Importing .brush files

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Hello! I just downloaded a brush, not a brush set just one .brush file, that my friend recommended to me. I can’t import it to krita and I don’t really know how. I watched tutorials and the problem is that krita doesn’t even recognize the file it doesen’t see it. I thought it’s maybe because of the file type. The file type is just .brush and I thought I might as well ask here for help, if anyone knows what should I do please respond. Thank you!!
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im on windows 10, my krita is version 5.1.5, and the brush link that my friend sent me is this one:

i’m guessing it’s a procreate brush
thanks to this forum i now know that there’s a new version of krita so i am in the process of downloading the 5.2.2 version

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Welcome to the forum, @maniccaveman.

Please state which operating system you’re using (Windows? Android? etc) and the version # of Krita (Help > About Krita > the number is in the upper right hand of artwork that opens).

Then, tell us about the brushes you’ve downloaded. Are they Krita brushes? Adding the link would help.

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im on windows 10, my krita is version 5.1.5, and the brush link that my friend sent me is this one:

i’m guessing it’s a procreate brush

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On the start screen, there’s a news feed that you can enable/disable and that would tell you about new releases:

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If it was a Photoshop brush then there are ways of getting the brush tip pattern out of it but not the detailed behaviour.

If it’s a Procreate brush then that can’t be done.

Krita has hundreds of brushes available so I’m sure one will be good enough :slight_smile:

Hello @sooz :slight_smile:

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You can’t import brushes that were made for a different program.

Some people find ways of importing the brush tip file (the picture) but then you would have to build a brush in Krita to use that tip.

If you’re new to all this, this is not going to be a quick project for you.

You’re better off using Krita brushes. Here’s a good place to start:

Waving to you, @AhabGreybeard

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thank you, it’s nothing to dwell on there are hundreds of brushes to download!!

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thanky you to you too so much!!

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I just took a look into that brush (it is a standard ZIP-Archive), but for the contained brush-tip (an archive in an archive) they unfortunately use a type of archive that is even unknown to universal extractor, the probably most versatile archiving software available. But the header is unencrypted.

Michelist

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It’s weird that they offer brush downloads without telling people what software these brushes are for. At least I couldn’t find any information about that.

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Yep, there wasn’t any for that brush, only for another set this “Teyoid” named Procreate.
It’s like Windows users who live in their own (ir)reality: they almost always assume that we know which operating system they are using. There’s nothing else, is there?

Michelist

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