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jmac
08-02-2015, 04:24 AM
I wanted to share this link that was shared with me for Brush Pilot. This is an app for organizing photoshop brushes. In addition to doing a great job of that, it can also convert .abr files to .png with transparent backgrounds. I thought some might find this useful when making and experimenting with brushes in ArtRage. With this link you can get Brush Pilot for $12.00, less than half the regular price. I personally used the link to buy the app and it worked fine. I should mention I believe this is a Mac only app.

http://www.mightydeals.com/all_deals?s=Brush+Pilot

Rondo
08-02-2015, 06:12 AM
ABRmate does the same for windows, just not for brushes of ps CC;(

markw
08-02-2015, 06:46 AM
Thank's for posting that link jmac. I've just rediscovered all sorts of Photoshop brushes I had forgotten or indeed mislaid!:cool:

jmac
08-02-2015, 08:55 AM
Hi Mark,

Glad you found it useful.

markw
08-03-2015, 12:20 AM
To make creating sticker sheets a bit quicker out of the black & white PNG files exported from Brush Pilot, or indeed any other image, I've made a simple Finder Service workflow with Automator that will convert any selected images into pure red, i.e. Red 255, Green 0, Blue 0.
To instal:
Double click on the Automator file and you will be asked if you wish to install the Service or open it first with Automator. (In OSX 10.8.5 it will be installed to; Home Folder > Library > Services)
After installing, if you Right Click on an image in Finder, at the bottom of the popup menu that opens, under Services you will see the option 'Convert To Red'.
Dropbox Link: Deleted as this version really didn't work out!

RedSaucers
08-03-2015, 04:04 AM
Thanks markw your script works a treat.

While I was playing around with creating new sticker brushes from some abr files, I came across the Import Photoshop Brush option on the Sticker Spray presents menu, which works like a charm!!!, can't believe I didn't know about this. It saves the trouble of exporting to png, converting to red and then the other bits and bobs of importing them into ArtRage. I had a little look on the forums and some abr file formats didn't seem to be quite compatible with ArtRage, but I must have got lucky!

I also had a look in the manual, (only a little sketchily, using find and a quick glance) and couldn't find mention of this feature.

markw
08-03-2015, 04:48 AM
Hi RedSaucers, thanks glad you like it:)
Yes a lot of times you can just simply import .abr brushes and go from there.
I perhaps should have said earlier though, that there are a couple of advantage in making Sticker Sheets out of different individual PS brush heads. One is that unlike a normal PS brush which just repeats one image, AR can alternate between different images all in the one brush head.
The other is that you can easily switch which Sticker Sheet to use in the Sticker Spray Settings panel.
At the moment I'm experimenting with some grunge/texture brushes using different images in the rows and columns to give a more random, organic look.
And then of course there is still Gloss, Texture and Metallic one can add. And on two levels! So lots of potential to play with here I think.

jmac
08-03-2015, 07:19 AM
That is great Mark! I had no idea what Automator was (well I still don't but thanks for the script)! Only problem I'm having is my converted png has a red stroke but a much light red tint fill. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

markw
08-03-2015, 09:39 PM
Hi jmac,
Interesting… nothing should be being added to the red version, as all the script dose is convert what's already there in the original .png to red.
All the .abr brushes that I've converted so far have come out fine.
Could you post the before and after png images of the brush head that's misbehaving for you?

The only area of some unpredictability I've found so far is when converting colour images containing actual white or near white areas. The white areas will remain white and when used as a Sticker Spray, AR doesn't seem to know quite what to do with them! Note the odd grey areas in the purple image on the left.
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jmac
08-04-2015, 04:45 AM
Hi Mark,

I seem to have lost (read forgot to save) the original black version of the brush. All of the circles were solid black. I'll have to remake it. But here is the Convert to Red version.

jmac
08-04-2015, 05:05 AM
Here is another example with the before and after...

markw
08-04-2015, 06:12 AM
Yes, I see I think jmac, something is up here...
If I run the conversion inside Automator all is well. However you are right if it is run as a Service outside of Automator it's not 100% reliable is it:confused:
I have pulled the version you downloaded and will go do some more tinkering with it. I have an idea…
PS:
jmac, RedSaucers thanks for being such good sports as unintentional beta testers!:cool: I should have given it more of a workout sorry about that.

jmac
08-04-2015, 09:10 AM
Hey I appreciate that you are looking at this Mark. I'm trying to wrap my head around this Automator thing and what might possible with it. Not having much luck so far.

markw
08-04-2015, 10:52 AM
Well I have a solution now and so far it's working. (But I think I may have said that before!:o)
But it's late here now and I need some sleep so will post again tomorrow.

markw
08-07-2015, 09:58 PM
OK so here's the final version 3 of Convert To Red and thanks to jmac and RedSaucers for your feed back. Much appreciated:)
And I hope others find this small Mac Finder Service useful too.
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1873820/ArtRage/Conver_To_Red_Service.zip

narf
01-04-2016, 02:52 AM
Hi,

as there is a discussion here about Photoshop brush import here ...

I tried to import a 3rd party PS brush set for CS6(W7,64bit) into Artrage 4.5.9(64bit)
but it did not work, it said unsupported format. Can't AR import complete brush sets?

Do I have to extract every single brush from the set somehow to import it? Or has CS6 to new
brush formats to be imported?

jmac
01-04-2016, 04:44 AM
ArtRage can only import .abr brush files. It can not import tool preset files which are .tpl files. If the files you are trying to import are .abr files they should import fine. I have CS6 and I have imported .abr files in sets with out problem. You have to remember to check all of the brushes you want to import in the window that comes up in AR and unfortunately they will all have the same name, like like xyz brush 1, xyz brush 2, xyz brush 3, etc. I believe you can change the names after import.

If the files you have are .tpl files you will have to save each one individually in photoshop as an .abr file in order to get them into ArtRage.

Hope this helps.

narf
01-11-2016, 08:29 AM
ArtRage can only import .abr brush files. It can not import tool preset files which are .tpl files. If the files you are trying to import are .abr files they should import fine. I have CS6 and I have imported .abr files in sets with out problem. You have to remember to check all of the brushes you want to import in the window that comes up in AR and unfortunately they will all have the same name, like like xyz brush 1, xyz brush 2, xyz brush 3, etc. I believe you can change the names after import.

If the files you have are .tpl files you will have to save each one individually in photoshop as an .abr file in order to get them into ArtRage.

Hope this helps.

I managed to import the brushes now - but it were the versions for Photoshop CS5 and below. CS6 versions did not work.

jmac
01-11-2016, 09:23 AM
I have CS6 and ArtRage 4.5.7 and I have never had a problem importing .abr files. I'm not sure what the problem could be. I am on a Mac but I don't see why that should matter. Perhaps someone else may be able to offer some help.

narf
01-13-2016, 05:31 AM
Strange, I tested Mac too, with the same result.

MikeStr
11-12-2016, 08:43 AM
Check the new idea from MagicSquire plugin that just appeared to organize Photoshop brushes - I think it's very good, needs to be something like this!

Doesn't allow me to post links, here is the video:
youtube dot com/watch?v=_tNULSSRVEI

Rondo
11-12-2016, 09:38 AM
what should happen if PS brushes where converted to PNG's?,could they still be handled like PS brushes or just plein image files?