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Author:  Gms9810 [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Brushes - edit via brush editor?
Sometimes I have a short term memory problem due to a stroke in 1994 and sometimes like now it gives me a fit so I need to ask a question that I normally know the answer to. When I make a brush and try to edit it via the brush editor it says read only. I thought I just had to make the brushes folder writable but that doesn't work so I must be wrong. What do I need to do to make it editable?

Sorry I have to ask this noob question and it's very embarrassing to me.
Author:  Oregonian [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Brushes
Hi Gms9810, well in your way you have taught me something about the brush editor. I checked brushes in the brushes dialog with the editor and they are all Read-Only, even ones I made. I don't think I've ever tried to edit a brush from the editor and, logically, you should be able to, but you can't.

This is what the Gimp Manual says about the brush editor.
Quote:
The Brush Editor allows you either to view the brush parameters of a brush supplied by GIMP, and you can't change them, or to create a custom brush from a geometrical shape, a circle, a square, a diamond.


Instead, open the Brushes dialog by pressing Ctrl + Shift + B on your keyboard. Right-click the brush you want to edit and choose Open Brush as Image. Then you can edit it.

There, now we've both learned. :hi5
Author:  PhotoMaster [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Brushes
I've never used the brush editor. I just open the brush as I would an xcf file, and re-save it with a new name. Then if/when I screw it up, my original brush is fine.
Author:  PhotoComix [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Brushes
Gms9810 wrote:
Sometimes I have a short term memory problem due to a stroke in 1994 and sometimes like now it gives me a fit so I need to ask a question that I normally know the answer to. When I make a brush and try to edit it via the brush editor it says read only. I thought I just had to make the brushes folder writable but that doesn't work so I must be wrong. What do I need to do to make it editable?

Sorry I have to ask this noob question and it's very embarrassing to me.
check the little icons in the bottom of the brush dialog 1 is copy brush

Only copy of build in brushes may be edited with the brush editor ,not the original
Author:  lylejk [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Brushes
Yeah; like PM, I click on the brush in the brush viewer, right-click on the brush and choose open as image. I never played with the brush vector property dialogue (circle, square, diamond and such). :)
Author:  PhotoMaster [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Brushes
The beauty of Gimp! Many ways to do just about anything! There is really no limit!
Author:  Gms9810 [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Brushes
I'll probably edit it that way. It annoys me when I can't remember things that are very basic. I've seen tuts on yorube that actually used the brush editor but it doesn't work for me, I wanted to rotate one. Thanks
Author:  PhotoComix [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Brushes
I try again to explain is very simple:

open the brush selector thingy (as example clicking on the icon of the active brush..see image)

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then look to the lower right corner of the new dialog, the brush icon correspond to "create a new brush"

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