How to Install Brushes in The Gimp

[sneeker]

Ok, i've been fiddling with it for an hour now and cant find out how so..

ho do i install new brushes into The Gimp WITHOUT MAKING NEW ONES

any help is appreciated thanx

[Ted D.]

Go to this link.
http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/1100-Gimp-Brushes-For-Download-24-1.html

[sneeker]

Thank You So Much!!!! the problem is i dont know where to put them after i download them! :P

do you?

[nlfrederick]

Well, I made a specific folder for all of my downloaded GIMP brushes.

Then, in the program, I went to File>Preferences>Folders>Brushes, and there should only be one button you can click, that is basically an "Add New Folder" button. Click that and if you've got them all in a specific folder, browse to that folder and add that folder and the brushes will show up in GIMP.

[Vadi]

Just a fyi, they go into ~/.gimp-2.6/brushes

So go to your home folder, and press Ctrl+H to see all hidden folders (ones starting with a dot are considered hidden). Then go into the .gimp-2.6 folder (or .gimp-2.4 if you're on an older version), and then into the brushes folder. Put the brushes into there and it'll work.

[E.T.Smith]

I'm trying to install some ne toys into the brushes folder, but the browser keeps giving me a "permission denied" error. Since it looks like this isn't a common problem, what gives?

[Vadi]

That would mean root owns the brushes folder. Why I don't know, but you give it back to you, do alt+f2, and launch the file browser with "gksu nautilus".

It'll look a bit different from your normal one, so go to home, your-username, .gimp-2.6, right-click on the brushes folder, select permissions, and make sure that your username is selected instead of root.

I attached how it looks like for me and works.

[AJB2K3]

Or you could try this link
Gimp brushes (http://www.geocities.com/ajb2k305/tutorials/brush.html)

[Cycron]

Thanks, this post helped me. :)

[airtonix]

remember that the folder they live in will need to change every time your copy of gimp goes up a version.

~/.gimp-2.6/*
~/.gimp-2.7/*
~/.gimp-2.8/*
etc
etc

[girlette]

Just a fyi, they go into ~/.gimp-2.6/brushes

So go to your home folder, and press Ctrl+H to see all hidden folders (ones starting with a dot are considered hidden). Then go into the .gimp-2.6 folder (or .gimp-2.4 if you're on an older version), and then into the brushes folder. Put the brushes into there and it'll work.

This is great. It works! Thanks! :)

[upokers]

ohhh I've been looking for this for agess... thanks for sharing.. :) very handy.

[kaustavdm]

Thanks! It helped!

[UOutCailin]

just a fyi, they go into ~/.gimp-2.6/brushes

so go to your home folder, and press ctrl+h to see all hidden folders (ones starting with a dot are considered hidden). Then go into the .gimp-2.6 folder (or .gimp-2.4 if you're on an older version), and then into the brushes folder. Put the brushes into there and it'll work.


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[Pinkie]

Perfect installaton guide, now enjoying gimp to it's full capacity.....LOL, THANK YOU!!