Xara Designer Pro X10-brushes

[Scotty]

Hi,
I am still running the registered trial download version. When I create a brush where are they stored. I am running the 64Bit version, created a brush , experimented with different setting saving as new till I got what I was after. I want to delete the previous brushes I created but I can't find where they are stored LOL
Jim

[handrawn]

unless something has changed recently, brushes you create are only stored locally - ie in the document[s] that you use them in - any unused ones created will not be saved when the document/program is closed

easy to check - close the program completely then open a blank document and look at the brushes available, those will be the ones actually stored in the xara brush folder

[you can put them directly into the folder [in xar format] by copy/paste in windows explorer but as you don't know where that is I'm assuming you haven't ]

[angelize]

What i like to do is to have a folder on my hard drive for Xara brushes where store my brush documents (that is the .xar doc that contains the brushes) for example I have a document titled cloud brushes that contains several brushes for creating realistic clouds of different types and colours. I have my xara brushes folder added to my designs gallery and when I need to add some clouds to an illustration I can easily open the cloud brushes and then go back to the document I'm working on and my cloud brushes will be accessible.

[Scotty]

Hi all,
Thanks for the replies from you all, I spent sometime searching through Xara directory and couldn't find a hint as to where they would be kept, but if they are document dependent that is a bummer...

Jim
p.s Thanks again for responses.

[Egg Bramhill]

Hi Jim,

Here's the path to the brush folder. I remember when brushes were first introduced many moons ago now I did add brushes to a xar file but quickly found that it slowed down Xara's loading to a crawl. This may not be the case now.

Perhaps you could add some shapes to the Natural Media or Novelty file to see what happens. Remember to keep back-up copies of the files incase it makes a dogs dinner out of it just so you can restore the originals.

I must admit, I use a Brushes folder, similar to Frances' method.

Edit: Just tried adding a brush to the novelty folder and after rebooting xara the new brush is available.

By the way, does everyone have the novelty folder or is it just my machine?

[Scotty]

Hi Egg,
Thanks for the post...never thought of looking in templates...or missed the eng section...I new I had seen it previous versions...somwhere just couldn't find them this time. Funny my new brush name was there but not the previous ones ( the ones I wanted to delete) as they were showing up in my brush library when I looked..
Any ways thanks for the response
Jim

[angelize]

I have the novelty.xar file in my version as I expect everyone does. I also experimented with adding a brush to the folder you mention. I added a new .xar file titled stones which contains a brush by the same name and that works too. The .xar files in this folder also show up in the line gallery as a folder and when you open it it displays each brush and you can appy them from there. I think though that if you added too many brushes this way it could possibly have the effect of slowing down the program loading. ( I haven't tried to add any more as I don't have the time right now to fix it if I push it too far)

[wizard509]

I must admit, I use a Brushes folder, similar to Frances' method.

Edit: Just tried adding a brush to the novelty folder and after rebooting xara the new brush is available.

By the way, does everyone have the novelty folder or is it just my machine?

I do the same or similar thing too. Yes I have the novelty folder also.

[Egg Bramhill]

Thanks for the clarification Re the Novelty folder Frances / Larry.