(':').is_none_or(|(_, n)| names.contains(n)));
-    });
-}
-
-/// The section list: enable boxes, names, the selection. Clicking a name shows the section and
-/// turns it on (Photoshop); clicking a box only toggles it.
+/// The section list: enable boxes, names, locks, the selection. Clicking a name shows the section
+/// and turns it on (Photoshop); clicking a box only toggles it; the lock on the right keeps the
+/// section when another preset is picked.
 fn section_list(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings) {
     let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
     ui.vertical(|ui| {
@@ -355,9 +247,10 @@ fn section_list(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSetting
                 } else {
                     ui.painter().rect_stroke(br, 2.0, Stroke::new(1.2, t.text_faint), egui::StrokeKind::Inside);
                 }
+                let on_lock = resp.interact_pointer_pos().is_some_and(|p| p.x > r.right() - 22.0);
                 if box_resp.clicked() {
                     *flag = !*flag;
-                } else if resp.clicked() {
+                } else if resp.clicked() && !on_lock {
                     *flag = true;
                 }
                 x += 20.0;
@@ -367,7 +260,22 @@ fn section_list(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSetting
             let color = if sel { t.text } else { t.text_dim };
             let font = if i == 0 { theme::semibold(12.0) } else { theme::medium(12.0) };
             ui.painter().text(egui::pos2(x, r.center().y), egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER, *name, font, color);
-            if resp.clicked() {
+            let mut lock_clicked = false;
+            if let Some(lock) = section_lock(b, i) {
+                let lr = egui::Rect::from_center_size(egui::pos2(r.right() - 11.0, r.center().y), vec2(18.0, 18.0));
+                let lresp = ui.interact(lr, ui.id().with(("brush-sec-lock", i)), Sense::click());
+                // Like Photoshop: the lock shows only when set or hovered.
+                if *lock || resp.hovered() || lresp.hovered() {
+                    let tint = if *lock { t.text } else { t.text_faint };
+                    icons::paint(ui, lr, if *lock { "lock" } else { "lock-open" }, 12.0, tint);
+                }
+                let tip = if *lock { "Unlock: picking a preset replaces these settings" } else { "Lock: keep these settings when picking another preset" };
+                if lresp.on_hover_text(tip).clicked() {
+                    *lock = !*lock;
+                    lock_clicked = true;
+                }
+            }
+            if resp.clicked() && !lock_clicked {
                 app.ui.brush_section = i;
             }
             if i == 0 {
@@ -411,11 +319,11 @@ fn settings_tab(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.save", json!({ "name": name, "brush": serde_json::to_value(&b).unwrap_or(Value::Null) }));
             }
             if icons::button(ui, "undo-2", 24.0, false, "Reset the brush to the defaults").clicked() {
-                b = BrushSettings { color: b.color, background: b.background, smoothing: b.smoothing.clone(), ..Default::default() };
+                b = BrushSettings { color: b.color, background: b.background, smoothing: b.smoothing.clone(), locks: b.locks.clone(), ..Default::default() };
             }
         });
     });
-    commit(app, &before, &b);
+    commit_gesture(app, ui.ctx(), &before, &b);
 }
 
 pub fn window(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
@@ -457,7 +365,7 @@ pub fn window(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
             widgets::hairline(ui);
             ui.add_space(6.0);
             if app.ui.brush_tab == 1 {
-                brushes_tab(app, ui);
+                crate::brushes_tab::show(app, ui);
             } else {
                 settings_tab(app, ui);
             }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel_tests.rs
index d3f36ddc8f..46b6a738ad 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_panel_tests.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ fn edit_section(i: usize, b: &mut BrushSettings) {
             b.roundness = 0.4;
             b.hardness = 0.25;
             b.spacing = 0.6;
+            b.spacing_enabled = false;
         }
         1 => {
             let sd = &mut b.shape_dynamics;
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ fn edit_section(i: usize, b: &mut BrushSettings) {
             sd.roundness = dynamic(0.5, Control::PenTilt, 0.25);
             sd.flip_x_jitter = true;
             sd.flip_y_jitter = true;
+            sd.tilt_scale = 1.25;
+            sd.brush_projection = true;
         }
         2 => {
             let sc = &mut b.scattering;
@@ -92,6 +95,9 @@ fn edit_section(i: usize, b: &mut BrushSettings) {
             b.transfer.enabled = true;
             b.transfer.opacity = dynamic(0.5, Control::PenPressure, 0.1);
             b.transfer.flow = dynamic(0.25, Control::Fade, 0.3);
+            b.transfer.wetness = dynamic(0.35, Control::PenPressure, 0.1);
+            b.transfer.mix = dynamic(0.45, Control::Fade, 0.2);
+            b.mixer = paint::MixerSettings { wet: 0.9, load: 0.15, mix: 0.7, flow: 0.8, sample_all_layers: true };
         }
         7 => {
             let p = &mut b.pose;
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@ fn every_section_round_trips_through_set_brush() {
         let (id, p) = last_journal(&app).expect("journaled");
         assert_eq!(id, "tools.setBrush");
         let patch = &p["brush"];
-        assert!(patch.as_object().is_some_and(|o| !o.is_empty() && o.len() <= 7), "section {i}: {patch}");
+        assert!(patch.as_object().is_some_and(|o| !o.is_empty() && o.len() <= 8), "section {i}: {patch}");
         // And the engine's view (`brush.get`) reads back the same settings.
