If you have downloaded brushes from the Sketchbook Extras library, have a backed up set you want to load on a new computer, or have received some from a friend or coworker, you can load them to Sketchbook in the Brush Library.
Importing brushes in Sketchbook Pro for desktop
There are two ways to import a brush on desktop. The most straightforward is to drag and drop the brush into the canvas, or double-click the brush file.
If that isn't handy, you can manually import the brush set.
Loading brushes using Import Brush Set
- Download our Free brushes (or wherever there's a brush set) and save it to your computer.
- In the Brush Library, tap the marking menu
- Select
Import Brush Set.
- Navigate to your Downloads folder, or wherever you saved the brush set you want to import
- Double-tap the brush set. Whether it is a .zip file or .skbrushes file shouldn't matter. The set is immediately loaded into your Brush Library.
Pinning a brush set to the Brush Palette
Now that you’ve created and probably imported brush sets into the Brush Library, you may have found a set you love to use. If so, why not pin it to the Brush Palette? This will replace the current brushes in the palette with those in the chosen set.
- In the Brush Library, tap the brush set you want to pin to the Brush Palette.
- Tap-hold
and select
Pin Set To Palette. You will see your palette is now loaded in the Brush Palette.
Importing brushes in Sketchbook for mobile
- Download the brush set to your device or connected cloud location
- Tap
to open the Brush Library
- At your pinned brush set, you'll see the Brush Set menu
- Tap Import
- The file browser will launch, navigate to where you saved the downloaded .skbrushes file
- Tap the file to import
Here's a quick video showing brush import in action: