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Inspiring
November 17, 2019
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Can't Import Brushes Photoshop CC 2020

  • November 17, 2019
  • 13 replies
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I understand in Photoshop CC 2020 you no longer use the Preset Manager to import brushes. I know that there is now an IMPORT BRUSHES... choice when you look at the menu attached to one's already loaded brushes. But, when I select that and go to my brushes folder, I see no abr files at all.

 

Am I doing this incorrectly?

 

Correct answer FranMcF

Just spent hours trying to load new brushes using CC2020. How frustrating.  Watched all of the You Tube videos, read all of the Adobe Community Support References. Grrrrrr!!!!

Anyway. It is piss easy. Download the brush set from the internet, then open your File manager/Finder, navigate to your Downloads folder - and - wait for it - double click on the .abr file. It goes straight into your Photoshop CC2020 brushes.

13 replies

Participant
March 28, 2020

just double click the brush file

LauraMacky
Inspiring
April 30, 2020

I tried double-clicking but it is not in PS when I go to the brush picker.  This is beyond annoying.

Laura Macky
Participant
June 10, 2020

I thought I was having the same problem. Then I disocvered at the bottom of the brushes panel there's a folder with my new brushes in it. 

FranMcFCorrect answer
Participant
January 24, 2020

Just spent hours trying to load new brushes using CC2020. How frustrating.  Watched all of the You Tube videos, read all of the Adobe Community Support References. Grrrrrr!!!!

Anyway. It is piss easy. Download the brush set from the internet, then open your File manager/Finder, navigate to your Downloads folder - and - wait for it - double click on the .abr file. It goes straight into your Photoshop CC2020 brushes.

Participant
February 12, 2020

OMG can't believe it was that simple after so many unsuccessful tries, Thanks 😊 

Participant
December 23, 2019

I'm having this exact same issue. When I go to upload my brushes it only detects TPL files. Not any ABR and it's very annoying because all my brushes are ABR files! URGH