         let got = app.session.execute("brush.get", json!({})).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(serde_json::from_value::<BrushSettings>(got).unwrap(), after, "section {i}");
@@ -189,6 +195,144 @@ fn bad_patches_fail_without_touching_the_brush() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn section_locks_round_trip_and_survive_preset_picks() {
+    let mut b = BrushSettings::default();
+    for (i, (name, _)) in SECTIONS.iter().enumerate() {
+        assert_eq!(section_lock(&mut b, i).is_some(), i > 0, "{name} has a lock");
+    }
+    let mut app = app();
+    let before = app.session.tools.brush.clone();
+    let mut after = before.clone();
+    edit_section(2, &mut after);
+    for i in [2, 6, 8] {
+        *section_lock(&mut after, i).unwrap() = true;
+    }
+    commit(&mut app, &before, &after);
+    let (_, p) = last_journal(&app).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(p["brush"]["locks"], json!({"scattering": true, "transfer": true, "noise": true}));
+    // Picking a preset keeps the locked sections (and the locks), and the preset still reads as current.
+    let chalk = paint::presets::find(&app.session.tools.presets, "Chalk").unwrap().brush.clone();
+    app.run("tools.setBrush", json!({"preset": "Chalk"})).unwrap();
+    let b = &app.session.tools.brush;
+    assert_eq!(b.scattering, after.scattering);
+    assert!(b.locks.scattering && b.locks.noise);
+    assert_eq!(b.tip, chalk.tip);
+}
+
+/// A harness that shows the options bar with `tool` in the Studio (non-pro) theme.
+fn options_bar_harness(tool: crate::state::Tool) -> Harness<'static, PhotocraftApp> {
+    let mut app = app();
+    app.ui.tool = tool;
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(vec2(1400.0, 60.0)).build_ui_state(
+        |ui, app: &mut PhotocraftApp| {
+            if !ui.ctx().fonts(|f| f.families().contains(&egui::FontFamily::Name("medium".into()))) {
+                return;
+            }
+            crate::panels::options_bar(app, ui);
+        },
+        app,
+    );
+    PhotocraftApp::setup_context(&h.ctx, crate::theme::ThemeKind::Studio);
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    h
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn options_bar_edits_are_one_set_brush_per_gesture() {
+    use egui_kittest::kittest::Queryable;
+    let mut h = options_bar_harness(crate::state::Tool::Brush);
+    let n = h.state().session.journal.len();
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.len(), n, "showing the bar issues nothing");
+    // Drag the Opacity field left: many frames, one journal entry.
+    let label = h.get_by_label("Opacity").rect();
+    let start = egui::pos2(label.right() + 40.0, label.center().y);
+    h.hover_at(start);
+    h.run();
+    h.drag_at(start);
+    h.run();
+    for k in 1..=8 {
+        h.hover_at(start - vec2(5.0 * k as f32, 0.0));
+        h.run();
+    }
+    h.drop_at(start - vec2(40.0, 0.0));
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let opacity = h.state().session.tools.brush.opacity;
+    assert!(opacity < 0.95, "the drag lowered the opacity: {opacity}");
+    let j = &h.state().session.journal;
+    assert_eq!(j.len(), n + 1, "{:?}", &j[n..]);
+    let (id, p) = j.last().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(id, "tools.setBrush");
+    assert_eq!(p["brush"]["opacity"].as_f64().map(|v| v as f32), Some(opacity));
+    // A click is its own gesture: the Pressure for Size switch sits left of its label.
+    let label = h.get_by_label("Pressure for Size").rect();
+    let was = h.state().session.tools.brush.pressure_size;
+    let at = egui::pos2(label.left() - 18.0, label.center().y);
+    h.hover_at(at);
+    h.run();
+    h.drag_at(at);
+    h.run();
+    h.drop_at(at);
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.tools.brush.pressure_size, !was);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.len(), n + 2);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.journal.last().unwrap().1["brush"], json!({"pressureSize": !was}));
+    // Replaying the journal gives the same brush.
+    let mut s = photocraft_engine::Session::new();
+    for (id, p) in &h.state().session.journal {
+        s.execute(id, p.clone()).unwrap();
+    }
+    assert_eq!(s.tools.brush, h.state().session.tools.brush);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn drop_targets_and_actions_reorder_presets() {
+    use crate::brushes_tab::{Action, apply, drop_target, group_key};
+    let mut app = app();
+    for (n, g) in [("A1", "Alpha"), ("A2", "Alpha"), ("A3", "Alpha"), ("B1", "Beta")] {
+        app.session.tools.presets.push(paint::BrushPreset { name: n.into(), brush: Default::default(), builtin: false, group: g.into() });
+    }
+    let p = &app.session.tools.presets;
+    // Dropping A1 on A3's lower half lands after A3 (index 2 once A1 is out); on its upper half, before it.
