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I recently updated, but had a problem getting the update to install. After some browsing I used a method whereby I renamed my Designer folder to Designer.old and it worked, but now I'm missing all my custom brushes. Is there a way to bring the brushes from my Designer.old folder directly into the new Designer directory?

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What OS do you use, Mac or Windows?

Exactly what folder (full name) did you rename?

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
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Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5

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3 minutes ago, NightlyVagabond said:

Windows, and it was C:\Program Files\Affinity\Designer.

Thanks.

Unfortunately, that's not the one that would have your brushes. If you have good system backups you might be able to find a backup copy.

The folder would be C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Affinity\Designer\1.0\user

The specific file would be vector_brushes.propcol

If you don't have a backup of that, then for any custom brushes you acquired elsewhere you would need to re-import them from the original .afbrushes files. For any that you created yourself, you would need a backup copy of either that file, or an exported .afbrushes file you made previously.

(One other possibility: if you were also a Designer Beta user, and you had imported your brushes into Designer Beta, you could retrieve that set of brushes from the vector_brushes.propcol file in C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Affinity\Designer\1.0 (Beta)\user

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5

Posted
1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks.

Unfortunately, that's not the one that would have your brushes. If you have good system backups you might be able to find a backup copy.

The folder would be C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Affinity\Designer\1.0\user

The specific file would be vector_brushes.propcol

If you don't have a backup of that, then for any custom brushes you acquired elsewhere you would need to re-import them from the original .afbrushes files. For any that you created yourself, you would need a backup copy of either that file, or an exported .afbrushes file you made previously.

(One other possibility: if you were also a Designer Beta user, and you had imported your brushes into Designer Beta, you could retrieve that set of brushes from the vector_brushes.propcol file in C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Affinity\Designer\1.0 (Beta)\user

Aw, dang. Well, I'll dig through AppData and have a look just in case it's still there, otherwise, I'll have to start over. Fortunately I can just redownload my purchased brushes; it's the custom ones that'll be a hecker. Thanks for the quick replies!

Posted
5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

The specific file would be vector_brushes.propcol 

and raster_brushes.propcol for any raster brushes

 

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Posted
43 minutes ago, carl123 said:

and raster_brushes.propcol for any raster brushes

 

Thanks. I forgot about the Pixel Persona :(

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
    Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2,  16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5

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