Problems with Photoshop 2024 Brushes

[KennethAdams252]

Hello, 

I am running into a problem with my photoshop brushes. I have installed them in Photoshop 2024 but every time I close and reopen, I have to reinstall them. I am installing them the same way I have in previous photoshops. I haven't been able to find any articles or videos that help either. 

Thanks in advance for your help! 

-Kenneth

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Hi Kenneth,

Sounds like you havent granted permissions to Photoshop.

Go to Apple System Settings/Security and Privacy/Full Disk Access and make sure PS is listed and checked active.

[KennethAdams252]

Hey Kevin, 

Thanks for responding. I do not see Photoshop 2024 in the list of softwares that I can give permissions to. I have tried to add Photoshop to the list but every time I try to, nothing changes. Do you have any other work arounds? If not, I totally understand. 

Thanks,
Kenneth

[KennethAdams252]

Hey Kevin,

I have an update for you. They are now showing up in my beside of my brush pannel instead of in the area where the brushes are normally located but they don't stay once I close photoshop. I am able to save my actions and things like that but I can't keep my brushes without having to open them from the dropdown menu. Do you have a solution for this? 

Below is a visual representation of what I am talking about

[Trevor.Dennis]

I call that the 'Right Click panel' that being what we see when right clicking inside the document window with the brush tool selected.

You say you installed the brushes.  What does that mean? What steps did it involve?

It sounds like you have your brush .abr files backed up in a folder somewhere. In Windows I simply drag the .abr files to 

C:\Users\[ Your User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Presets\Brushes

The File Locations page  says the Mac brushes folder is:

Note I don't know if that is a hidden location that needs setting to be viewed.

If the .abr files are not in that location, roll back to the previous Photoshop version in Finder, and see if the files are there.  If so move them to the current version.  Definitely keep a back up somewhere safe.

[csmosk3]

I just installed a bunch of brushes yesterday and restarted my computer this morning and all the brushes are gone too. 

[Trevor.Dennis]

How did you install them?

Are you Windows or Mac?

If Windows, copy the .abr files to this location.

C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2024\Presets\Brushes

Note: you may need to enable viewing Hidden Items in File Explorer

This is Windows 11.  Windows 10 is a little bit different. 

You'll need to copy the brush presets (.abr files) to the equivalent folder if you have a beta version installed.

A lot of people find the presets are missing after a major version update.  If you have this issue, you'll find the presets in the previous version folders, but only one version back

If you think this messy, there is another way to do this, and is what I do.

My preset folders in all Photoshop versions have no .abr files. Instead they live in a folder in My Documents, and I place a shortcut to that folder in the Presets folders, like this

I am sure you'll know how to make the shortcut, but just in case, right click the folder — I have to click on Show more Options — and click on Make Shortcut.  Copy that shortcut to the relevant locations, and it is job done.

The reasons I like this approach is that when I add brush groups they are automatically available in both the full release and beta versions, and it ensures that I don't lose the presets when updating or changing computers.  I doesn't slow things down in the slightest AFAICT.

I hope this helps.  It is not bomb proof however.  If you create and export new brush groups they will be saved to the AppData folder, and you'll need to remember to copy them to the My Documents folder.