+    assert_eq!(drop_target(p, "A1", "A3", true), Some(("Alpha".into(), 2)));
+    assert_eq!(drop_target(p, "A1", "A3", false), Some(("Alpha".into(), 1)));
+    assert_eq!(drop_target(p, "A3", "A1", false), Some(("Alpha".into(), 0)));
+    assert_eq!(drop_target(p, "A2", "B1", true), Some(("Beta".into(), 1)));
+    assert_eq!(drop_target(p, "A2", "Nope", true), None);
+    assert_eq!(group_key(p, UNGROUPED), "");
+    let (group, index) = drop_target(p, "A1", "A3", true).unwrap();
+    apply(&mut app, vec![Action::Move { name: "A1".into(), group, index: Some(index) }]);
+    let names = |app: &PhotocraftApp, g: &str| app.session.tools.presets.iter().filter(|x| x.group == g).map(|x| x.name.clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert_eq!(names(&app, "Alpha"), ["A2", "A3", "A1"]);
+    apply(&mut app, vec![Action::Move { name: "A2".into(), group: "Beta".into(), index: None }]);
+    assert_eq!(names(&app, "Beta"), ["B1", "A2"]);
+    apply(&mut app, vec![Action::MoveGroup { group: "Beta".into(), before: Some("Alpha".into()) }]);
+    let order = photocraft_engine::brush_preset_cmds::group_order(&app.session.tools.presets);
+    assert!(order.iter().position(|g| g == "Beta") < order.iter().position(|g| g == "Alpha"));
+    // Rename and delete from the context menu.
+    apply(&mut app, vec![Action::Rename(Renaming { group: false, name: "A3".into(), text: "Third".into() })]);
+    assert!(paint::presets::find(&app.session.tools.presets, "Third").is_some());
+    assert!(app.ui.brushes_panel.renaming.is_none());
+    apply(&mut app, vec![Action::Rename(Renaming { group: true, name: "Beta".into(), text: "Bees".into() })]);
+    assert_eq!(names(&app, "Bees"), ["B1", "A2"]);
+    apply(&mut app, vec![Action::Delete("Third".into()), Action::DeleteGroup("Bees".into())]);
+    assert_eq!(names(&app, "Alpha"), ["A1"]);
+    assert!(names(&app, "Bees").is_empty());
+    // Every action went through a journaled command.
+    let ids: Vec<&str> = app.session.journal.iter().map(|(id, _)| id.as_str()).collect();
+    for id in [
+        "brush.presets.move",
+        "brush.presets.moveGroup",
+        "brush.presets.rename",
+        "brush.presets.renameGroup",
+        "brush.presets.delete",
+        "brush.presets.deleteGroup",
+    ] {
+        assert!(ids.contains(&id), "{id}: {ids:?}");
+    }
+}
+
 fn harness(tab: usize, section: usize) -> Harness<'static, PhotocraftApp> {
     let mut app = app();
     app.ui.panels.brush_settings = true;
@@ -229,9 +373,13 @@ fn preview_strip_re_renders_only_when_the_brush_changes() {
 
 #[test]
 fn every_section_draws_without_issuing_commands() {
-    for tab in 0..2 {
+    for tab in 0..3 {
         for section in 0..SECTIONS.len() {
-            let mut h = harness(tab, section);
+            // Tab 2: the Brushes tab in grid view.
+            let mut h = harness(tab.min(1), section);
+            if tab == 2 {
+                h.state_mut().ui.brushes_panel.view = BrushesView::Grid;
+            }
             // A brush with every section on and a sampled tip.
             let mut b = BrushSettings::default();
             for i in 0..SECTIONS.len() {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_sections.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_sections.rs
index 28005ebc3c..8f90e32f26 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_sections.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brush_sections.rs
@@ -328,12 +328,22 @@ fn tip_shape(ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings, presets: &[BrushPreset])
     ui.add_enabled_ui(matches!(b.tip, TipShape::Round), |ui| {
         pct(ui, "Hardness", &mut b.hardness, 1.0);
     });
-    signed_pct(ui, "Spacing", &mut b.spacing, 0.01, 10.0);
+    // Unchecked, the pointer's speed sets the spacing (Photoshop).
+    widgets::checkbox(ui, &mut b.spacing_enabled, "Spacing").on_hover_text("Off: the speed of the pointer sets the spacing");
+    ui.add_space(2.0);
+    let on = b.spacing_enabled;
+    ui.add_enabled_ui(on, |ui| signed_pct(ui, "Spacing", &mut b.spacing, 0.01, 10.0));
 }
 
 fn shape_dynamics(ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings) {
     let sd = &mut b.shape_dynamics;
-    dynamic(ui, "brush-size-ctl", "Size Jitter", &mut sd.size, 1.0, Some("Minimum Diameter"), false);
+    pct(ui, "Size Jitter", &mut sd.size.jitter, 1.0);
+    control_row(ui, "brush-size-ctl", &mut sd.size, false);
+    pct(ui, "Minimum Diameter", &mut sd.size.minimum, 1.0);
+    // Tilt Scale applies with the size control on Pen Tilt (greyed out otherwise, like Photoshop).
