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| - | Chapter 1. GIMP Brushes | ||
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| - | Table of Contents | ||
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| - | Gimp Paint Studio | ||
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| - | See Also | ||
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| - | MyPaint | ||
| - | Krita | ||
| - | Inkscape | ||
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| - | GMIC | ||
| - | http://www.nosuchhost.net/~cheese/fedora/packages/ALL/x86_64/gmic.html | ||
| - | http://gmic.eu/gimp.shtml | ||
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| - | Ever since version 2.4, GIMP can use Photoshop ABR brushes, so almost any | ||
| - | website offering free brushes for image manipulation programs will have | ||
| - | something to offer an artist in need of new brushes. | ||
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| - | These sites seem to come and go at random, but the Great Linux Multimedia | ||
| - | Sprints has plenty for you to freely install, use, and re-distribute. Be aware | ||
| - | that not all brush sets are create equal; some are fine at low resolutions but | ||
| - | degrade when increased in size, so audition the brushes that you install and | ||
| - | judge them based on your own requirements. Installing too many will cause the | ||
| - | brush menu in GIMP to respond slower, so don't go overboard. | ||
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| - | Installing GIMP brushes is simple: | ||
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| - | * To install brushes on a system-wide basis, move the brush files (*.gbr | ||
| - | *.arb *.vbr etc) to the /usr/share/gimp/2.0/brushes/ directory | ||
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| - | * To install them on a per-user basis, copy the files to that user's ~ | ||
| - | /.gimp-2.x/brushes directory | ||
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| - | Launch GIMP (or quit and then launch, if it was already running) and the | ||
| - | brushes will in the brush palette. Notice that GIMP scans the brushes directory | ||
| - | every time it launches, so keeping hundreds or brushes in the the brushes | ||
| - | directory will make GIMP slower to launch. It may behoove you to familiarize | ||
| - | yourself with the brushes you own, and only keep your favourite brushes in the | ||
| - | brush directory, until GIMP developers come up with a more dynamic way to load | ||
| - | brushes. | ||
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| - | Gimp Paint Studio | ||
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| - | GIMP Paint Studio ("GPS" for short) is a sort of project-within-a-project; it | ||
| - | is an add-on pack for GIMP itself and brings with it a whole new personality by | ||
| - | adding sets of brushes, color swatches, and presets so that you can achieve | ||
| - | everything from realistic materials and brush emulation, airbrushing, inking, | ||
| - | and any variety of special effects. | ||
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| - | GPS is available from code.google.com/p/gps-gimp-paint-studio as a zip file. It | ||
| - | releases as a traditional software would, so make sure to download the latest | ||
| - | version corresponding to your version of GIMP. | ||
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| - | Slackermedia's maintainers currently also maintains a SlackBuild for GPS on | ||
| - | slackbuilds.org. | ||
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| - | If you choose to manually install it, the install is simple; unzip the file and | ||
| - | then copy the brushes into your GIMP brushes directory. | ||
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| - | Warning | ||
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| - | If you have custom GIMP *rc files, GPS will overwrite them during installation. | ||
| - | Backup your GIMP *rc files before proceeding. | ||
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| - | $ | ||
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| - | curl | ||
| - | http://gps-gimp-paint-studio.googlecode.com/files/GPS%201_5_final%20release.zip | ||
| - | -O GPS1_5_finalrelease.zip; mkdir GPS_source | ||
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| - | unzip GPS*zip -d GPS_source ; cd ./GPS_source | ||
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| - | $ | ||
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| - | for gps in $(find ./* -type d) ; do cp $gps/* | ||
| - | ~/.gimp*/$gps ; done | ||
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| - | $ | ||
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| - | cp ./GPS_source/*rc ~/.gimp*/ | ||
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| - | Once the files are copied, launch or re-launch GIMP and explore the new | ||
| - | options. | ||
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| - | Warning | ||
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| - | GPS brushes are only brush presets, so they are not stored in your brushes | ||
| - | menu. | ||
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| - | The new brushes are stored in the Restore Options From... button at the bottom | ||
| - | of the Paint Brush tab. Everything else is easily accessible in their | ||
| - | respective tabs. | ||
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