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SnowSultan
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October 12, 2023
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Can Painter's brush alphas and shape alphas be exported to Photoshop?

  • October 12, 2023
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I know we can import .abr Photoshop brushes into Painter, but can the default brush alphas and the shapes in the Alphas category be exported from Painter in a file type that Photoshop can use (like .png, .psd, etc)? I assume not, as using Export Resource only copies the native Substance files to another folder, and dragging them into Photoshop directly doesn't work either.

 

Thanks in advance for any information.

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Correct answer Cyril Dellenbach

Hi @SnowSultan,

 

Thanks for your question.

 

The compatibility between our applications is an important subject for us, but from what I know, it's not directly possible to send a resource from Painter to Photoshop.

 

A workaround would be to create a scene with a simple plane, and build the Alpha directly in Painter.

 

 

This way, when you export it as a texture, you can use it as a .PNG alpha. I agree this is not ideal, but this should at least work properly.

 

Best regards,

 

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Cyril Dellenbach
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Cyril DellenbachCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
October 13, 2023

Hi @SnowSultan,

 

Thanks for your question.

 

The compatibility between our applications is an important subject for us, but from what I know, it's not directly possible to send a resource from Painter to Photoshop.

 

A workaround would be to create a scene with a simple plane, and build the Alpha directly in Painter.

 

 

This way, when you export it as a texture, you can use it as a .PNG alpha. I agree this is not ideal, but this should at least work properly.

 

Best regards,

 

Cyril Dellenbach (Micro) | QA Support Artist | Adobe
SnowSultan
Known Participant
October 13, 2023

Thank you for confirming, it's appreciated.