# Naming Brushes and better thumbnails

**URL:** <https://community.aseprite.org/t/naming-brushes-and-better-thumbnails/9530>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [June 12, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/naming-brushes-and-better-thumbnails/9530 "2021-06-12T10:55:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Merb00](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/merb00/32/6242_2.png) [@Merb00](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Merb00)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/naming-brushes-and-better-thumbnails/9530/1 "2021-06-12T10:55:25Z")

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Please please make it possible to name your custom brushes! It’s also super difficult to see the brush and the negative space when I create a dithering brush. I don’t know if there is an easier way but it would be great to have a better preview + as pattern as well as the name next to or with the shortcut e.g. Alt+1 “fuzzy brush”

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**Author:** ![Olga\_Galvanova](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/olga_galvanova/32/3294_2.png) [@Olga\_Galvanova](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Olga_Galvanova)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/naming-brushes-and-better-thumbnails/9530/2 "2021-08-09T21:58:59Z")

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there are some plans to change custom brushes menu:

> [@Feature request: brush type window changes](https://community.aseprite.org/t/feature-request-brush-type-window-changes/5037/4):
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> Hi there @Olga_Galvanova! Actually there are several plans to improve the custom brush dialog, something similar to a [grid of brushes](https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite/issues/175). It should be easy to create new brushes, drag-and-drop them, delete them, edit them, flip/rotate, etc.

according to [roadmap](https://www.aseprite.org/roadmap/) this should be implemented already in v1.3. but i don’t have access to beta, so i don’t know if it is.

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**Author:** ![BraidAcer](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/braidacer/32/7193_2.png) [@BraidAcer](https://community.aseprite.org/u/BraidAcer)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/naming-brushes-and-better-thumbnails/9530/3 "2021-08-10T05:31:00Z")

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It is implemented, though not so comfortable to use. There is a list of lots of brushes with first 9 marked with Alt+n shortcuts and ability to modify shortcuts. No names in this list, though. And it’s list, not grid. Inside each brush you can mark which parameters this brush saves/changes when selected. Maybe it’s still buggy, because when I try to delete brush the zoom of the list suddenly changes.

See screenshots for yourself:

 ![show_brushes_1](https://community.aseprite.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bdb92c8d16afb7f8806290ac537b1c07f6d89da8.png)

 ![show_brushes_2](https://community.aseprite.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/86ca0c7f39e20e1f7ff0408d2e2007a84ef43109.png)

 ![show_brushes_3](https://community.aseprite.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c02a20e566b112af685bafda8b4e44419f17855a.png)

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**Author:** ![BraidAcer](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/braidacer/32/7193_2.png) [@BraidAcer](https://community.aseprite.org/u/BraidAcer)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/naming-brushes-and-better-thumbnails/9530/4 "2021-08-10T08:45:41Z")

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I’ve figured out that deleted brushes kept empty in this list until all brushes after them deleted. This is somewhat counter intuitive @dacap

Also new Ctrl+B brush always added automatically to this list in some strange temporary state. If you never selected it then it will be replaced by new Ctrl+B brush. This is also very strange behvaiour.

In my opinion it will be better to make straightforward logic when brushes deleted at the moment I click ‘Delete’ and all other brushes shifted up. And all brushes shortcuts automatically fixed too (as they refer to brushes by indexes). And current Ctrl+B brush should have its own separate display at ‘Save Brush’ position. And I want to move brushed up and down. And scroll this list, so fewer positions may be displayed even if list if huge. And give them names, yes, because there is a lot of space to the left of this panel.