There are two methods to create a new brush:
First, the quick temporary method. You have an image area from which you want to make a brush, to be used with a tool like pencil, airbrush, etc. Select it with the rectangular (or elliptical) select tool, then this selection. Immediately you can see this copy in the first position of the Brush Dialog, and its name is «Clipboard». It is immediately usable.
This brush is temporary: it disappears when you close GIMP. You can make it permanent by clicking on the
at the bottom of the brush panel.El segon mètode és més elaborat.
Select
→ from the image menu.Set Width and Height for example to 30 pixels.
In the Advanced Options, set for example the Color space to Grayscale and set Fill with to White.
Amplieu aquesta imatge nova per a engrandir-la i li feu un dibuix amb llapis negre.
Select
→ from the image menu.
Export the image with a .gbr
extension in the
brushes
directory in your personal
GIMP folder. The location of this folder depends on your
OS:
Linux: /home/user_name/.config/GIMP/2.10/
macOS: /Users/user_name/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.10/
Windows: C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\
In the Brush Dialog, click on
the button
.
Your brush appears among the other brushes. You can use it immediately, without restarting GIMP.
Figura 7.22. Passos per a crear un pinzell
Dibuixeu una imatge, anomena i desa com a pinzell
Actualitza els pinzells
Utilitza el pinzell