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Procreate How-To Guides

Everything you need to get brushes onto your iPad and make the most of Procreate.

How to Download Procreate Brushes

Downloading Procreate brushes takes less than a minute once you know where the file goes. Brushes come as a .brushset (a whole named collection) or a single .brush file, and when you download one on an iPad it lands in the Files app under Downloads. From there a single tap sends it into Procreate.

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How to Make Your Own Procreate Brush

Want a stamp from your own picture without touching Brush Studio? Our free Procreate stamp brush maker turns any image into a stamp brush right in the browser.

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How to Install Procreate Brushes

Installing Procreate brushes means getting a .brushset into your library so it stays there permanently, ready whenever you paint. It's a quick process — a single tap in most cases — but there's a faster drag-and-drop method too, plus a few things worth knowing about organizing and troubleshooting.

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How to Import Brushes into Procreate

Importing brushes into Procreate is usually a one-tap job, but there are three ways to do it depending on where your file lives — and Procreate can even import Photoshop .abr brushes. Whether you're adding a full .brushset or a single .brush, here's every method plus how to find brushes that seem to vanish after importing.

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Can You Use Procreate Brushes in Photoshop?

Short answer: no, not directly. Photoshop cannot open a Procreate .brushset, and there is no built-in export that turns one into a Photoshop brush. The two apps store brushes in genuinely different ways, and no amount of renaming the file will change that.

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