[Photo & Designer Freeze on .abr import]

Hi all,

Specs:

Designer Version 1.8.3.641. Photo Version 1.8.3.641

Windows 10

Intel Core i5-8265U 1.6GHz w/ Turbo Boost up to 3.9Ghz

RAM - 8 GB

 

I've recently downloaded a few free .abr brush sets online which I was able to successfully import into both Photo and the Pixel Persona of Designer after just a few seconds of loading, annoyingly now I've purchased a brush set the software seems to fall over itself when I try and import it.

I bought the new Photoshop Brush Set (30+ brushes) from Sketch-a-Day (created in Photoshop CC I believe), but when I try to import it either in Photo or the Pixel Persona of Designer, I get the blue spinning wheel but the software never seems to recover. I've not timed how long I've left it to try and recover, but I'm sure it's been about 20-30 mins without any response at least.

The brushes only cost $14 or about £12, but I'd really rather have them working! I've imported other .abr files so I'm hoping there's a way I can get this file imported too.

The file size is 39.2mb - could that be the issue?

I've tried importing the file into GIMP and only a handful of the brushes came in, but only a few worked correctly as far as I could tell.

 

If anyone could give some suggestions, I'd be happy to try anything at all!

Thanks,

Josh