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There is a quick method to add a new brush: Section 9.2, “Creating a brush quickly”. |
.gbr
('gimp brush') format is used for ordinary and color brushes. You can convert many other types of images, including many brushes used by other programs, into GIMP brushes by opening them in GIMP and saving them with file names ending in .gbr
. This brings up a dialog box in which you can set the default Spacing for the brush. A more complete description of the GBR file format can be found in the file gbr.txt
in the devel-docs
directory of the GIMP source distribution. .gbr
brush .gih
('gimp image hose') format is used for animated brushes. These brushes are constructed from images containing multiple layers: each layer may contain multiple brush-shapes, arranged in a grid. When you save an image as a .gih
file, a dialog comes up that allows you to describe the format of the brush. Look at The GIH dialog box for more information about the dialog. The GIH format is rather complicated: a complete description can be found in the file gih.txt
in the devel-docs
directory of the GIMP source distribution. .vbr
format is used for parametric brushes, i. e., brushes created using the Brush Editor. There is really no other meaningful way of obtaining files in this format. .myb
format is used for MyPaint brushes. Please refer to Section 3.8, “MyPaint Brush” for more information. brushes
folder, which you should not use or alter, and the brushes
folder inside your personal GIMP directory. You can add new folders to the brush search path using the Brush Folders page of the Preferences dialog. Any GBR, GIH, or VBR file included in a folder in the brush search path will show up in the Brushes dialog the next time you start GIMP, or as soon as you press the button in the Brushes dialog. Note |
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When you create a new parametric brush using the Brush Editor, it is automatically saved in your personal brushes folder. |