+    let tilt = sd.size.control == Control::PenTilt;
+    ui.add_enabled_ui(tilt, |ui| pct(ui, "Tilt Scale", &mut sd.tilt_scale, 2.0));
+    ui.add_space(6.0);
     dynamic(ui, "brush-angle-ctl", "Angle Jitter", &mut sd.angle, 1.0, None, true);
     dynamic(ui, "brush-round-ctl", "Roundness Jitter", &mut sd.roundness, 1.0, Some("Minimum Roundness"), false);
     ui.horizontal(|ui| {
@@ -341,6 +351,8 @@ fn shape_dynamics(ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings) {
         ui.add_space(8.0);
         widgets::checkbox(ui, &mut sd.flip_y_jitter, "Flip Y Jitter");
     });
+    ui.add_space(2.0);
+    widgets::checkbox(ui, &mut sd.brush_projection, "Brush Projection").on_hover_text("Apply the pen's tilt and rotation to the tip shape");
 }
 
 fn scattering(ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings) {
@@ -519,6 +531,25 @@ fn transfer(ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings) {
     let tr = &mut b.transfer;
     dynamic(ui, "brush-opacity-ctl", "Opacity Jitter", &mut tr.opacity, 1.0, Some("Minimum"), false);
     dynamic(ui, "brush-flow-ctl", "Flow Jitter", &mut tr.flow, 1.0, Some("Minimum"), false);
+    dynamic(ui, "brush-wet-ctl", "Wetness Jitter", &mut tr.wetness, 1.0, Some("Minimum"), false);
+    dynamic(ui, "brush-mix-ctl", "Mix Jitter", &mut tr.mix, 1.0, Some("Minimum"), false);
+}
+
+/// The Mixer Brush options the brush carries (Photoshop shows them in the Mixer Brush's options
+/// bar; `paint.mixerBrush` uses them unless its params override them).
+fn mixer_options(ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings) {
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    ui.add_space(4.0);
+    widgets::hairline(ui);
+    ui.add_space(4.0);
+    ui.label(RichText::new("Mixer Brush").font(theme::semibold(11.5)).color(t.text_dim));
+    ui.add_space(2.0);
+    let m = &mut b.mixer;
+    pct(ui, "Wet", &mut m.wet, 1.0);
+    pct(ui, "Load", &mut m.load, 1.0);
+    pct(ui, "Mix", &mut m.mix, 1.0);
+    pct(ui, "Flow", &mut m.flow, 1.0);
+    widgets::checkbox(ui, &mut m.sample_all_layers, "Sample All Layers");
 }
 
 /// Tilt is stored in degrees (±90, W3C Pointer Events); Photoshop shows it as ±100 %.
@@ -564,7 +595,10 @@ pub fn section_body(ui: &mut egui::Ui, b: &mut BrushSettings, i: usize, presets:
         3 => texture(ui, b),
         4 => dual_brush(ui, b, presets),
         5 => color_dynamics(ui, b),
-        6 => transfer(ui, b),
+        6 => {
+            transfer(ui, b);
+            mixer_options(ui, b);
+        }
         7 => pose(ui, b),
         8 => note(ui, "Adds extra randomness to the soft edges of the brush tip. No options: turn it on in the list."),
         9 => note(ui, "Builds up paint along the edges of the stroke for a watercolour look. No options: turn it on in the list."),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..471755b16b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/brushes_tab.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,415 @@
+//! Window › Brushes: the brush presets in collapsible groups, as a list (tip, size, stroke
+//! preview, name) or a grid of tips, with a size slider and a search field.
+//!
+//! Presets and groups are organised like Photoshop's panel: drag a preset within its group or
+//! into another group (onto a preset, or onto a group's header to append), drag a group's header
+//! to reorder groups, and right-click for Rename and Delete. Every change is a `brush.presets.*`
+//! command, so it is journaled, drivable, and persisted by the preset store.
+
+use egui::{Color32, RichText, Sense, Stroke, pos2, vec2};
+use photocraft_engine::paint::BrushPreset;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+use crate::brush_panel::{BrushesView, Renaming, UNGROUPED, WIDTH, commit_gesture, full_uv, grouped_presets, is_current, new_preset_name, run_or_status};
+use crate::brush_preview;
+use crate::theme::{self, Tokens};
+use crate::{PhotocraftApp, icons, widgets};
+
+/// What a drag in the Brushes tab carries.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum BrushDrag {
+    Preset(String),
+    Group(String),
+}
+
+/// What the tab does after drawing (the presets are borrowed while it draws).
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum Action {
+    Select(String),
+    ToggleGroup(String),
+    Move { name: String, group: String, index: Option<usize> },
+    MoveGroup { group: String, before: Option<String> },
+    Rename(Renaming),
+    Delete(String),
+    DeleteGroup(String),
+}
+
+/// The group key (`BrushPreset::group`) behind a panel label: ungrouped presets show as
+/// [`UNGROUPED`].
+pub fn group_key(presets: &[BrushPreset], label: &str) -> String {
+    if label == UNGROUPED && !presets.iter().any(|p| p.group == UNGROUPED) { String::new() } else { label.to_string() }
+}
+
+/// Where a preset dropped onto `target` lands: (group, index in that group after the dragged
+/// preset is taken out). `after` = dropped on the target's lower (list) or right (grid) half.
+pub fn drop_target(presets: &[BrushPreset], dragged: &str, target: &str, after: bool) -> Option<(String, usize)> {
+    let t = presets.iter().find(|p| p.name == target)?;
+    let members: Vec<&str> = presets.iter().filter(|p| p.group == t.group).map(|p| p.name.as_str()).collect();
+    let tp = members.iter().position(|n| *n == target)?;
+    let mut idx = tp + usize::from(after);
+    if let Some(dp) = members.iter().position(|n| *n == dragged)
+        && dp < idx
+    {
+        idx -= 1;
+    }
+    Some((t.group.clone(), idx))
+}
+
+/// Turn the tab's actions into commands.
