Open ABR files in your browser
The brush packs designers buy, swap and download by the thousand. See every tip in one right here, without Photoshop. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your file opens as a sheet of every brush, pattern, gradient, shape or style in it, each with its name and size.
- Every tip, pattern, gradient, shape or style • Its name and size
- Filter a big pack by name
- Click one to open it full size
- Save each one as a PNG
About ABR
Photoshop keeps its brushes in .abr files, and packs of brushes for painting, lettering, textures and stamps are sold and shared as ABR. Photoshop Elements, Krita, GIMP, Clip Studio Paint and Procreate import them too.
Versions 1 and 2 of the format list each brush, a tip drawn from its diameter, roundness and hardness or a sampled picture. From version 6, of Photoshop 7, an ABR holds each tip as a grayscale picture, with a descriptor of every brush's name and settings: its spacing, angle, scattering and dynamics.
Filepeek draws every tip on a sheet with its name and size, and a filter finds one in a big pack. A click opens a tip full size as a PNG, and the button beside it saves it.
Photoshop brushes
.abr
Format
- MIME type
- application/octet-stream
- Made by
- Adobe, for Photoshop
Inside the file
- Holds
- Brush tips and their settings
- Tips
- Grayscale pictures
- Versions
- 1, 2 and 6 on
- Made by
- Photoshop
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens ABR brushes in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers only download them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open ABR
- WindowsPhotoshop and Photoshop Elements • Krita and GIMP import it
- MacPhotoshop and Photoshop Elements • Krita and GIMP import it
- iPhone and iPadProcreate imports it on iPad
- AndroidInfinite Painter imports it
Questions
How do I see what's in a brush pack?
Drop the ABR on this page. Every tip shows on a sheet with its name and size.
Can I use a Photoshop brush in Procreate or Krita?
Yes. Procreate, Krita, Clip Studio Paint and GIMP import ABR files, though each keeps only some of the settings. Save a tip as a PNG here to make a brush of it in any app.
Why does Photoshop say my ABR is not compatible?
A brush pack saved by a newer Photoshop can hold settings an older one doesn't know, and a download cut short breaks the file. If its tips show here, the file itself is fine.