Photoshop brush organizer and .PNG creation

[jmac]

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]

ABRmate does the same for windows, just not for brushes of ps CC;(

[markw]

Thank's for posting that link jmac. I've just rediscovered all sorts of Photoshop brushes I had forgotten or indeed mislaid!

[jmac]

Hi Mark,

Glad you found it useful.

[markw]

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]

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.