Facing Issues with Custom Brush Not Appearing Correctly

Hello Aseprite Community,

I want guidance regarding an issue with a custom brush I have created in Aseprite; I have followed the steps to create & save a new brush but I am facing some problems that I hope you can help me with.

I have designed a custom brush using the Aseprite brush editor. The brush looks as expected
when previewed in the editor.
After saving the brush I have attempted to load it into my current project. The brush does not
appear in the brush palette, despite being saved correctly.
When I select the brush from the palette, it appears as a blank or default brush rather than the custom design I created.

Also i have tried to restarted the program to see if it was a temporary glitch; Ive recreated the brush from scratch, ensuring all steps are followed correctly & I have verified that the brush file is saved in the correct directory where Aseprite expects custom brushes to be stored.

Also I have gone through this post: https://community.aseprite.org/t/custom-brush-deletingoracle-integration-cloud which definitely helped me out a lot.

I am not sure if this issue is related to a setting within Aseprite or if there might be a problem with the brush file itself.

Thank you in advance for your assistance & help.

hi, weeknd! is it possible the brush wasn’t ‘locked’?
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