

The text looked like something one might find added to a conventional sample sheet as rasterized text, like as part of a logo or instructions for use. abr files that would not import into earlier versions of Affinity Photo, at some of the grid positions, instead of a brush thumbnail a block of text would show, the same size as a brush thumbnail. The "Get Info" Preview pane usually shows only what looks like a sample sheet of the brush pattern thumbnails in a grid layout, & no text. Thanks for the info, but that isn't what I meant.

There are tools which can extract the brush images or convert the brush format etc. The ' desc' section data is a flatten descriptor which can be decoded using the PS script stream methods.

#Sketchup pro unexpected file format series
The ' patt' section data (if not empty) represents a series of patterns (used for textures) with unique identifiers (UUID) referenced in the descriptor. The ' samp' section data (if not empty) represents a series of sampled brushes with unique identifiers (UUID) referenced in the descriptor. The length of data (a 4-byte big-endian integer) The header lies a sequence of sections organized by key: ' samp', ' patt' and ' desc'.Ī 4-character key (' samp' or ' patt' or ' desc') PS brush files do starts with a header: 2-byte big-endian integer for the version, followed by 2-byte big-endian integer for brush count. That's usually a normal part of the ABR format file structure as there can be several text portions. for them this 'Get Info' preview always included something in addition to brush patterns, typically what seemed to be text comments or the like abr files also generated an 'unexpected' error, & for them this 'Get Info' preview always included something in addition to brush patterns, typically what seemed to be text comments or the like, but there is no indication that is what is causing the Affinity error.
#Sketchup pro unexpected file format mac
Some import into Affinity Photo fine others generate the 'unexpected format' error. I have no idea why this is.Īll of them (eventually) show a preview image in the Mac Finder > Get Info window that looks like a sample of (some of?) the included brush patterns, & they also import into Pixelmator Pro without error, which suggests the files are not corrupt/unreadable. abr files I saved after banishing Photoshop Elements from my Mac, & several others I downloaded from various websites. Once back in the office I'll do some more testing and confirm the changes made.įWIW, I tested with several.

ABR files and none imported as the "Unexpected Brush Format" message appeared. ABR brush import has been made in 1.7.2, it should skip any corrupt brushes.
