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ThatEquestrianPainter
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June 3, 2017
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Photoshop brushes completely missing

  • June 3, 2017
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Hi! I exited out of Photoshop to restart my computer (I was having issues) and when I went back in, my 200+ brushes are COMPLETELY gone. I checked the Brushes file in Presents and found nothing but the default brushes. I tried going into PS and doing Load Brushes but not one was there, it was completely empty. I downloaded the brushes like recommended, everything was fine and dandy until today. Mind you, I have restarted my computer multiple times but nothing like this ever happened. I have no way of re-finding all my brushes and remembering my custom ones, so I'm kind of freaking out over here. I relied heavily on a lot of them and now I can't. I have no idea what happened...

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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June 3, 2017

It sound like your User ID Photoshop Preferences were reset so all you have are Adobe default Brushes in Photoshop. If you have a backup you may be able to restore you user ID Photoshop Preferences. Your brushes would be in a file like on Windows:

"C:\Users\Your User ID\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 Settings/Brushes.psp"

JJMack
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ThatEquestrianPainterAuthor
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June 3, 2017

Yeah, I do have a backup, but there isn't anything in that file.

Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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June 3, 2017

Have you checked the App Data\....\presets folder JJ linked to?

If you just have the default sets, you might be looking at the Program Files folder hierarchy.

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2017\Presets\Brushes

I take it you have also tried right clicking inside the document window with the brush tool selected, and clicking on the little cog icon?

What Photoshop version are you using, and have you had earlier versions installed on that  system?  If you have had earlier versions look in the presets folders for all earlier versions in both Program files and App Data.

[EDIT] I have just checked, and I have all my brush sets in the CC 2015.5 App Data presets folder.

What brushes do you rely on?  They are not so hard to make your own, or collect.  I back up the entire App Data tree when reinstalling the operating system, because so much is stored there.

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