+pub fn apply(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, acts: Vec<Action>) {
+    for a in acts {
+        match a {
+            Action::Select(name) => run_or_status(app, "tools.setBrush", json!({ "preset": name })),
+            Action::ToggleGroup(g) => {
+                let c = &mut app.ui.brushes_panel.collapsed;
+                match c.iter().position(|x| *x == g) {
+                    Some(i) => drop(c.remove(i)),
+                    None => c.push(g),
+                }
+            }
+            Action::Move { name, group, index } => {
+                let mut p = json!({ "name": name, "group": group });
+                if let Some(i) = index {
+                    p["index"] = json!(i);
+                }
+                run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.move", p);
+            }
+            Action::MoveGroup { group, before } => run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.moveGroup", json!({ "group": group, "before": before })),
+            Action::Rename(r) => {
+                let text = r.text.trim().to_string();
+                if !text.is_empty() && text != r.name {
+                    if r.group {
+                        run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.renameGroup", json!({ "group": r.name, "newName": text }));
+                    } else {
+                        run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.rename", json!({ "name": r.name, "newName": text }));
+                    }
+                }
+                app.ui.brushes_panel.renaming = None;
+            }
+            Action::Delete(name) => run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.delete", json!({ "name": name })),
+            Action::DeleteGroup(g) => run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.deleteGroup", json!({ "group": g })),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// An accent insertion line on one edge of `r` while a drag hovers it.
+fn drop_line(ui: &egui::Ui, r: egui::Rect, after: bool, vertical: bool, t: &Tokens) {
+    let s = Stroke::new(2.0, t.accent);
+    if vertical {
+        let x = if after { r.right() } else { r.left() };
+        ui.painter().line_segment([pos2(x, r.top() + 2.0), pos2(x, r.bottom() - 2.0)], s);
+    } else {
+        let y = if after { r.bottom() } else { r.top() };
+        ui.painter().line_segment([pos2(r.left() + 4.0, y), pos2(r.right() - 4.0, y)], s);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Is the pointer on the second half of `r` (lower in a list, right in a grid)?
+fn second_half(ui: &egui::Ui, r: egui::Rect, grid: bool) -> bool {
+    ui.ctx().pointer_interact_pos().is_some_and(|p| if grid { p.x > r.center().x } else { p.y > r.center().y })
+}
+
+/// Drag, drop and context menu of one preset cell or row.
+fn preset_interactions(ui: &egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response, r: egui::Rect, p: &BrushPreset, presets: &[BrushPreset], grid: bool, acts: &mut Vec<Action>) {
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    resp.dnd_set_drag_payload(BrushDrag::Preset(p.name.clone()));
+    if let Some(d) = resp.dnd_hover_payload::<BrushDrag>()
+        && matches!(&*d, BrushDrag::Preset(n) if *n != p.name)
+    {
+        drop_line(ui, r, second_half(ui, r, grid), grid, &t);
+    }
+    if let Some(d) = resp.dnd_release_payload::<BrushDrag>()
+        && let BrushDrag::Preset(n) = &*d
+        && *n != p.name
+        && let Some((group, index)) = drop_target(presets, n, &p.name, second_half(ui, r, grid))
+    {
+        acts.push(Action::Move { name: n.clone(), group, index: Some(index) });
+    }
+    if resp.clicked() {
+        acts.push(Action::Select(p.name.clone()));
+    }
+    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+        if ui.button("Rename Brush…").clicked() {
+            acts.push(Action::Rename(Renaming { group: false, name: p.name.clone(), text: String::new() }));
+            ui.close();
+        }
+        if ui.button("Delete Brush").clicked() {
+            acts.push(Action::Delete(p.name.clone()));
+            ui.close();
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+fn list_row(ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &BrushPreset, current: bool, presets: &[BrushPreset], acts: &mut Vec<Action>) {
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    let (r, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(ui.available_width(), 44.0), Sense::click_and_drag());
+    if !ui.is_rect_visible(r) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if current {
+        ui.painter().rect_filled(r, t.radius_sm, t.accent_soft);
+    } else if resp.hovered() {
+        ui.painter().rect_filled(r, t.radius_sm, t.hover);
+    }
+    let pb = &p.brush;
+    let tip = brush_preview::tip_texture(ui.ctx(), &format!("brushes-tip:{}", p.name), &pb.tip, (pb.hardness, pb.angle, pb.roundness), 36, t.text);
+    let cell = egui::Rect::from_min_size(r.left_top() + vec2(22.0, 2.0), vec2(36.0, 30.0));
+    let tr = egui::Rect::from_center_size(cell.center(), vec2(30.0, 30.0) * crate::brush_sections::thumb_scale(pb.size));
+    ui.painter().image(tip.id(), tr, full_uv(), Color32::WHITE);
+    ui.painter().text(
+        pos2(cell.center().x, r.bottom() - 1.0),
+        egui::Align2::CENTER_BOTTOM,
+        format!("{}", pb.size.round() as i64),
+        egui::FontId::proportional(9.0),
+        t.text_faint,
+    );
+    let stroke = brush_preview::stroke_texture(ui.ctx(), &format!("brushes-stroke:{}", p.name), pb, 170, 36, t.text);
+    let sr = egui::Rect::from_min_size(pos2(cell.right() + 8.0, r.top() + 4.0), vec2(170.0, 36.0));
