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May 19, 2021
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1GB ABR File Taking Forever to Load

  • May 19, 2021
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Hello!

I recently had issues with an external hard drive that stored my original brush files, so I made an ABR file with all of my brushes and saved it on my computer's internal hard drive. I then had to reinstall Photoshop. Now, I am having extremely long load times and task manager shows Photoshop using less than 1% of CPU as I am trying to load the ABR file in. I don't have all the original brush files because of the external hard drive issue, so it's really important that I can get this ABR file in. I didn't realize that the ABR file was 1GB when I saved it, so I'm only now realizing that I probably should have split it into multiple saves. Is it possible that someone could split the file I have if I post it? Or give advice on how to get it to load into Photoshop as is? My Photoshop is fully updated and was reinstalled yesterday. I am using Windows 10 and put the ABR file in the Presets folder. Thank you!

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Correct answer Kaylee5E50

I think the problem had to do with my scratch disks, not the file. It's running smoothly since I made sure to connect enough storage. Thanks for considering the issue though!

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Bojan Živković11378569
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May 24, 2021

Perhaps @Stephen Marsh has idea how to solve your problem, I bet on him if there is solution.

Stephen Marsh
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May 24, 2021

 

@Bojan Živković11378569 – Thanks for the vote of confidence, however, I don't have any specialty in this area. I'll give it some thought...

 

Kaylee5E50AuthorCorrect answer
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May 24, 2021

I think the problem had to do with my scratch disks, not the file. It's running smoothly since I made sure to connect enough storage. Thanks for considering the issue though!