# How to save a brush with alpha? **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips, Tutorials and Help\ **Created:** [February 9, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/how-to-save-a-brush-with-alpha/19556 "2025-02-09T16:52:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tea\_Emasiri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/tea_emasiri/32/25995_2.png) [@Tea\_Emasiri](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Tea_Emasiri)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/how-to-save-a-brush-with-alpha/19556/1 "2025-02-09T16:52:27Z")
Hi, I would like to know if there’s anyway to save a new brush with alpha. I tried saving it after putting alpha on. But after restarting the app the alpha was resetted to default blank. 🥲 ![20250209_234839](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/nomadsculpt/original/3X/3/f/3fe12c00cccf300d7af9169c0951433d33597214.jpeg) Thank you in advance! ❤ ---
**Author:** ![lopoisaac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/lopoisaac/32/9373_2.png) [@lopoisaac](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/lopoisaac)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/how-to-save-a-brush-with-alpha/19556/2 "2025-02-10T07:01:37Z")
It’s weird… I don’t have any issue. How do you close Nomad? Are the alphas in any unusual format (webp, exr…) ? ---
**Author:** ![Tea\_Emasiri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/tea_emasiri/32/25995_2.png) [@Tea\_Emasiri](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Tea_Emasiri)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/how-to-save-a-brush-with-alpha/19556/3 "2025-02-10T09:05:23Z")
No, it’s just a normal .png format. I close Nomad just by opening “running apps screen” and swipe it up to close. ---
**Author:** ![Tea\_Emasiri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/tea_emasiri/32/25995_2.png) [@Tea\_Emasiri](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Tea_Emasiri)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/how-to-save-a-brush-with-alpha/19556/4 "2025-02-10T09:12:43Z")
Oooh my gosh, I found it. I didn’t check these 2 before saving brush! ![20250210_160746](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/nomadsculpt/original/3X/3/6/36e070a0f082433f5e2358e4fff42ee7ab8b3288.jpeg) After doing this, my brushes were saved with alpha. My badddd! Thank you for your help making me noticed it wasn’t a bug. 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![lopoisaac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/lopoisaac/32/9373_2.png) [@lopoisaac](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/lopoisaac)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/how-to-save-a-brush-with-alpha/19556/5 "2025-02-10T10:01:55Z")
Awesome! Thanks to you asking, because if this happens to me or anyone in the future, the solution can now be found here in the forum ☺ ---
**Author:** ![Holger\_Schoenischka](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/holger_schoenischka/32/3934_2.png) [@Holger\_Schoenischka](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Holger_Schoenischka)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/how-to-save-a-brush-with-alpha/19556/6 "2025-02-10T14:22:55Z")
This setting - alpha include - actually only affects the saving behavior of the material - not the brush tool. You should have asked your question differently - you asked for save a NEW BRUSH ! You didn’t want to save a new brush - but a new MATERIAL. For a material you need the checkbox - include alpha - for a new brush you don’t need this setting and yet the alpha is saved when you clone and save the complete brush tool. That is something completely different. ---
**Author:** ![Tea\_Emasiri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/tea_emasiri/32/25995_2.png) [@Tea\_Emasiri](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Tea_Emasiri)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/how-to-save-a-brush-with-alpha/19556/7 "2025-02-10T16:10:10Z")
Sorry about that, yeah, I should have asked differently 😅