+    ui.painter().image(stroke.id(), sr, full_uv(), Color32::WHITE);
+    ui.painter().text(pos2(sr.right() + 12.0, r.center().y), egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER, &p.name, egui::FontId::proportional(12.0), t.text_dim);
+    preset_interactions(ui, &resp, r, p, presets, false, acts);
+}
+
+fn grid_cell(ui: &mut egui::Ui, p: &BrushPreset, current: bool, presets: &[BrushPreset], acts: &mut Vec<Action>) {
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    let (r, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(52.0, 58.0), Sense::click_and_drag());
+    if !ui.is_rect_visible(r) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if current {
+        ui.painter().rect_filled(r, 3.0, t.accent_soft);
+        ui.painter().rect_stroke(r, 3.0, Stroke::new(1.0, t.accent), egui::StrokeKind::Inside);
+    } else if resp.hovered() {
+        ui.painter().rect_filled(r, 3.0, t.hover);
+    }
+    let pb = &p.brush;
+    let tip = brush_preview::tip_texture(ui.ctx(), &format!("brushes-tip:{}", p.name), &pb.tip, (pb.hardness, pb.angle, pb.roundness), 36, t.text);
+    let ir = egui::Rect::from_center_size(pos2(r.center().x, r.top() + 23.0), vec2(38.0, 38.0) * crate::brush_sections::thumb_scale(pb.size));
+    ui.painter().image(tip.id(), ir, full_uv(), Color32::WHITE);
+    ui.painter().text(
+        pos2(r.center().x, r.bottom() - 7.0),
+        egui::Align2::CENTER_CENTER,
+        format!("{}", pb.size.round() as i64),
+        egui::FontId::proportional(9.5),
+        t.text_dim,
+    );
+    let resp = resp.on_hover_text(&p.name);
+    preset_interactions(ui, &resp, r, p, presets, true, acts);
+}
+
+/// A group's header: chevron, folder, name, count. Click toggles; drag reorders groups; a
+/// preset dropped here moves to the end of the group.
+fn group_header(ui: &mut egui::Ui, label: &str, key: &str, open: bool, count: usize, acts: &mut Vec<Action>) {
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    let (r, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(ui.available_width(), 24.0), Sense::click_and_drag());
+    if resp.hovered() {
+        ui.painter().rect_filled(r, t.radius_sm, t.hover);
+    }
+    let x = r.left() + 4.0;
+    icons::paint(
+        ui,
+        egui::Rect::from_min_size(pos2(x, r.center().y - 7.0), vec2(14.0, 14.0)),
+        if open { "chevron-down" } else { "chevron-right" },
+        12.0,
+        t.text_dim,
+    );
+    icons::paint(
+        ui,
+        egui::Rect::from_min_size(pos2(x + 18.0, r.center().y - 8.0), vec2(16.0, 16.0)),
+        if open { "folder-open" } else { "folder" },
+        14.0,
+        t.icon,
+    );
+    ui.painter().text(pos2(x + 40.0, r.center().y), egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER, label, theme::semibold(12.0), t.text);
+    ui.painter().text(pos2(r.right() - 8.0, r.center().y), egui::Align2::RIGHT_CENTER, count.to_string(), theme::medium(11.0), t.text_faint);
+    resp.dnd_set_drag_payload(BrushDrag::Group(key.to_string()));
+    if let Some(d) = resp.dnd_hover_payload::<BrushDrag>() {
+        match &*d {
+            BrushDrag::Group(g) if g != key => drop_line(ui, r, false, false, &t),
+            BrushDrag::Preset(_) => {
+                ui.painter().rect_stroke(r, t.radius_sm, Stroke::new(1.5, t.accent), egui::StrokeKind::Inside);
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    if let Some(d) = resp.dnd_release_payload::<BrushDrag>() {
+        match &*d {
+            BrushDrag::Group(g) if g != key => acts.push(Action::MoveGroup { group: g.clone(), before: Some(key.to_string()) }),
+            BrushDrag::Preset(n) => acts.push(Action::Move { name: n.clone(), group: key.to_string(), index: None }),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    if resp.clicked() {
+        acts.push(Action::ToggleGroup(label.to_string()));
+    }
+    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+        if ui.button("Rename Group…").clicked() {
+            acts.push(Action::Rename(Renaming { group: true, name: key.to_string(), text: String::new() }));
+            ui.close();
+        }
+        if ui.button("Delete Group").clicked() {
+            acts.push(Action::DeleteGroup(key.to_string()));
+            ui.close();
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+/// The rename bar shown while a preset or group is being renamed. Enter or OK renames, Escape or
+/// Cancel stops.
+fn rename_bar(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, acts: &mut Vec<Action>) {
+    let Some(r) = app.ui.brushes_panel.renaming.as_mut() else { return };
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    if r.text.is_empty() {
+        r.text = r.name.clone();
+    }
+    let mut cancel = false;
+    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+        ui.label(RichText::new(if r.group { "Group name" } else { "Brush name" }).color(t.text_dim));
+        let resp = ui.add(egui::TextEdit::singleline(&mut r.text).desired_width(WIDTH - 230.0).id_salt("brush-rename"));
+        if !resp.has_focus() && !resp.lost_focus() {
+            resp.request_focus();
+        }
+        let enter = resp.lost_focus() && ui.input(|i| i.key_pressed(egui::Key::Enter));
+        if widgets::primary_button(ui, "OK", 52.0).clicked() || enter {
+            acts.push(Action::Rename(r.clone()));
+        }
+        if widgets::secondary_button(ui, "Cancel", 60.0).clicked() || ui.input(|i| i.key_pressed(egui::Key::Escape)) {
+            cancel = true;
+        }
+    });
+    if cancel {
+        app.ui.brushes_panel.renaming = None;
+    }
+    ui.add_space(4.0);
+}
+
+/// The Brushes tab.
