On 06/01/2015 05:55 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: >> 1) Copy all the brushes from the GIMP's system wide 'brushes' >> directory into the user account 'brushes' directory. > > Instead of merely adding a new location for brushes in the Preferences > dialog? Why?
It was just the first thing that occurred to me. Also, I have set keyboard + mouse wheel commands to change brush size and hardness on the fly. I find that the size of any brush changes as expected, but only brushes "owned" by the user will change hardness. Between that and wanting to be able to delete brushes that start out as read-only in /usr/share I just find it more convenient to keep them all (except a backup set, because I'm paranoid) in my user account's .gimp tree. I do a lot of photo rework and I find being able to change brush size and hardness without changing brushes is hugely convenient. I have set things up so that Alt + mouse wheel up/down changes the current brush radius, Ctrl+Alt + mouse wheel up/down changes the brush hardness. Of the seven brushes I use most frequently for "precision" work, six are not included in the factory stock set: http://pilobilus.net/xfer/brushes.png And here's how I control their size and hardness: http://pilobilus.net/xfer/settings.png One of these days I will pack these brushes up with brief setup instructions and put them on the Plugin Registry or somewhere like that. Humm... Now it occurs to me that I haven't even looked for a setting that will change the brush angle on the fly, which would be even more convenient. Considering what some of the brush dynamics settings do, I would not be surprised if this exists. :o) Steve _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
