Installation
Installing Adobe Photoshop Brushes on Windows and Macintosh
1- Download the brush set
You will download either an .abr file or zip file or rar file. If the file you’ve downloaded is a zip file or rar file, you will have to extract the .abr files within the folder.
2- After extract zip or rar file put the .abr file in the right place
Open directory in your computer where photoshop pogram is installed.
On Windows find Program File folder and put the .abr file in: Local Disc C > Program Files > Adobe > Photoshop > Presets > Brushes folder.
On Mac OS X put the .abr file you’ve downloaded into the folder /Users/{username}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS3/Presets/Brushes
3.Then open your Adobe Photoshop, active brush tool, go to option palette and click on to open the brush preset picker.
4.Loading a brush set
Select the brush tool and open the brush window. On the right-hand upper corner of the window, you will find a little arrow. Click on this arrow to expand the brush dropdown menu.
Brush sets are shown in the list, just below the action section (load, replace…). Select the brush set you’ve installed. A dialog box will ask you if you want to replace current brushes with the brushes you’ve selected. Click OK. If you now look in the brush preset picker, you will see that the brush thumbnails have been replaced by the thumbnails of your new brush.
5.Bingo the new brushes have been successfully loaded. Start your editing moment with those brushes.
1- Download the brush set
You will download either an .abr file or zip file or rar file. If the file you’ve downloaded is a zip file or rar file, you will have to extract the .abr files within the folder.
2- After extract zip or rar file put the .abr file in the right place
Open directory in your computer where photoshop pogram is installed.
On Windows find Program File folder and put the .abr file in: Local Disc C > Program Files > Adobe > Photoshop > Presets > Brushes folder.
On Mac OS X put the .abr file you’ve downloaded into the folder /Users/{username}/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS3/Presets/Brushes
3.Then open your Adobe Photoshop, active brush tool, go to option palette and click on to open the brush preset picker.
4.Loading a brush set
Select the brush tool and open the brush window. On the right-hand upper corner of the window, you will find a little arrow. Click on this arrow to expand the brush dropdown menu.
Brush sets are shown in the list, just below the action section (load, replace…). Select the brush set you’ve installed. A dialog box will ask you if you want to replace current brushes with the brushes you’ve selected. Click OK. If you now look in the brush preset picker, you will see that the brush thumbnails have been replaced by the thumbnails of your new brush.
5.Bingo the new brushes have been successfully loaded. Start your editing moment with those brushes.
Installing Photoshop Brushes into PaintshopPro-PSP Program
1. Download abrViewer-a nifty program that will open up an .abr file, allow you to look at each brush and save them as .png files!
You need Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 before installing abr viewer
2. Install the program and click on the Select Folder button to locate where you’ve saved your .abr files.
3. Load the brushes into abrViewer and then select Export > Thumbnails. Save into a new folder. This folder will then automatically open for you when you’re done!
4. Open the new .png files in PSP to save them as brushes one at a time. One thing to note: you can only have brushes up to 500 px in size, so you may need to resize your images first.
5. To make a new brush in PSP, select File > Export > Custom Brush. Name your brush and start your own creation
Good Luck
1. Download abrViewer-a nifty program that will open up an .abr file, allow you to look at each brush and save them as .png files!
You need Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 before installing abr viewer
2. Install the program and click on the Select Folder button to locate where you’ve saved your .abr files.
3. Load the brushes into abrViewer and then select Export > Thumbnails. Save into a new folder. This folder will then automatically open for you when you’re done!
4. Open the new .png files in PSP to save them as brushes one at a time. One thing to note: you can only have brushes up to 500 px in size, so you may need to resize your images first.
5. To make a new brush in PSP, select File > Export > Custom Brush. Name your brush and start your own creation
Good Luck
Installing Brushes on GIMP 2.2
1. To load /install /add your brushes to GIMP you can have your application open, just copy your .gbr brushes files (I recommend copying, but you can move the files as well) to GIMP users default folder. It is usually ‘C:\Documents and Settings\’your profile’\.gimp-2.2\brushes’ created during the installation process. Remember to place all .gbr files in main brushes folder as GIMP doesn’t read the sub folders. And it will not show up if it is in the sub folders.
Your new brushes should now appear in a Brush Tool menu, after clicking a brush tip icon.
If it is not so , try to open the Brush Selection dialog, and click the ‘refresh button’. It should work if you placed your files right.
If you still can’t find your brushes, got to File>Preferences, choose Folders>Brushes and check the exact location of the brushes folder.
Perhaps you placed your brushes in a different location? If it is so, move them into the proper folder in which GIMP currently uses.
2. Instead of searching for the default folder you can also use another way to add your brushes to GIMP.
Just place your personalized brushes anywhere you want on your computer (ex: Your desktop). Then go to File>Preferences in GIMP menu, then Folders>Brushes just like above click on ‘new’ icon, choose your brushes folder location and then confirm by clicking ‘OK’.
Now your folder is added to GIMP. Thereafter restart GIMP to check the brushes are in the riggt directory. By this way your new brushes should be visible and ready to use.
Once again: Make sure all your .gbr files are in the main folder not in subfolders .gbr files.
In addition the second way is usually more handy for all operating systems. So instead of locating default folders, you can add a new folder with the new brushes in the GIMP preferences.
1. To load /install /add your brushes to GIMP you can have your application open, just copy your .gbr brushes files (I recommend copying, but you can move the files as well) to GIMP users default folder. It is usually ‘C:\Documents and Settings\’your profile’\.gimp-2.2\brushes’ created during the installation process. Remember to place all .gbr files in main brushes folder as GIMP doesn’t read the sub folders. And it will not show up if it is in the sub folders.
Your new brushes should now appear in a Brush Tool menu, after clicking a brush tip icon.
If it is not so , try to open the Brush Selection dialog, and click the ‘refresh button’. It should work if you placed your files right.
If you still can’t find your brushes, got to File>Preferences, choose Folders>Brushes and check the exact location of the brushes folder.
Perhaps you placed your brushes in a different location? If it is so, move them into the proper folder in which GIMP currently uses.
2. Instead of searching for the default folder you can also use another way to add your brushes to GIMP.
Just place your personalized brushes anywhere you want on your computer (ex: Your desktop). Then go to File>Preferences in GIMP menu, then Folders>Brushes just like above click on ‘new’ icon, choose your brushes folder location and then confirm by clicking ‘OK’.
Now your folder is added to GIMP. Thereafter restart GIMP to check the brushes are in the riggt directory. By this way your new brushes should be visible and ready to use.
Once again: Make sure all your .gbr files are in the main folder not in subfolders .gbr files.
In addition the second way is usually more handy for all operating systems. So instead of locating default folders, you can add a new folder with the new brushes in the GIMP preferences.
Installing Brushes on GIMP 2.4
You still use the same ways to load brushes in new GIMP version
1. Paste them into default brushes folder and refresh
2. Beside You can add your brushes folder in GIMP preferences and restart GIMP if point 1 does not run well
3. You can place in your brushes folders both: GIMP .grb files and Photoshop .abr files.
Now you don’t need to convert .abr into .gbr.
Warning: Do not place files in sub folders: because they will be invisible.
You still use the same ways to load brushes in new GIMP version
1. Paste them into default brushes folder and refresh
2. Beside You can add your brushes folder in GIMP preferences and restart GIMP if point 1 does not run well
3. You can place in your brushes folders both: GIMP .grb files and Photoshop .abr files.
Now you don’t need to convert .abr into .gbr.
Warning: Do not place files in sub folders: because they will be invisible.
Installing Corel Brushes into Corel Painter X
All brushes available in Corel Painter X are stored in the default Painter Brushes library, which is located in the Brushes folder of the Corel Painter system folder.
All brushes available in Corel Painter X are stored in the default Painter Brushes library, which is located in the Brushes folder of the Corel Painter system folder.
In windows 7 the typical paths for the Brushes folder are:
* Applications/Corel Painter X/Brushes/Painter Brushes (Mac7)
* Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Corel\Painter X\Default\Brushes\Painter Brushes
* Applications/Corel Painter X/Brushes/Painter Brushes (Mac7)
* Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Corel\Painter X\Default\Brushes\Painter Brushes
The Painter Brushes library is organized into brush categories, such as Acrylics, Airbrushes, or Artists. Each brush category may consist of the following components:
* an XML file, as well as NIB and STK files, for each brush variant
* a JPEG file, which contains the icon representing the brush category on the Brush Selector bar
* an XML file, as well as NIB and STK files, for each brush variant
* a JPEG file, which contains the icon representing the brush category on the Brush Selector bar
To add a custom brush to the default Painter Brushes library
1. First, ensure that you have the necessary files for the custom brush (XML, NIB, and STK).
2. Copy the files associated with the custom brush into the appropriate brush category in the Painter Brushes library.
You can add a custom brush to any brush category you choose
3. In Corel Painter X, use the Brush Selector bar to access your custom brush.
1. First, ensure that you have the necessary files for the custom brush (XML, NIB, and STK).
2. Copy the files associated with the custom brush into the appropriate brush category in the Painter Brushes library.
You can add a custom brush to any brush category you choose
3. In Corel Painter X, use the Brush Selector bar to access your custom brush.
Installing Brushes on Corel Draw
Phase by phase to install brushes into corel draw
1. Open the Corel Draw program and create a new file by selecting “File” and then “New.”
2. Choose the “Window” option and select “Dockers,” and then “Brush Settings” to open the Docker pane.
3. Press “P” for “Paint” to activate the Docker. Stretch the Docker pane by clicking and dragging the corners so that all of the options are visible.
4. Click on the “Nib Options” icon, located on the “Nib Properties” line. Scroll down to “Nib Load.”
5. Go to the location of the downloaded brush that is saved on the computer.
6. Select “Open” to pull the brush set into Corel Draw. The brushes are now ready to use.
Phase by phase to install brushes into corel draw
1. Open the Corel Draw program and create a new file by selecting “File” and then “New.”
2. Choose the “Window” option and select “Dockers,” and then “Brush Settings” to open the Docker pane.
3. Press “P” for “Paint” to activate the Docker. Stretch the Docker pane by clicking and dragging the corners so that all of the options are visible.
4. Click on the “Nib Options” icon, located on the “Nib Properties” line. Scroll down to “Nib Load.”
5. Go to the location of the downloaded brush that is saved on the computer.
6. Select “Open” to pull the brush set into Corel Draw. The brushes are now ready to use.
How to Add Flash FLA Files to a Page in Dreamweaver CS4
1. Video from cameras, phones and other devices can be converted to FLA files using the Adobe Flash CS4 Video encoder. Decode in advance whether you want to use Progressive Download or Streaming to play the video. If you choose streaming, be sure you have a server that is a Flash Media Server.
2. Open a page in Dreamweaver and place the cursor where you want the video insertion point to be.
3. Choose Insert > Media > FLV. A Insert FLV dialog opens. Decide whether to make the Video type Progressive Download or Streaming. Choose the Skin you want for the player and set a width and height. If you want Auto Play or Auto Rewind, select the appropriate checkboxes. Click OK.
4. Save the page. Use Live View or preview the file in a browser to see the video.
5. In this process you see a message from Dreamweaver telling you that you need to save the dependent files swffix_modified.js and expressinstall.swf into the Scripts folder. Click OK to do this. When you upload the page to the server, upload the HTML page, The FLA file and the Scripts folder.
1. Video from cameras, phones and other devices can be converted to FLA files using the Adobe Flash CS4 Video encoder. Decode in advance whether you want to use Progressive Download or Streaming to play the video. If you choose streaming, be sure you have a server that is a Flash Media Server.
2. Open a page in Dreamweaver and place the cursor where you want the video insertion point to be.
3. Choose Insert > Media > FLV. A Insert FLV dialog opens. Decide whether to make the Video type Progressive Download or Streaming. Choose the Skin you want for the player and set a width and height. If you want Auto Play or Auto Rewind, select the appropriate checkboxes. Click OK.
4. Save the page. Use Live View or preview the file in a browser to see the video.
5. In this process you see a message from Dreamweaver telling you that you need to save the dependent files swffix_modified.js and expressinstall.swf into the Scripts folder. Click OK to do this. When you upload the page to the server, upload the HTML page, The FLA file and the Scripts folder.
Converting PhotoShop Brushes abr to Gimp
Requirements Software to convert brushes photoshop to gimp
1. download and install abrViewer
Note: abrView is a little program located in C that only works in windows and you need the .net framework to run it correctly.
