Importing Brushes is not working.
Trying to import a variety of brushes from all different sources that are CS4 and above and correct AI files.
When I look at preview links it provides the image below. And when I open the files are blank this is consistent with every single brush AI file I"ve tried to open. However, on the Open menu of illustrator they are available to preview. Is there a problem with opening AI brushes in the 2021 update? Ideally I need these brushes to finish work for a client, and need to build on Illustrator rather than Photoshop
Peter Nicholson
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A preview you are able to see is a preliminarily generated thumbnail. It gets recorded when a user first saves the file. But it is possible to get a file that differs from its thumbnail easily, it all depends on the save options, specifically the PDF compatibility one. So the PDF compatible content still can have the art on canvas, but the native Ai layer — can no longer have them, because the author of brush pack deleted them to save reduce the file size.
What you should try is to check the Brushes panel itself — you can have brush tips in it already.
Also, if you import brushes using the Brushes panel’s flyout menu (Open Brush Library > Other Library), brush tips will be imported into it directly.
So, do you import (using the menu), as the title of the report implies, or just open the files like ordinary documents?
