Brushes doesn't show after import

[Segno]

I just download and install brushed package "Neptune Illustration Kit by Frankentoon",

"Fine Liner Affinity Brushes by The Artifex Forge" and "Chunky Markers Brush Pack"

dialogue box said imported successfully but some brush doesn't show in brush menu

>>"Fine Liner Affinity Brushes by The Artifex Forge" and "Chunky Markers Brush Pack" only show in Affinity Designer, can't see in Affinity Photo

but  "Neptune Illustration Kit by Frankentoon" only show in Affinity Photo, can't see in Affinity Designer.

 

I've tried to reinstall the app, restart my Mac and reimport the brush many time but it doesn't work.

Please help.

[Xzenor]

They're vector brushes.. They're for Designer so that's where you'll find them.

[jmwellborn]

Welcome to the Forums @Segno😊  The Neptune Illustration Kit contains raster brushes, which will download in Photo and also in Designer.  In Designer you need to click on the Pixel Persona in order to find those brushes in your Brushes Panel.  The Fine Liner Brushes and the Chunky Markers are vector brushes, and although Affinity Photo tells you that they have been imported successfully it is an idiosyncrasy of the app that it allows these brushes to "import" at all, since they cannot be used by the app which is pixel-based.  They will show properly in the Brushes Panel when in the Designer Persona.  I hope this helps!

 

 

[Xzenor]

2 minutes ago, jmwellborn said:

In Designer you need to click on the Pixel Persona in order to find those brushes in your Brushes Panel.

Wait.. really? Then how come I have more brushes in Photo then I do in Designer? (Pixel Persona).
Should the pixel brushes be imported separately in Designer?

[Segno]

11 minutes ago, jmwellborn said:

Welcome to the Forums @Segno😊  The Neptune Illustration Kit contains raster brushes, which will download in Photo and also in Designer.  In Designer you need to click on the Pixel Persona in order to find those brushes in your Brushes Panel.  The Fine Liner Brushes and the Chunky Markers are vector brushes, and although Affinity Photo tells you that they have been imported successfully it is an idiosyncrasy of the app that it allows these brushes to "import" at all, since they cannot be used by the app which is pixel-based.  They will show properly in the Brushes Panel when in the Designer Persona.  I hope this helps!

OMG! It's work!!
Thank you so much :))

[jmwellborn]

1 hour ago, Xzenor said:

Wait.. really? Then how come I have more brushes in Photo then I do in Designer? (Pixel Persona).
Should the pixel brushes be imported separately in Designer?

Yes.  You have to import brushes separately for each app.   You can export your brushes from Photo into a backup file -- which is actually a very good idea in case of a major crash -- and then use that backup file to import your brushes into Designer.  Unfortunately, you will have to export them one category at a time.  Open the Brushes Panel in Photo, select a brush category, then click on the hamburger icon at the top of the panel, choose Export Brushes  and then you choose your new backup folder.  (Mine is in Finder>Affinity Brushes).  One-at-a-time you can backup everything, or just what you want to later import into Designer.   Then open Designer, go to the Brushes Panel, click on the hamburger icon, and choose Import Brushes.  Then navigate to your backup folder, select one brush file at a time, and click on Open.  Designer will automatically place the new brushes in the Pixel Persona.   Tedious, but it works.  Hope this helps!

[jmwellborn]

@Segno  You are welcome!   Enjoy your new brushes!!

[Xzenor]

5 minutes ago, jmwellborn said:

Yes.  You have to import brushes separately for each app.  

Thanks.

It's really weird then, that it's possible to add Vector brushes to Affinity Photo..

 

[jmwellborn]

1 minute ago, Xzenor said:

Thanks.

It's really weird then, that it's possible to add Vector brushes to Affinity Photo..

 

Yes, it is, but at least they don't gum up the works!  There are some posts from a year or two back about how to remove the vector brushes from Photo, but I never bothered.  I have enough disk space to never worry about it.  If you want to use the Search button at the head of these Forums and search for this issue, you may find useful information, but it will be some time ago.

[Alfred]

18 minutes ago, jmwellborn said:

There are some posts from a year or two back about how to remove the vector brushes from Photo, but I never bothered.

You just need to delete the ‘vector_brushes.propcol’ file from the Affinity Photo user data folder. Please see this thread to identify the relevant location for your version of APh.