05-16-2023, 08:51 PM
Check the "aspect ratio" in the brush tool options, and make sure there are no "dynamics":
If you can't find the brush options, maybe you lost them. See here to restore the very useful Tool options dialog.
Reinstalling Gimp rarely fixes things since the user profile is kept across reinstallations. In case of dire problems you can erase/rename it to make Gimp recreate a new one, but there are usually better ways to fix things.
To make sure that Gimp always starts with sane options and window positions, see here.
If you can't find the brush options, maybe you lost them. See here to restore the very useful Tool options dialog.
Reinstalling Gimp rarely fixes things since the user profile is kept across reinstallations. In case of dire problems you can erase/rename it to make Gimp recreate a new one, but there are usually better ways to fix things.
To make sure that Gimp always starts with sane options and window positions, see here.