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Photo 1.9.2.1035, Win 7

I seem to have created a monster: a rectangular brush I cannot get rid of. I also tried to create an image brush following all of James' steps in his tutorial bur could not see it being saved. Then I tried exporting something the pixel layer and it must have ended up somewhere but I can't import it. Confused? So am I.

It's all quite a mess, really. My omnipresent monster never goes away, even after editing and I have no other brushes to choose from. Where are the brushes?

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Is your Brushes panel showing the Basic category:

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If it's showing any other category (it may read "Brushes"), then try clicking on the name and choosing Basic from the pop-up menu.

Alternatively and as very much a last resort, you could try Preferences - Miscellaneous - Reset Brushes:

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Screenshot is from macOS but it should be similar on Windows. But beware - it will remove any purchased brushes and revert to the original set of basic brushes that ship with Photo. At your own risk...

 

Affinity Photo 2.0.3,  Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel.

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In your first screenshot image.png.e3c47ff671168a801d5f3f43b5635190.png

it looks like you've clicked on the multi-line "hamburger" icon on the right edge. If so, don't do that. Those options should be covering up the stuff you need to see.

If you didn't click on that icon, you might try:

  1. From the menu, View > Studio and uncheck Brushes. Then View > Studio and check Brushes.
  2. If that doesn't fix it, try View > Studio > Reset Studio

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11 minutes ago, SamSteele said:

This is all I have to choose from:

You're clicking the so-called "Hamburger" menu to the top right of the panel, not the name of the category. What happens if you click here:

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It should bring up a list of categories.

(Could you also post a grab of your Brushes panel in its current state - ie nothing clicked or selected?)

 

Affinity Photo 2.0.3,  Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel.

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I did manage to get my Brushes panel to show by un-clicking Studio-> Brushes (thanks, guys) and then clicking on Studio-> Brushes again.

Here is my current brushes panel (more brushes at bottom). Why there is such a huge gap at the start, I don't know. But it's progress ... of a sort.

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