That's the same view I have. My path is C>Roxy>Documents>My PSP>Brushes
The only folders showing up afterwards in my Drop menu are:
All
Artistic
Brushes
Haley64
Media
Roxy_new
Stamps
These are the folders of brushes I would like to have showing up in the list

Attached Images

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Whoo hoo- at least I learned how to attach a thumbnail :-)

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Jane - so glad you posted examples. I had something more in mind. So this first lesson is just to make different filled heart brushes rather than an element?
Rochelle

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No, not really! They were just some simple changes to illustrate how one brush can become another few brushes - apart from the one filled with animal texture, that's an element. I'll be doing more later, but really it's taking an image, creating the brush, altering the brush if you want and then using it to create an element, taking it further than just the image we started with.

Do something new with it, stretch yourself and try anything that comes to mind

Well I don't know how to attach thumbnails so you're ahead of me! In the File Locations box, do you have the actual Brushes folder as part of the location path? Not just My Documents>My PSP Files? Also, do those extra files contain the actual pspbrush tips rather than just an image of the brush?

I'm running out of ideas as to why they don't show up, but I think it might still be an easy answer if I knew the right questions to ask!

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Jane

Paint Shop Pro X2
Nikon Coolpix/Sony Cybershot

Here's where I learned to attach a thumbnail and I didn't have to upload to a photoshare site-that saves time!
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/a-tut...icle_562.shtml
Was pretty quick and easy
Yes my brush folder is part of the path and the files inside the separate folders are .jbr files. I can get to them by importing a custom brush. Noticed the zip files are also in the folders so don't know if that is a factor. Will take a look at Tracey's installation info from her brushes since that seemed to work because her brush folder shows up. Even when I used PSP alot in the past it was always hit and miss on loading the brushes. Never did get a firm grasp on getting the brushes sqaured away like I wanted but was able to access them by other means. Bedtime for me now so will problem solve and play tonight. Thanks for all your efforts.
Rochelle

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Hi Rochelle, just a quick note before I head off for the night:

a) thanks for the thumbnail tut, I'll try it out!
b) it occurred to me re-reading the brush folder problem that brushes are no longer jbr format, they are pspbrush and pspbrushtip - two files for each brush and that is why you cannot see them without importing them. We'll let Tracey confirm or deny that - I haven't time tonight to check out my theory, and I don't know if I even have any jbr files.
c) OK, the creating a brush tip from a selection - I was re-reading this also and wondered, you are actually selecting the brush image, marching ants around it? Because if somehow that bit isn't working it would explain why you are seeing only the last brush selected.

I'll be back tomorrow morning with more help if needed - handing over to my pardner Tracey now while I get my beauty sleep!

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Jane

Paint Shop Pro X2
Nikon Coolpix/Sony Cybershot

Ok trying to do a quick catch up here since I was to busy at work.

IF the brush files you see in the folders that are not showing up are only .JBR files the newer versions of PSP will not recognize them.

The newer versions from 8 up I believe need the two parts of the brushes.

Here is a link to Suz's site #088 that walks you through changing the .jbr brushes to work in PSP8 and up.

088 Using Custom Brushes in PSP X2
To use .jbr brushes in any version of PSP from PSP 8 on, they must be converted to PspScript/PspBrush format. To do this:
Choose File...Import...Custom Brush
On the Import Custom Brush dialog, click Open, and browse to the folder that contains the custom brush. This will open the brush file, and you'll see all the brushes in that file in the left hand window.
Click the Add All button - all the brushes will move to the right window.
Click the OK button, and the brushes will be added to the "save to folder" designated in your Preferences...File Locations.
Custom brushes have two parts - a PspBrush file, which contains an image defining the shape of the custom brush, and a PspScript file, which defines the settings in the Tool Options and Variance palettes for the brush. These files are in the following format:

BrushTip_xxxxxx.PspScript
xxxxxx.PspBrush
where xxxxxx is the name the user chose for the brush.

Both parts are essential to using a brush in PSP. Occasionally, one of these two parts gets lost, with these results:

If the PspScript file gets lost, the brush will not appear in the list of brushes. You can recreate the script file by moving the PspBrush file out of the Brushes paths as defined in File Locations and importing the brush again.
If the PspBrush file gets lost, the brush will appear in the list of brushes as a big blob. If you cannot find the associated PspBrush file, you will need to delete the PspScript file and re-import the brush from the original .jbr file.

Ok that should fix your brushes not showing up in the dropdown menu! If they are indeed .jbr files to begin with.
Having the zip files in there shouldn't be a problem as I have zip files in my Restricted Scripts folder...

You wrote: "Can't do this. When I do #2 to open the Create Brush Tip Dialog Box- the brush preview shows whatever brush was previously selected and not the brush/image I am trying to create. "
Ok let me try to explain...
when you are using this method your brush image can only be ONE layer and can have a selection, whether it is of the whole image or just a part withing in the image. I just got mine to recreate what you are explaining about it still showing the last brush in the preview window. So make sure that your image is only 1 Layer.

If this doesn't fix it for you, contact me on Hello tomorrow as I am home all day: Haley64

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