There is no brush preset available when opening the software

You have successfully downloaded Krita 5.2.9, but when you open the software, it shows the following message:

“You don’t have any resource bundles enabled. There are no brush presets available. Please enable a bundle that has presets before continuing. If there are no bundles, please import a bundle before continuing.”

How can this issue be resolved? Thank you.

:slight_smile: Hello @Xue555, and welcome to the forum!

You can try if you can activate a bundle via the menu ‘‘Settings’’ >> ‘‘Manage Resource Libraries…’’ where theoretically should be a list of 4 bundles on the left of the opening dialog. From those bundles, you can select a bundle and activate it via the Activate-Button, but the bundle Krita_Artists_SeExpr_examples.bundle does not contain brushes, so you need to activate one of the bundles Krita_3_Default_Resources.bundle, Krita_4_Default_Resources.bundle or RGBA_brushes.bundle to enable a bundle holding brushes.

BUT, your description sounds as if Krita does not have access to its resource folder, so in case you do not see any bundles in the dialog I mentioned above, then we need a few things to know, to be able to help you further:
What is your operating system?
From where did you download your copy of Krita?

Michelist

Hello, I tried what you said, but the software I installed doesn’t have the four resource bundles you mentioned. I’m using Windows 11 Pro, version 24H2, and I downloaded Krita from the official website.

Did you install the portable version or the usual installer?

Was Krita installed using your current account or was it installed using administrative rights or was it installed from another standard user account?

Do you have full read and write access to Krita‘s resource folder?

Michelist

After I reinstalled the Windows 11 23H2 version, I reinstalled the software and now the brush packs can be displayed normally. The software also feels smoother than before. Thank you for your timely response.

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Did you solve the problem? I’m also facing this problem right now.

Do you not see the brushes after you click OK on this dialog? Can you make a screenshot of your Brush Presets dialog or the brushes dropdown?

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