Imported Brushes have disappeared twice now

[MeNan]

So, for the second time in about a month during after a Photo crash, all of the brushes that I had previously imported were gone.  I suspect there is no way to get them back without importing them all over again, but if there is I would LOVE to know how.  But my main question is, is there any way to back up the imported brushes or something so that if it happened again I do not have to re-import them all again.  Obviously, this is very time consuming!!  

Thanks to anyone who can help!

DHayes

[toltec]

3 hours ago, MeNan said:

So, for the second time in about a month during after a Photo crash, all of the brushes that I had previously imported were gone.  I suspect there is no way to get them back without importing them all over again, but if there is I would LOVE to know how.  But my main question is, is there any way to back up the imported brushes or something so that if it happened again I do not have to re-import them all again.  Obviously, this is very time consuming!!  

Thanks to anyone who can help!

DHayes

The burger menu is your friend.

You could create your own category of brushes, and then export them as a backup using the burger menu, choosing Export Brushes

They will be saved as a .afbrushes file. 

You can reload backed up brushes by using the burger menu and clicking Import Brushes.

[HVDB Photography]

Brushes are stored in the directory: 
%AppData%\Affinity\Photo\1.0\user\

all together in the file  raster_brushes.propcoll

So, if you find a recent backup to restore them ...

 

[Gabe]

@MeNan,

Just to add a bit more info to what has already been covered above  Have a look at Leigh's reply here to understand better what each option does:

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[Polygonius]

10 hours ago, MeNan said:

So, for the second time in about a month during after a Photo crash,

Every change on brushes or macro-library.... will afaik only  REAL stored, after close/reopen AP. 

I had the same by reorganize my macro-categorys with this stupid 1step-up/dwn longwindowed system. I do a half hpour work and then AP crashes and all changes since last restart where completly nirwarnaed. Same by import / organize some brush (category). In future i will close/reopen after each 10 minutes when working on "presets"....

[MeNan]

Thank you all for the suggestions!  Big help!  I will definitely create a folder with my favorites and EXPORT it as it is--I had the favorites folder in my brushes, but had never exported it.  I will also check for the file mentioned above.  Thanks so very much!!

DHayes