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Username: Jammerlee
Post Date: 2020-08-24 05:45:18

Hi, I'm having some difficulty with loading brushes into FP4. I want to be able to load all of my brushes from all folders at once, but whenever I try to load them, it will delete many of the previous brushes I had open while also duplicating others? I tried working around the problem of not all of the brushes loading by dumping them all together into one folder but it still refuses to load all of them at once Here's a screencap of what I mean about the brushes repeatedly duplicating: [img]https://www.escapemotions.com/community/uploads/posts/2020/08/brushglitch.png[/img]

Username: Vevo
Post Date: 2020-08-24 14:45:14

Hello [USER=61272]@Jammerlee[/USER], where are you putting these brushes, please? Note there are 6 particle systems in Flame Painter 4: - Flame, Follow, Ribbon (included in the full version) - Fuzzy, Liner and Elastic (add-ons). In order for the brushes to load properly under their respective particle system, you need to either drag&drop it to FP4 or import via [i]File menu > Import brushes...[/i] Each brush will be added to the particle system it has been created with.

Username: Jammerlee
Post Date: 2020-08-25 15:39:06

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Escape Motions\Flame Painter 4\Brushes is the folder being used. I accessed it via Help>Show Library Folder I tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling the program including making sure everything in the AppData folder was deleted and that fixed the initial problem with my brushes library. I jusr tried reinstalling the Elastic brush pack via dragging the zip file into the program and it said it was installed, but doesn't show up in the library even after restarting it. Actually, looking through the brushes in the program, only the brushes from the Flame system are showing? Nothing from the Elastic, Follow, Fuzzy, Liner or Ribbon folders are loading? Instead of dragging the zip file into the program I just tried using the import feature and clicked on a random brush in one of those folders. It says it was imported, but it doesn't show in the library even after restarting the program. It still only shows the Flame brushes. It does create a duplicate of the image file for the brush I tried to import in its folder tho?

Username: Jammerlee
Post Date: 2020-08-25 15:44:17

Update: Just tried importing from C:\Program Files\Flame Painter 4\Brushes instead. Same problem with the brush not loading and only showing Flame brushes even after restarting, and a duplicate of the brush I tried to import being generated in the AppData brushes folder

Username: Vevo
Post Date: 2020-09-04 11:43:51

Hello [USER=61272]@Jammerlee[/USER], please check the other particle systems - there is a drop-down menu in the Properties panel. When you select a particular particle system, its brushes will appear in the Brushes panel: [img]https://www.escapemotions.com/community/uploads/posts/2020/09/particle systems.png[/img]

Username: Jammerlee
Post Date: 2020-09-05 07:29:43

Ah, that's where they were hiding! I was clicking the smaller thumbnails above the brush thumbnails themselves thinking that was how they were meant to be sorted, I completely missed that drop-down menu. Well, I feel like a fool now, haha. Anyway that seems to've been the problem. Thanks for your help!

Username: Vevo
Post Date: 2020-09-07 14:27:54

Hi [USER=61272]@Jammerlee[/USER], I am glad this was "the issue" :) Happy to help! If you need anything else, let us know.