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noviart
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January 11, 2019
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Brush Settings Keep affecting Other New Brushes!!!!

  • January 11, 2019
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Okay, I am doing my best NOT to pull my hair out. I have literally created two completely different brushes ( a scatter brush and a sketching brush) and when I go to save all the settings for one and THEN back just to use the other, the settings from the OTHER brush has now affected the brush (ex. the scatter is now on the sketch brush, so i uncheck it and it also affects the actual scatter on the scatter brush itself), even though I saved it WITHOUT those settings. What the heck is going on?

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    Trevor.Dennis
    Community Expert
    Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 11, 2019

    Set up your preset and click on the New Preset icon

    Make sure you check Include Tool Settings

    Open the Preset Manager

    Use the dropdown to select Brushes

    Make a new Group and drag your preset into it.

    Save Set —  This create a .abr file in the same folder as your other brush presets

    It's a bit belt and braces, and you'd obviously organise your new group with more than the one preset, but this is best practice, and safest.

    kylec11476613
    kylec11476613
    Participant
    August 17, 2020

    Hi, this is not helpful at all. The problem is that for example, brush A has NO "scattering". I then create a new brush preset, brush B, with "scattering". But when I select brush A again, the setting shows it has "scattering", even when the option is locked. Similarly, when I uncheck "scattering" for brush A, the "scattering" option gets unchecked as well for brush B. I did not change brush by clicking different brush tips as many other solutions mentioned.

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 17, 2020

      Did you misunderstand what locking does in the Brush Settings Panel? 

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 11, 2019

      Please read this (in particular the section titled "Supply pertinent information for quicker answers"):

      https://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-7044

      And then please post meaningful screenshot including all pertinent Panels (Brushes, Brush Settings, Options, …) to illustrate the process.

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