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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-brush-dialog"></a>10. Brushes dialog</h2>
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The Brushes dialog
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The Brushes dialog is used to select a brush, for use with
painting tools: see the <a href="ch02s04s08.html" title="4.8. Brushes">Brushes</a> section for basic
informmation on brushes and how they are used in GIMP. The dialog
also gives you access to several functions for
manipulating brushes. You can select a brush by clicking on
it in the list: it will then be shown in the
Brush/Pattern/Gradient area of the Toolbox. A few dozen basic
brushes come pre-installed with GIMP, along with a few assorted
bizarre ones that mainly serve to show you the range of
possibilities. You can also create custom brushes using the Brush
Editor, or by saving images in a special brush file format.
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The Brushes dialog is a dockable dialog; see the section on <a href="ch02s03s04.html" title="3.4. Dialogs and Docking">Dialogs and Docking</a> for help on
manipulating it. It can be activated in several ways:
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From the Toolbox menu:
<span class="guimenu">File</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Brus<span class="accel">h</span>es</span>.
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From the Toolbox menu:
<span class="guimenu">File</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Create New Dock</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Brushes, Patterns, and Gradients</span>.
This gives you a dock containing three dialogs, with the
Brushes dialog one of them.
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From the Toolbox, by clicking on the brush symbol in the
Brush/Pattern/Gradient area.
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From an image menu:
<span class="guimenu">Dialogs</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Brus<span class="accel">h</span>es</span>.
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From the Tab menu in any dockable dialog:
<span class="guimenu">Add Tab</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Brus<span class="accel">h</span>es</span>.
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From the Tool Options dialog for any of the paint tools, by
clicking on the Brush icon button. Note that, depending on your
Preferences, a brush selected in this way may only apply
to the currently active tool, not to other paint tools. See
the <a href="ch04s18s07.html" title="18.7. Tool Options">Tool Option
Preferences</a> section for more information.
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In the Tab menu, you can choose between <span class="guimenuitem">View as
Grid</span> and <span class="guimenuitem">View as List</span>.
In Grid mode, the brush shapes are laid out in a rectangular
array, making it easy to see many at once and find the one you
are looking for. In List mode, the shapes are lined up in a
list, with the names beside them.
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At the top of the dialog appears the name of the currently
selected brush, and its size in pixels.
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In the center appears a grid view of all available brushes, with
the currently selected one outlined. If you see a little "+" to
the right of a brush, it means the brush is actually larger than
it appears. If you see a little red triangle, it means the
brush is an animated brush, also known as an "image hose".
Clicking on a brush causes it to be selected as GIMP's current
brush. Double-clicking activates the Brush Editor.
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Below the grid appears a scale entry for "Spacing", which is the
distance between consecutive brush marks when you trace out a
brushstroke with the pointer.
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The buttons at the bottom of the dialog allow you to operate on
brushes in several ways:
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<span class="term">Edit Brush</span>
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This activates the <a href="ch04s10.html#gimp-brush-editor-dialog" title="Brush Editor">Brush
Editor</a>. Pressing the button will open the Editor
for any brush. It only works, however, for parametric
brushes: for any other type, the Editor will show you the
brush but not allow you to do anything with it.
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<span class="term">New Brush</span>
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This creates a new parametric brush, initializes it with a
small fuzzy round shape, and opens the Brush Editor so
that you can modify it. The new brush is automatically
saved in your personal <tt class="filename">brushes</tt> folder.
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<span class="term">Duplicate Brush</span>
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<dd>
<a id="gimp-brush-duplicate"></a>
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This button is only enabled if the currently selected
brush is a parametric brush. If so, the brush is
duplicated, and the Brush Editor is opened so that you can
modify the copy. The result is automatically
saved in your personal <tt class="filename">brushes</tt> folder.
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<span class="term">Delete Brush</span>
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<a id="gimp-brush-delete"></a>
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This removes all traces of the brush, both from the dialog
and the folder where its file is stored, if you have
permission to do so. It asks for confirmation before
doing anything.
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<span class="term">Refresh Brushes</span>
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<a id="gimp-brush-refresh"></a>
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If you add brushes to your personal
<tt class="filename">brushes</tt> folder or any other folder in
your brush search path, by some means
other than the Brush Editor, this button
causes the list to be reloaded, so that the new entries
will be available in the dialog.
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The functions performed by these buttons can also be accessed
from the dialog pop-up menu, activated by right-clicking
anywhere in the brush grid/list, or by choosing the top item,
<span class="guisubmenu">Brushes menu</span>, from the dialog Tab menu..
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The Brushes dialog (List view)
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For the most part, the dialog works the same way in List mode as
in Grid mode, with one exception:
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If you <span class="emphasis"><em>double-click</em></span> on the name of a brush,
you will be able to edit it. Note, however, that you are only
allowed to change the names of brushes that you have created
or installed yourself, not the ones that come pre-installed with
GIMP. If you try to rename a pre-installed brush, you will be
able to edit the name, but as soon as you hit return or click
somewhere else, the name will revert to its original value. It
is a general rule that you cannot alter the resources that GIMP
pre-installs for you: brushes, patterns, gradients, etc; only
ones that you create yourself.
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<h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-brush-editor-dialog"></a>Brush Editor</h3>
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FIXME: Writing of this section is deferred until the user
interface for this dialog stabilizes.
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