How do you save a brush?

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May 17, 2019
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When I edit a brush on a new artboard, I can use it as I want it to be, but after I close the document (not saving document) it deletes the brush, too. I am new to using Illustrator and am just exploring my drawing tablet with it. Should I be creating the brush in a different way if I want to be able to use it all the time?

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Correct answer Ray Yorkshire

Create new brush libraries

Add the brushes you want to the Brushes panel, and delete any brushes you don’t want.

Choose Save Brush Library from the Brushes panel menu, and place the new library file in one of the following folders so that it will appear in the Brush Libraries menu when you restart Illustrator:
- (Windows) User/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator <version number> Settings/Brushes
- (Mac OS) Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator <version number> Settings/Brushes
NOTE:Replace <version number> with the following values, depending on the version of Illustrator that you have installed on your system. For more information, see Replace Illustrator version number.
Note:If you place the file in a different folder, you can open the library by choosing Window > Brush Libraries > Other Library and selecting the library file.

I save them with the system brushes, in a separate folder

You can add brushes you have downloaded there too

eg here on windows:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator \Presets\en_GB\Brushes

Wherever you save them back them up too.

manal shanableh

Legend

drag the brush you have created into brushes panel and you will have the following options.

jane-e

Community Expert

By default, brushes are stored with the document, so you will lose the brush (and symbols and graphic styles and swatches) when you close without saving.

Ray’s method is good; be sure not to save new brushes with the same name and overwrite the previous file. The file you save when you save brushes is an .ai file, which can be opened and new brushes can be added to it.

All Illustrator files are immediately libraries even if they are not saved as libraries. In a new file, choose Open Brush Library from the panel menu and point to the file that has the brush you want.

Ray YorkshireCorrect answer

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Create new brush libraries

Add the brushes you want to the Brushes panel, and delete any brushes you don’t want.

Choose Save Brush Library from the Brushes panel menu, and place the new library file in one of the following folders so that it will appear in the Brush Libraries menu when you restart Illustrator:
- (Windows) User/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator <version number> Settings/Brushes
- (Mac OS) Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator <version number> Settings/Brushes
NOTE:Replace <version number> with the following values, depending on the version of Illustrator that you have installed on your system. For more information, see Replace Illustrator version number.
Note:If you place the file in a different folder, you can open the library by choosing Window > Brush Libraries > Other Library and selecting the library file.

I save them with the system brushes, in a separate folder

You can add brushes you have downloaded there too

eg here on windows:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator \Presets\en_GB\Brushes

Wherever you save them back them up too.

Create new brush libraries

Create new brush libraries

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