+pub fn show(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+    let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
+    // Size of the current brush (Photoshop's Brushes panel slider).
+    let before = app.session.tools.brush.clone();
+    let mut b = before.clone();
+    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+        ui.label(RichText::new("Size").color(t.text_dim));
+        let mut lv = b.size.max(1.0).ln();
+        ui.add_sized(vec2(WIDTH - 140.0, 18.0), |ui: &mut egui::Ui| {
+            let r = widgets::slider(ui, &mut lv, 0.0..=5000f32.ln(), None);
+            if r.changed() {
+                b.size = lv.exp().round().clamp(1.0, 5000.0);
+            }
+            r
+        });
+        let mut s = b.size;
+        if widgets::value_field(ui, &mut s, 1.0..=5000.0, "px", 74.0).changed() {
+            b.size = s.round().clamp(1.0, 5000.0);
+        }
+    });
+    commit_gesture(app, ui.ctx(), &before, &b);
+    ui.add_space(4.0);
+    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+        icons::paint(ui, egui::Rect::from_min_size(ui.cursor().min + vec2(0.0, 3.0), vec2(16.0, 16.0)), "search", 14.0, t.text_faint);
+        ui.add_space(20.0);
+        ui.add(egui::TextEdit::singleline(&mut app.ui.brushes_panel.filter).hint_text("Search Brushes").desired_width(WIDTH - 120.0));
+        ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
+            let view = &mut app.ui.brushes_panel.view;
+            if icons::button(ui, "grid-2x2", 24.0, *view == BrushesView::Grid, "Grid view").clicked() {
+                *view = BrushesView::Grid;
+            }
+            if icons::button(ui, "align-justify", 24.0, *view == BrushesView::List, "List view").clicked() {
+                *view = BrushesView::List;
+            }
+        });
+    });
+    ui.add_space(6.0);
+    let mut acts = Vec::new();
+    rename_bar(app, ui, &mut acts);
+    let filter = app.ui.brushes_panel.filter.trim().to_lowercase();
+    let grid = app.ui.brushes_panel.view == BrushesView::Grid;
+    let presets = &app.session.tools.presets;
+    let groups = grouped_presets(presets);
+    let brush = &app.session.tools.brush;
+    let collapsed = &app.ui.brushes_panel.collapsed;
+    egui::ScrollArea::vertical().id_salt("brush-presets").max_height(400.0).auto_shrink([false, true]).show(ui, |ui| {
+        ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.y = 1.0;
+        for (label, items) in groups {
+            let items: Vec<usize> =
+                items.into_iter().filter(|i| filter.is_empty() || presets.get(*i).is_some_and(|p| p.name.to_lowercase().contains(&filter))).collect();
+            if items.is_empty() {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let key = group_key(presets, &label);
+            let open = !filter.is_empty() || !collapsed.contains(&label);
+            group_header(ui, &label, &key, open, items.len(), &mut acts);
+            if !open {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if grid {
+                ui.horizontal_wrapped(|ui| {
+                    ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing = vec2(3.0, 3.0);
+                    ui.add_space(20.0);
+                    for i in items {
+                        if let Some(p) = presets.get(i) {
+                            grid_cell(ui, p, is_current(&p.brush, brush), presets, &mut acts);
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+            } else {
+                for i in items {
+                    if let Some(p) = presets.get(i) {
+                        list_row(ui, p, is_current(&p.brush, brush), presets, &mut acts);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            ui.add_space(2.0);
+        }
+    });
+    // The dragged preset or group follows the pointer.
+    if let Some(d) = egui::DragAndDrop::payload::<BrushDrag>(ui.ctx())
+        && let Some(p) = ui.ctx().pointer_interact_pos()
+    {
+        ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(egui::CursorIcon::Grabbing);
+        let name = match &*d {
+            BrushDrag::Preset(n) => n.clone(),
+            BrushDrag::Group(g) => {
+                if g.is_empty() {
+                    UNGROUPED.to_string()
+                } else {
+                    g.clone()
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        egui::Area::new(egui::Id::new("brush-drag-label")).order(egui::Order::Tooltip).fixed_pos(p + vec2(12.0, 8.0)).interactable(false).show(
+            ui.ctx(),
+            |ui| {
+                egui::Frame::popup(ui.style()).show(ui, |ui| ui.label(name));
+            },
+        );
+    }
+    apply(app, acts);
+    ui.add_space(4.0);
+    widgets::hairline(ui);
+    ui.add_space(4.0);
+    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+        ui.label(RichText::new(format!("{} presets", app.session.tools.presets.len())).color(t.text_faint));
+        ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
+            let current = app.session.tools.presets.iter().find(|p| is_current(&p.brush, &app.session.tools.brush)).map(|p| p.name.clone());
+            if ui.add_enabled_ui(current.is_some(), |ui| icons::button(ui, "trash", 24.0, false, "Delete brush")).inner.clicked()
+                && let Some(name) = current
+            {
+                run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.delete", json!({ "name": name }));
+            }
+            if icons::button(ui, "square-plus", 24.0, false, "Create new brush from the current settings").clicked() {
+                let name = new_preset_name(&app.session.tools.presets);
+                run_or_status(app, "brush.presets.save", json!({ "name": name }));
+            }
+            if icons::button(ui, "folder-open", 24.0, false, "Import Brushes… (.abr)").clicked() {
+                app.open_dialog_file();
+            }
+        });
+    });
+    // Forget previews of presets that no longer exist.
