[Gimp-user] Create a new brush button disappeared

[rich404 <forums gimpusers com>]

> Hi, how can I get the create a new brush button back? I made a brush
> yesterday, and today it has disappeared, and I can't find anything on
> youtube about this.
> There are 4 buttons at the bottom, the first one saying "save tool
> preset", the next "restore tool preset", the next "delete tool
> preset", and the last "reset to default values".
> I pressed the last one, and nothing happened.
>
> Thanks!


Mixing up creating a brush preset with creating a new brush? 

The screenshots have the docks side-by-side to save space but they are there on
your Gimp, maybe in different places.

This is in the *** Tool Options *** dock

1. The brush presets assign characteristics to an existing brush. see:
https://i.imgur.com/Xw0sen9.jpg

New tool preset (1) brings up the preset editor, give the preset a name (2)
check the tick boxes and save (3)

2. Need to restore a preset: https://i.imgur.com/D6iBYLg.jpg click the icon for
a menu.


New Brush is in the *** Brushes *** dock

3. Click on Create a new brush, https://i.imgur.com/yftdQN5.jpg will bring up
the parametric brush editor. A parametric brush is some-name.vbr

Give it a name so you can find it again, Adjust the values to suit. Click on
refresh brushes and it will be there. https://i.imgur.com/UisppDJ.jpg

Other Types of brushes

4. A some-name.gbr is a bitmap brush, can be grayscale or colour. You can edit
one, open as an image, edit, *** export *** with the .gbr filename suffix. 
https://i.imgur.com/PpAZ1hb.jpg If you have the brush editor (vbr) editor open
the parameters are grayed out, they do not apply to this type of brush.

5. A some-name.gih is a Gimp image-hose, an animated brush. Briefly a layered
image, grayscale or colour. *** Export *** with filename suffix .gih.
https://i.imgur.com/bhPJIIF.jpg

That explains the types of brush but does not ask the question, Why a New Brush?

If it is a matter of brush size, and shape you should should be using the
sliders for size, aspect ratio, angle in the Brush Tool Options dialogue and not
creating a new brush.

rich: www.gimp-forums.net




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