Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP dotted lines

[Tobias Lunte]

how can I draw in GIMP freehanded *_curved_*

interrupted lines (dotted; dot-dash-dot; dash-dash;...) ?


Hello,

I guess you want to draw them freehanded as in just like the 
paintbrush tool.
If you want to do dotted lines (as opposed to dashed ones), you can 
quite easily use the paintbrushitself.
Just open the brushes dialog (ctrl+shift+B or windows-dockable 
dialogues- brushes)and select a round,(almost) hard brush.
Look at the bottom of the dialogue: there you'll find a slider called 
'spacing', set it to somewhere around 200 to 300 (thesofter the brush, 
the lower the spacing; very soft brushes might only require around 100).
Nowyou can just draw with your paintbrush (or pencil) as you're used to 
and it will give you a nice, evenly dotted line.
dashed or dot-dashed lines could also be created with paintbrush and 
pencil, but would require custom brushes.


bw,
Tobias Lunte//Tobl
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Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP dotted lines

[Richard Gitschlag]

Hi friends,

how can I draw in GIMP freehanded curved

interrupted lines (dotted; dot-dash-dot;
dash-dash;...) ?

To create lines first with a pencil and to use then
the rubber 

gives uneven and so unsatisfactory results.

Thanks for help!

Konrad

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Tobias covers it for painting simple dotted lines all right.

You can also do freehand dashed lines but you will need to map your desired 
dash pattern onto a gradient.  Gradient editor's not entirely easy to use, so 
I've attached a sample gradient file that can produce a simple dashed line for 
you (it alternates the current foreground color between opaque/transparent).  
So using it:

1 - On your painting tool, expand the Paint Dynamics option.  Set the Fade 
length to a desired value and the fade repeat to sawtooth (or triangular, 
depending on your pattern).
2 - You'll need one adjustable dynamics (not a preset) for the next step, so if 
you don't have one yet, open up the Dynamics dialog list and hit its New 
button to create one.  (You'll probably want to do this anyway, go do it.)
3 - Then bring up the Dynamics Editor (e.g. double-click your dynamics entry 
from the list), map Color to Fade.  (Also map Angle to Direction; it 
makes a difference if the brush is non-round).
4 - Select a brush (round or square will do), set the brush size to your 
desired stroke width and paint away!

Note this method is not technically perfect, but it should be close enough for 
casual use.

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