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Create a color brush - GIMP Tutorial
From the course: GIMP Essential Training
Create a color brush
- [Instructor] We'll continue our look at making custom at making custom brushes in GIMP brushes in GIMP by seeing how to make a custom color brush by seeing how to make a custom color brush that retains the colors from a source image, and an ordinary brush that you can use to apply to apply the current foreground color. the current foreground color. Now to make these kinds of brushes, we need to start with an image, like the one here like the one here in our exercise file, in our exercise file, which is a small image of some sand which is a small image of some sand with transparency, saved as an xcf file. Now to make this into a brush, I'll export it, I'll export it bychoosing File, Export As, by choosing file, export as, and in the dialogue box I'll open the select file type by extension, and choose GIMP brush. In order for GIMP to see my new brush, I have to put it in the correct folder, and I can see that folder by opening GIMP preferences, and choosing folders, brushes. And…
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Sampling colors3m 33s
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Define colors3m 19s
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Understanding the Brush tool options4m 18s
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Understanding brush types5m 34s
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Brush dynamics3m 27s
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The Brushes dialog4m 58s
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Create a parametric brush3m 44s
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Create a color brush4m 38s
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Create a clipboard brush3m 35s
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Bucket Fill tool1m 36s
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Gradient tool4m 6s
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Airbrush tool2m 13s
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Ink tool1m 56s
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MyPaint Brush tool4m 16s
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Configure brush keyboard shortcuts3m 43s
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