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How to install Brushes in Illustrator?

  • March 28, 2017
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I downloaded a couple of AI brushes from Adobe stock and I can't seem to figure out how to install them or use them. Please help

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Correct answer Doug A Roberts

are you asking where Adobe Stock puts files once you download them? as far as i can tell it just puts things in whatever your default downloads folder is.


incidentally, i just downloaded a random brush set as a test, and it wasn't an actual brush library, just a set of objects in an illustrator file. if that's what you have, you'd need to build a library from them by dragging them to the brush palette and then saving it as a library.

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Doug A Roberts
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Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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March 28, 2017

open them (if they're actually a brush library) from the brushes palette menu > Open brush library

if they're not, open them in AI and see what you actually have.

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March 28, 2017

I can't see any files from my creative cloud, how do I find those files? And thanks so much for your fast response

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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June 25, 2017

Hi, I have brush files I have downloaded, for example sets of watercolour brushes. I want them in a library I can go to all the time without having to reload them in every new document I create. In the end I would like a library folder for all my brushes I have downloaded that I can access easily. Can I do this ? Can I use brushes direct from my library , like using them from the brush pallet ?

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You can save a custom library and then make this library permanent, so it appears every time you start Illustrator.

I would not save them permanents into all of your files (by saving them to a document profile or a template). This would blow up file size unnecessarily.

See this about libraries:

How to use and create swatches in Illustrator

Or use Creative cloud libraries

Creative Cloud Libraries in Illustrator

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