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tomke
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April 12, 2020
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Import of brushes

  • April 12, 2020
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Hi,
when I import new downloaded BRUSHES they will disappear after re-start of PS. Also inside PRESET MANAGER I even cannot choose brushes context at all. 

Are there any workarounds how to fix that problem?

Thanks,

Tom

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

The Library Folder is located within my user account.

 


Then the brushes must be available in the Brushes Panel’s pop-up menu according to conventional wisdom. 

 

It may be time for some all-purpose trouble-shooting … 

Restoring Preferences after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved might be a good starting point:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/basic-trouble-shooting-steps.html

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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April 12, 2020

Did you copy the abr-files into your user account Brushes Folder? 

Then they should be available in the Brushes Panel’s pop-up menu. 

 

Presets have received an overhaul, so you may want to read up on that in the What’s New-chapter/s for the last Photoshop version/s. 

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tomkeAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 12, 2020

Hi,

thanks for your quick response. 
I already copied the brushes in the right folder. Anyway, they do not appear anyway. 

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tomkeAuthor
Participating Frequently
April 12, 2020

Sorry to sound suspicious, but I want to make sure you copied the abr-files to the proper folder, so please post a screenshot like this: 


To get the brushes imported I did following steps:

  • To import the new brushes (abr files) I will open PS also open the brushes sub-window

  • In tab ‚brushes‘  I went to ‚import brushes‘

  • Finally I selected the abr -files in my harddrive to import them in addition to my existing brushes.

The brushes all appear and I can use them. But as soon as I re-start PS all former imported brushes are gone.

After re-starting PS all newly added brushes are disappearing and I only can see the default brushes. 
When I check the brushes folder on my hardddrive all former imported brushes are present, also after re-starting PS.



As you can see inside the finder screen-shot, the abr files are in the preset -folder. Anyway they do not appear in PS. 

Where can I check that the preset folder is set correct? I guess there is a chance to get a screen with all default preset folders. Just want to be sure that I never configured a different folder for the brushes.

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