How do i Install and Load PNG. textures on Photoshop CC?

Question

I downloaded photoshop textures packs from Tumblr and I unzipped all the folders and dragged all the PNG files onto Patterns.
Was what I did the incorrect way for installing textures? I then tried to load the textures, but they somehow don't appear in the Layer Style>Textures menu
I was then told to convert the PNG files to greyscale PSD files using photoshop's batch converter. But that didn't work either!
I thought that it was going to be as easy as installing and loading brushes into @photoshopCC
Can somebody please give me in depth details (less complicated) of how to install/load textures onto photoshop (
Many thanks

Answer 1

Khadraina wrote:
I downloaded photoshop textures packs from Tumblr and I unzipped all the folders and dragged all the PNG files onto Patterns.
Was what I did the incorrect way for installing textures? I then tried to load the textures, but they somehow don't appear in the Layer Style>Textures menu
Yes what you did was wrong.    If what you downloaded were PNG files what you downloaded were image files.  Photoshop patterns are stored in sets and these pattern set files have an extension of .pat.  If you look into Photoshop Preset Pattern folders that is what you will see.   You can open your PNG image in Photoshop and use menu Edit>Define Pattern on each. That will add patterns into to the loaded patterns list in Photoshop.  You can then open Photoshop Preset Manager  use the pull-down menu to manage Patterns. Highlight all the patterns you just defined and save a pattern set for them.