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How to install a converted brush in Krita

A converted .kpp file is a single Krita brush preset. The quickest way to install one is Settings › Manage Resources…, then Import Resources, then pick the file. The brush appears in the brush preset docker as soon as the dialog closes. If it does not appear, it is usually hidden behind a tag filter rather than missing.

Step 1: Import the .kpp

1. Open Krita. A document can be open or not, it makes no difference.
2. Click Settings and choose Manage Resources…
3. Click Import Resources and pick the .kpp file. Krita copies it into your resource folder, so the original can be deleted afterwards.
4. Close the dialog. The brush is waiting in the brush preset docker.

Step 2 (alternative): Copy it into the resource folder

Faster when you have converted a whole library at once.

1. Settings › Manage Resources…, then Open Resource Folder. Krita opens the folder in your file manager.
2. Open the paintoppresets subfolder and drag the .kpp files inside.
3. Restart Krita. Brushes added this way are only read when the program starts, which is the one difference between this route and step 1.

If you would rather navigate there yourself, the resource folder is %APPDATA%\krita\ on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Krita/ on macOS, and ~/.local/share/krita/ on Linux.

It imported but the brush is missing

This is common and it rarely means the import failed. The brush preset docker filters by tag, and a converted preset arrives with no tag on it, so any active filter hides it.

1. Open the brush preset docker.
2. Set the tag selector to All, or search for the brush by name.
3. Still cannot find it? Restart Krita and look again. If it is still missing, the file did not land in paintoppresets.

Common questions

What carries into a .kpp

The brush tip embeds in the preset, and texture settings map onto Krita's 0 to 200 percent texture scale. Brushes that mix color map to Krita's Color Smudge engine behavior where possible.

See how conversion fidelity is measured, or what is actually inside a .kpp file.

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