Make sure to install microsoft net framework 2.2 in order to get abrviewer run properly
If it does not exist in the windows make sure to download microsoft net frameworkk firstly then install it
2. Download Gimp Batch Brush Converter Script by kward1979uk
3. Gimp 2.+
4. A PhotoShop ABR file
Requirements Software to convert brushes photoshop to gimp
1. download and install abrViewer
Note: abrView is a little program located in C that only works in windows and you need the .net framework to run it correctly.
Make sure to install microsoft net framework 2.2 in order to get abrviewer run properly
If it does not exist in the windows make sure to download microsoft net frameworkk firstly then install it
2. Download Gimp Batch Brush Converter Script by kward1979uk
3. Gimp 2.+
4. A PhotoShop ABR file
Procedures of converting photoshop brushes into gimp
1. Run abrview you have just installed then Click File> Open brush sets and find where PhotoShop abr file is and select it
2. You will see a bunch of thumbnails of each brush in the set when the brush set is open
3. In the lower left hand corner there is a list of the brush sets you have opened and you can choose multiple sets if you want to. In this section right click on the opened set then select export thumbnails
3. Select the folder you have created in your documents called PNG Dump and click ok
At this moment abrView will convert all the thumbnails into png files. After it is done abrView can be closed
4. Install the Gimp Batch Brush Converter Script by kward1979uk that you have just downloaded
After doing so run gimp
5. Before you run the batch script make sure you have the foreground color set to black and background color set to white
Click the reset to default button (in the glowing circle)
6. The reason is that the script flattens the image first.
When you flatten an image it gets rid of the transparent regions by filling it with your background color. Gimp sees the white part of a GBR file as transparent so if it is any other color your brush will end up looking like a big block
7. Now click xtns>script-fu>gimp-talk.com>brush-batch
After clicking that simple step the menu will show specific steps to fill
Read then click to fill the requirement space within the menu
Load from – load all the images you want to convert. For this tutorial we are using the PNG Dump folder. Browse to it and select it!
File Type – the file type in png format that is going to get converted. Click the down arrow and select PNG
Brush Name – Pretty self explanatory it is the name of the brush. Do not put a number at the end as the script has automatically numbered them.
File Name – This will be the name of every brush you convert. Once again number is not necessarily given
SAVE TO FOLDER - This is where all the gbr brush files that will be placed
OK - Once the set up is complete click this for your brushes
8. After the process complete go to the output folder and select all the gbr files then load them to your Gimp Brush folder
1. Run abrview you have just installed then Click File> Open brush sets and find where PhotoShop abr file is and select it
2. You will see a bunch of thumbnails of each brush in the set when the brush set is open
3. In the lower left hand corner there is a list of the brush sets you have opened and you can choose multiple sets if you want to. In this section right click on the opened set then select export thumbnails
3. Select the folder you have created in your documents called PNG Dump and click ok
At this moment abrView will convert all the thumbnails into png files. After it is done abrView can be closed
4. Install the Gimp Batch Brush Converter Script by kward1979uk that you have just downloaded
After doing so run gimp
5. Before you run the batch script make sure you have the foreground color set to black and background color set to white
Click the reset to default button (in the glowing circle)
6. The reason is that the script flattens the image first.
When you flatten an image it gets rid of the transparent regions by filling it with your background color. Gimp sees the white part of a GBR file as transparent so if it is any other color your brush will end up looking like a big block
7. Now click xtns>script-fu>gimp-talk.com>brush-batch
After clicking that simple step the menu will show specific steps to fill
Read then click to fill the requirement space within the menu
Load from – load all the images you want to convert. For this tutorial we are using the PNG Dump folder. Browse to it and select it!
File Type – the file type in png format that is going to get converted. Click the down arrow and select PNG
Brush Name – Pretty self explanatory it is the name of the brush. Do not put a number at the end as the script has automatically numbered them.
File Name – This will be the name of every brush you convert. Once again number is not necessarily given
SAVE TO FOLDER - This is where all the gbr brush files that will be placed
OK - Once the set up is complete click this for your brushes
8. After the process complete go to the output folder and select all the gbr files then load them to your Gimp Brush folder
