Viewing/Manipulating ABR Files in Bridge

One of the most frustrating things about working in Photoshop is the inability to preview an ABR file and select ONLY specific brushes out of a set, instead of loading the whole expansive set. Being able to view ABR files and pick and choose particular brusheds and forming new sets from this or that set would be such a huge help.

A quick glance in Bridge file preferences does not list .abr files as a supported format.
They can be opened in Photoshop however.

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