Thanks, Andy et al! Never thought to look for the actual download link over there; thought those were just for advertised pdf readers and such. I will calm down now. Have a nice weekend, all. Pete
On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM, VE4PER/ Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > I managed to get a couple of brush sets from those links. I found the > link that worked was on right hand side about 1/3 way down the page simply > click the word "Download" > > worked for Gimp 2.6 as well just extract the files and copy to the hidden > gimp brushes folder in ur linux home folder. > > Haven't tried photshop elements yet to see if they work there. > > > On 26/05/13 02:22, Pete Wright wrote: > > Please note that in all the previous mewling and whining I have > confused using torrent and just clicking download links. > Neither is working for me. > I keep hearing about all this great stuff that is available for Gimp, but > I can't download so much as a logo. > Good thing I know how to make my own brushes -- I can just sit > cross-legged here in the corner and make my own while the rest of you play > nicely together. > Sheesh! > Pete > > > On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Pete Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nothing seems to actually be downloading. >> Well, one of my attempts got me something with a .gbr extension, but >> putting it in my gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have made any >> difference. >> I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen. >> I suppose there is some way to search for brushes on torrents so I can >> use transmission, but I don't know how to do that, either. >> The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search." >> How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it from a >> seed; a seed I download in the usual manner. >> I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I installed and >> tried Chromium. No Joy. >> Am I cursed? >> Pete >> >> >> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after >>> many >>> > happy years with it. >>> > Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP. >>> > I can make my own brushes and use them. >>> > But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites >>> like >>> > Noupe. >>> > How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission? >>> >>> Transmission is a program specifically for using bittorrent. If you >>> have downloaded a file that is not a .torrent file you don't need to >>> use Transmission, you already have the file you want. >>> >>> > Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort >>> when I >>> > don't know what I am doing) yields no joy. >>> > I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works. >>> > NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily >>> all >>> > this page" I am getting nothing. >>> > What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct >>> (yes, I >>> > am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing? >>> >>> Perhaps the file you have downloaded is an archive of some sort (zip, >>> rar, gz etc.) that you need to uncompress. I'm not sure exactly which >>> tool you would use to do that in xfce (the desktop environment that >>> ubuntustudio uses), but you might be able to just right click on it >>> (in your downloads folder) and click "extract here" or something >>> similar. >>> >>> -- >>> Matt Wheeler >>> [email protected] >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >>> >> >> > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > >
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