[glamorous.doll]

Hey, I just joined GimpTalk.
Okay so I am just absolutely confused!!!

Could someone be oh-so kind as to explain this to me?
I'm using a Linux.

Like when I download brushes and try saving them the brushes go onto my Desktop (I can't change where they're transferred to when I save them). Also, how the heck do I extract and add files onto my preference page?

Please help!

[Griatch]

@JS4

What was said was that you should move the files from whatever archive you got it from into the place where GIMP looks for brushes. You can find which folder this is (and adding new ones if you want) by opening the GIMP preferences and the "Folders" sub menu.

Moving brushes into this folder is a basic Windows copy&paste operation and has nothing to do with GIMP. GIMP only grabs all brushes it can find in that directory. Have you looked in the folder and made sure your things you think you added are really in there? If so, are you sure the brushes you added are really GIMP brushes? PS brushes won't work (by default).


@glamorous doll

Have you tried to click "Browse for other folders" in the save dialogue and pick another one than "Desktop" ...?

Not sure what you mean about saving "files" to your preferences, but if you want to change the content folders, go the the "Folders" submenu in Preferences. Here you can add new folders to hold various things like new brushes and so on -- you can have more than the original ones if you want. Of course you must remember where on the system those folders are, so you can save your things to them later. That is not done directly from the preferences.
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Griatch

[glamorous.doll]

My computer oddly wont allow me to save onto other folders. I'm not sure why.

[Plowright1]

I don't have the brush folder. I just have in Program Files in the GIMP 2.0 section: Bin, etc, lib and share as the folders. What should I do?

[PunishmenT]

well, i cant find the brush folder for gimp.

i cannot find it anywhere...

i dont know what to do =/

[Cobra]

i have GIMP portable on my flash drive. does this work the same way with that? 'cause i didn't find anything for brushes..... :a:

[XyllyX]

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i have GIMP portable on my flash drive. does this work the same way with that? 'cause i didn't find anything for brushes..... :a:

There is a brush folder for Gimp Portable, can't remember the exact path. On the other hand, I have had the portable version do some wierd stuff with brushes, so maybe there is a bug somewhere.

[Karma Blue]

This does NOT work with vista.

[shelene]

i followed everything but nothing showed up can someone help me

[PhotoComix]

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i followed everything but nothing showed up can someone help me

well do you have ready a folder with the brush you want install, ALREADY UNZIPPED?

If not create one anywhere handy(on your usb drive if you use the portable version)...then just load gimp, go in FILE/Preference/folder/brush CLICK NEW FOLDER icon first, and then search that folder clicking on that "..." button...and click okay

then reload or renfresh brush

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This does NOT work with vista.

THIS SHOULD WORK WITH VISTA TOO, as with anyother OS

[Marluxia]

Um.... I'm not a noob with GIMP but this is the first time I have downloading something for it. I downloaded the 1100 gimp brushes from here http://racertj5.deviantart.com/art/1100 ... s-63986091 but I don't know how to do what you are doing. I went to file>preferences>folders>brushes

Then I clicked it and this is what showed up:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\.gimp-2.2\brushes
C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\brushes

When I click it then press ok then nothing happens am I doing it right?

[SuperNerdoTai]

Wow what an awesome tutorial I'd been trying to do this for days and you made it pretty simple!!! Thanks

[Jay]

Okay I am so totally lost, I downloaded a set of brushes and unzipped them to a folder in my pictures. but they are not added to the brushes that were already in Gimp,, Apparently I am doing something wrong, gah just don't know what..I Can't seem to find the file for brushes already installed with Gimp and yeah okay I am not making much sense am I, I can tell you I am on windows though if that is any help

[PhotoComix]

check the FAQs on top is one of the first

[Jay]

Oh Thank you so much; That was much easier for me to follow and the brushes are now there.. Again Thank you..

[hippiepanda]

I have GIMP 2.4 and have tried to download numerous brushes. I am putting them in my brush folder and yet they aren't showing up. I've extracted them, I've restarted GIMP and still no luck, is there something akin to a max number of brushes you can have because when I first downloaded GIMP I installed that 1100 GIMP brush set.

[PhotoComix]

no there is only a "usability" limit that is subjective...more the brush more hard find the right one.

and since there is no way to arrange brush for category i believe that 1100 brushes are far beyond that limit

Anyway they should show up...in alphabetic order, and the brush names may be different then that used for the pack (so even if in alphabetic order, they may be ordered in a different way then aspected

[hippiepanda]

I found my problem, I reformatted my C drive and when I was reinstalling my programs I installed GIMP onto that drive, as apposed to my D drive, which is where I meant to install it. Since I had GIMP on my D drive before I reformatted it still said it was installed there, but I've been running the version on my C drive, I should have no problem getting brushes now.

[KraftN]

Nice,thats where mine is lol...

[Matz]

Thanks for this. Now I know where to put them :D