11-16-2020, 08:51 PM
Trying to save space I decided to convert some .abr brushes to .gbr.
So I ended up checking that in the .gbr format the file is gigantic, almost the size of the set in .abr
My experience was as follows:
With a .abr set containing 15 brushes, I converted all 15 brushes to .png.
I compared the fidelity of the brushes created in .gbr via the images in .png and via direct conversion of the brushes into .abr by Gimp. There was no difference, even the final size and visually I did not detect any differences.
The .abr set is 37,844 KB (36.9 MB)
I chose Brush015 from this set to make the comparison.
In .png this brush015 was left with 3,471 KB (3.38 MB)
All .png together add up to 42.6 MB
Only brush015 converted to .gbr had 29,445 KB (28.7 MB); little less than the complete Set .abr.
Even if I only wanted two brushes from this Set, they would still end up taking up more space than the 15 brushes from Set .abr.
I tried to convert some of my .gbr brushes to .abr, first converting to .png and then using PS CS2 creating the .abr. But the version I downloaded, although apparently free, does not offer the Edit - Define Brush menu.
The question is:
Is there any other way to create .abr other than through PS? Some other software
So I ended up checking that in the .gbr format the file is gigantic, almost the size of the set in .abr
My experience was as follows:
With a .abr set containing 15 brushes, I converted all 15 brushes to .png.
I compared the fidelity of the brushes created in .gbr via the images in .png and via direct conversion of the brushes into .abr by Gimp. There was no difference, even the final size and visually I did not detect any differences.
The .abr set is 37,844 KB (36.9 MB)
I chose Brush015 from this set to make the comparison.
In .png this brush015 was left with 3,471 KB (3.38 MB)
All .png together add up to 42.6 MB
Only brush015 converted to .gbr had 29,445 KB (28.7 MB); little less than the complete Set .abr.
Even if I only wanted two brushes from this Set, they would still end up taking up more space than the 15 brushes from Set .abr.
I tried to convert some of my .gbr brushes to .abr, first converting to .png and then using PS CS2 creating the .abr. But the version I downloaded, although apparently free, does not offer the Edit - Define Brush menu.
The question is:
Is there any other way to create .abr other than through PS? Some other software