Xara Designer Pro X 19.0.0.64291 DL x64 May 3 2022

[handrawn]

humm... I take it these 'animal' etc folders are not actually brushes...

if you go to [ignore and do not type any spaces in this address]:

C:\Users\your-username-here\AppData\Local\Xara\XtremePro\19\Templates\ENG\Bru shes

there should only be the xar files in this folder for brushes, and not folders for anything else or a link/shortcut to any other folders

[gwpriester]

I updated this morning and this is what I see in the Brush Gallery

[Manny]

I see what you mean. They indeed are not brushes so I deleted all of them and everything is back to normal; but while I still have your ear could you tell me how to buy additional brushes to add to my collection?

Thanks

[handrawn]

when you start xara designer no brushes are loaded into memory, but as soon as you access a brush from the line gallery then all the brushes in that gallery are loaded, which can slow things down especially if you have added more to the gallery itself

the way I used to organise my favorite brushes was not to use the gallery, but have my own folder for custom brushes and open the brush xar file that I needed in the normal way - that makes the brush available for use with the advantage that, as long as you access it from the freehand tool info bar, and not the line gallery, then the gallery brushes are not loaded

also easier to manage than adding them to the default brush folder, for me anyway

I don't know about buying them, but I'm way out of the loop for this in xara now; there are archived brushes on TG here: https://www.talkgraphics.com/forumdi...2-Xara-Brushes