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Inspiring
November 23, 2021
Question

mac custom brush .abr but can't load in windows pc

  • November 23, 2021
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I received a set of custom landscape brushes from a mac user of photoshop cc but when I import it into my windows photoshop cc I can see the folder but not open it.   First image is my download folder  In my download folder on pc I see .abr .abr twice in the file that was sent to me.  I thought all photoshop .abr files would work either in mac or pc?  is it a file extension problem?  I tried renaming the file to reflect just landscape brushes.abr but still cannot open the folder inside photoshop cc on my windows desktop.  Can you tell me how to resolve the problem with the mac user?  The user doesn't use windows at all.

 

Thanks for any assistance

R

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Jeff Arola
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Community Expert
December 11, 2021

The abr file you provided seems to open fine here on Windows 10 and photoshop 2022 (23.0.2)

 

Do you run any anti virus software besides windows defender?

 

 

Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 23, 2021

How did they send them to you?

 

Can you ask them to zip the files first before sending them?

(on a mac the user selects the abr files in finder then right clicks and selects Compress which creates a zip file of the contents selected)

Inspiring
November 24, 2021

The brushes were a download in Skillshare.com on a class that teaches painting a landscape in photoshop. She is using a mac pc  and doesn't understand why the brushes won't work with my photoshop cc for windows.  I was able to install the brushes on photoshop for the ipad but I prefer using my windows version on my 24 inch monitor.  

 

I ask her to do that.

Thanks

Rose