[Sean-Michael]

Ive decided to make this post for people to have
a thread to link to when someone asks
"How?" and "Where?"

Edit: As of 8/9/07 I personally prefer to use the gimps user directory to install custom content, find that folder here. "C:\Documents and Settings\Sean-Michael\.gimp-2.2\brushes"



Key Words = Gimp Brushes, Installing,
Where do I put brushes,
How do I install brushes.

[Phoenix]

Very nice tutorial. Also for quicker acess so that you dont have to find that folder everytime you can create a new folder in my pictures, and then in gimp go to > File > Preferences > Folder > Brushes > and then set it up so where thats where the brushes go.... Okay ill stop talking now XD Anyway its a very nice tut for new comers :) Everybody I know is always asking me how to add brushes.

[StormGuard]

or just book mark thats what idid

[Sean-Michael]

Both are very good points and thankyou for adding it here!

[evilkitty]

i bet that you found out about my prob! lol thanks! i love tuts that help newbies like me!!! yay!!!

[g333k]

This really helped me out a hile back. So, since I joined now...

Thanks! :l:

[Gspark]

i moved the brushes to the gimp brush folder and see them all there but i can figure out what to do next :s: and the tut dosent really help but it does a little

[kender]

Thanks That helped me a lot! But it seems it always messes up Gimp :c: What did I do? I do exactly everything! (please email me it... I have issues with topics being replied to ^^; freak_flame246@yahoo.com)

[Sean-Michael]

[center]:o: ??Joking?? :o:
None of this could mess up Gimp!

[rozwell]

I'm on a mac. In the prefs it tells me the brushes are located under /user/xxxx/.gimp-2.2/brushes, however, the folder does not show up. Do I need to access it from the cmd liine? If so what commands do i need to know to add the brushes to the folder? I have tried adding my own search paths but they always get deleted when I close the preferences window.

[Buket-Head]

thank you very much :)

[swmiller6]

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I'm on a mac. In the prefs it tells me the brushes are located under /user/xxxx/.gimp-2.2/brushes, however, the folder does not show up. Do I need to access it from the cmd liine? If so what commands do i need to know to add the brushes to the folder? I have tried adding my own search paths but they always get deleted when I close the preferences window.

I am not sure what the cmd line syntax would be(probably $ cd /user/xxxx/.gimp-2.2/brushes) but the . in front of the .gimp-2.2 makes it a hidden folder. You can most likley enable the /user/xxxx/ folder to display your hidden files from the folder view window(in windows xp it is under: Tools>Folder Options>View)....I do not use mac so I can not be any more specific then that, sorry........

swmiller6

[barbara]

generally gimp have the brushes in 2 places :
- in this directory you wrote (for whole system)
- in your private user directory ( this is the hidden directory .gimp in your /home/user-derectory )

when I want to place some brushes to my user directory, I do not need to do it as root.
I simply copy them from command-line: cp brush.gbr ~/.gimp-2.2/brushes/
and that is all. Any time I can remove them from command line or by clicking.
I use Linux (Fedora Core 4). On Mac it should be similar. ( I suppose...)

[rozwell]

Thx for the help barbara + sm. The cp cmd worked great. Is there a way to make the .gimp-2.2 folder visible? Or would removing the dot mess everything up...

[barbara]

hallo rozwell,
it is great idea to make some very important directories unvisible (like .gimp-2.0/ in personal home directory),
because nobody can make any click-mistake by accident and per example delete them or move somewhere.
Do NOT remove this dot on the beginning (*) - when you do it , gimp will not find it and will not work and will make 'first-run' and produce new hidden directory.
When you want to see all your hidden directories - change some preferences in your desktop environment or file-browser settings ( I am fast sure,
there is in Mac such option to make the hidden directories visible).

(*) this dot is part of name,
removing dot = changing name of directory

[Manwithmanyguns]

I folowed this guide step by step, but it's not working. I need some help.

[Manwithmanyguns]

Never mind, I got the brushes working. I don't know about you guys, but i like gimp better than photoshop.

[zenmaster098]

wat happens if it saids

gimp message:

Your GIMP installation is incomplete

Failed to open file 'C:\\Program Files\\GIMP-20\\gimp\\2.0\\menus\\brushes-menu.xml': No such file or directory

Plase make sure themenu XML files are correctly installed

Message Repeated 3 times.


OK

[ShadowGaara]

I don't see it in gimp WHAT AM I DOING WRONG!

[Chocolate570]

What operating system are you using?