+    let names: std::collections::HashSet<&str> = app.session.tools.presets.iter().map(|p| p.name.as_str()).collect();
+    brush_preview::with_cache(ui.ctx(), |c| {
+        c.retain(|slot| slot.split_once(':').is_none_or(|(_, n)| names.contains(n)));
+    });
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
index 65da5e4aec..27b207ca37 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ pub fn handle(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, req: &ControlRequest
             if let Some(i) = u("brushTab") {
                 app.ui.brush_tab = (i as usize).min(1);
             }
+            if let Some(v) = p.get("brushesView").cloned() {
+                match serde_json::from_value(v) {
+                    Ok(v) => app.ui.brushes_panel.view = v,
+                    Err(e) => return err(format!("brushesView: {e} (list, grid)")),
+                }
+            }
             if let Some(size) = p.get("brushSize").and_then(Value::as_f64) {
                 app.session.tools.brush.size = size as f32;
             }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 7cf35ff9b5..07ff671808 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub mod artboard_ui;
 pub mod brush_panel;
 pub mod brush_preview;
 pub mod brush_sections;
+pub mod brushes_tab;
 pub mod camera_raw_ui;
 pub mod canvas;
 pub mod channel_view;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/paint_mouse.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/paint_mouse.rs
index 76ede892b5..0bc30073f4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/paint_mouse.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/paint_mouse.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ pub fn show_picker(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     // Keep the whole picker on screen (it is about 280 × 300 points).
     let pos = egui::pos2(x.min(screen.right() - 284.0).max(screen.left()), y.min(screen.bottom() - 310.0).max(screen.top()));
     let area = egui::Area::new(egui::Id::new("canvas-brush-picker")).order(egui::Order::Foreground).fixed_pos(pos).show(ctx, |ui| {
-        egui::Frame::popup(ui.style()).show(ui, |ui| crate::panels::brush_picker_body(ui, &mut app.session.tools.brush));
+        let before = app.session.tools.brush.clone();
+        let mut b = before.clone();
+        egui::Frame::popup(ui.style()).show(ui, |ui| crate::panels::brush_picker_body(ui, &mut b));
+        crate::brush_panel::commit_gesture(app, ui.ctx(), &before, &b);
     });
     let outside = ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed() && i.pointer.interact_pos().is_some_and(|p| !area.response.rect.contains(p)));
     if outside {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
index 1c10619137..e507ee5baa 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
@@ -360,8 +360,12 @@ pub fn options_bar(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                     return;
                 }
                 let tool = app.ui.tool;
+                // Brush edits here go through `tools.setBrush`, one journal entry per gesture (Rule 1).
                 if (tool.is_brushlike() && !matches!(tool, Tool::Brush | Tool::Eraser)) || tool == Tool::QuickSelection {
-                    brush_preset_chip(ui, &mut app.session.tools.brush);
+                    let before = app.session.tools.brush.clone();
+                    let mut b = before.clone();
+                    brush_preset_chip(ui, &mut b);
+                    crate::brush_panel::commit_gesture(app, ui.ctx(), &before, &b);
                     widgets::vline(ui, 22.0);
                 }
                 if crate::eraser_ui::options_bar(app, ui, tool)
@@ -373,7 +377,9 @@ pub fn options_bar(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                     return;
                 }
                 crate::paint_mouse::sync_tool_smoothing(app);
-                let b = &mut app.session.tools.brush;
+                let brush_before = app.session.tools.brush.clone();
+                let mut brush = brush_before.clone();
+                let b = &mut brush;
                 match app.ui.tool {
                     Tool::Brush | Tool::Eraser if t.pro => {
                         brush_preset_chip(ui, b);
@@ -637,6 +643,7 @@ pub fn options_bar(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                     // Retouching and smart-selection tools draw their bar in `retouch_ui::options_bar`.
                     _ => {}
                 }
+                crate::brush_panel::commit_gesture(app, ui.ctx(), &brush_before, &brush);
             });
         });
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
index ee64943f9b..2d39724f11 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/shortcuts.rs
@@ -263,12 +263,17 @@ pub fn handle(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     if pressed(Key::D) {
         let _ = app.run("tools.defaultColors", json!({}));
     }
-    let b = &mut app.session.tools.brush;
-    if pressed(Key::OpenBracket) {
-        b.size = (b.size / 1.25).max(1.0).round();
-    }
-    if pressed(Key::CloseBracket) {
-        b.size = (b.size * 1.25).min(2500.0).round().max(b.size + 1.0);
+    // [ and ] resize the brush through `tools.setBrush` (journaled, drivable).
+    let size = app.session.tools.brush.size;
+    let next = if pressed(Key::OpenBracket) {
+        (size / 1.25).max(1.0).round()
+    } else if pressed(Key::CloseBracket) {
+        (size * 1.25).min(2500.0).round().max(size + 1.0)
+    } else {
+        size
+    };
+    if next != size {
+        let _ = app.run("tools.setBrush", serde_json::json!({ "brush": { "size": next } }));
     }
 }