Re: [Gimp-user] changing the brush sizes

[Ross Martinek <triarius12 gmail com>]

Thanks, Steve. They probably don’t fit my work, but the insight to your setup is quite valuable. The brushes 
in GIMP are probably it’s most confusing aspect, especially to relative tyros, or those switching from APS.

Ross


> On Dec 14, 2016, at 3:21 PM, Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net> wrote:
>
> On 12/13/2016 03:33 PM, mehjg wrote:
> > I want to be able to edit my brushes and save them, using the appropriate dialog
> > box, but no matter what I do, the size doesn't change. I can change the
> > hardness, angle, aspect ratio, etc., but the size just won't change, whether
> > using the bracket keys or the radius slider. I'm not using a mouse and I don't
> > want to try using the track pad's scroll function to change the size of the
> > brush because I use it to scroll. Any suggestions?
> > Thanks,
> > Matthew
>
> I have a comprehensive (for me) solution to the Brush Size (and
> Hardness) Question.
>
> First, note that there are two major classes of GIMP brush:  GBR brush
> files are bitmaps, fixed in size and hardness.  VBR brush files are
> vectors, with variable size and hardness that can be changed "on the
> fly" with keyboard + mouse commands while using the brushes.
>
> Here's a set of VBR brushes I made; they cover over 90% of my own uses
> for brush tools in the GIMP; I named them to assure that they appear at
> the top of the list in the Brushes dialog:
>
> http://pilobilus.net/xfer/Variable-Brushes.zip
>
> Drop them into your /brushes folder, and viola.
>
> Preview:
>
> http://pilobilus.net/xfer/brushes.png
>
> The oval ones are good for getting into tight spaces.
>
> Now about that "change size and hardness on the fly" part:
>
> Go to Edit > Preferences > Input Controllers and double click on Main
> Mouse Wheel to bring up the configuration dialog. Picture worth thousand
> words (or at least a hundred or so):
>
> http://pilobilus.net/img/mouse-scale-brush.jpg
>
> I also configure the GIMP to make the current brush "softer" or "harder"
> - that is, more or less fuzzy around the edge - in response to holding
> down Ctrl + Shift + Alt and scrolling the mouse wheel up and down.
> Controlling brush size and hardness with the mouse wheel is way more
> efficient than constantly switching between brushes. These settings can
> be found in the same menu as above.
>
> These brushes and settings save enough stress and hassle in one editing
> project to way more than justify the time and effort it takes to
> configure them.  Then you have them "forever" or at least as long as
> your present GIMP installation is in place.
>
> :o)
>
>
>
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