Importing Brushes X3

blinkk · Post by **blinkk** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:06 am

I downloaded Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 about two months ago and love it. Everything has been working great for me. I haven't installed any updates, bonuses, or add-ons, mainly because I haven't needed them.

I'm trying to import some premade brush tips. It seems Corel is having trouble recognizing the file types. I originally tried to import an .abr file which wasn't recognized. I converted the files to .png, and got the error message: "the file (C:/users/etc/etc) is a newer format version and unsupported." I used an online "how to" guide when importing these brushes. I wish I could find the guide, but I can't at the moment. I'm pretty sure the directions I followed were accurate, though.

Anyway, what file types will corel accept as brushes? Why am I having trouble importing these brushes?

thanks

JStanley · Post by **JStanley** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:32 pm

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Post by **Kathy_9** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:32 pm

I've run across the "newer version" error message as well and in those instances will use abr viewer to convert the files to png and work from there.

Here's a link that details the process. http://www.graphics-illustrations.com/t ... d-easy-way

Post by **LeviFiction** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:46 pm

Kathy_9 beat me to it. XD

Yes but more recent versions of the abr file type aren't supported that way either. Use of the open source program "abrviewer" to export abr brush heads as PNGs and then use the export option inside of PSP to create a brush from the PNG is recommended for those cases.

Here are just a few small tutorials on getting brushes from abrviewer. They all say pretty much the exact same thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxWKjL99dng

http://www.paintshopblog.com/2008/06/19 ... andor-jbr/

http://scrapbookcampus.com/tips-tricks/ ... p-pro-use/ - this one does a batch convert using SuzShook's brush converter script

JStanley · Post by **JStanley** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:01 am

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blinkk · Post by **blinkk** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:13 am

Kathy_9 wrote:I've run across the "newer version" error message as well and in those instances will use abr viewer to convert the files to png and work from there.

Here's a link that details the process. http://www.graphics-illustrations.com/t ... d-easy-way

This did just the trick. Thanks.

Post by **Kathy_9** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:03 am

You're very welcome - glad I could help.

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