Hello I just downloaded Krita a few days ago and already, the program is working amazingly well. However, I have not been able to find out how to install new brushes. I have already downloaded the brushes; now I just need to discover how to install the little buggers . The version I download was Krita Version 2.9. If someone could please tell me the steps on how to install the brushes and make them available in Krita for use, I would very, very much appreciate it!

Hi foggyrose321,

In Krita 2.9 a brush is usually referred to as a "Brush Preset" (sometimes simply as "Preset"), and it's made of "UP TO" 3 files:

1. a "preset", with the core settings (*.kpp)
2. a "brush", or predefined texture for the tip (*.gbr - or *.gih/*.png/*.gih/*.jpg)
3. a "pattern" image used by the preset settings (*.pat - or *.png/*.jpg)

These 3 files reside respectively within the following folders:

1. {your home folder}/.kde (or .kde4)/share/apps/krita/paintoppresets/
2. {your home folder}/.kde (or .kde4)/share/apps/krita/brushes/
3. {your home folder}/.kde (or .kde4)/share/apps/krita/patterns/

For what I know, they can also be organized in subfolders to maintain the main folder, tidy.

That said, to install your new brushes in Krita 2.9, you can:

A) manually copy all the files within the folders above and then restart Krita, or you can
B) automatically import your files by using the new "Manage Resource Bundles" that is found in (main menu) "Settings" -> "Manage Resources..." and then restart Krita. The files to import can be compressed, e.g. "*.bundle" files, or the single files mentioned in the list above.

By using the second method you can also create your own bundles, being them "presets", "brushes", "patterns", "workspaces", "palettes", "gradients".

I was having same problem but with this reply i resolve the problem thank you for sharing.

Thank you very much! This was incredibly helpful and quick, too. I have been trying to find out how to solve this problem for some time. Thanks again