I want to edit my posts or delete useless posts.
But can not!

Many times I've encountered derogatory comments about using digital tools in the creation of illustration. My assurance is that I was painting, drawing and selling the art in 1964, and I didn't start using computer tools (they weren't available) until 1994. There's 30 years proving I could draw and paint without computer aids.

Should artists make their own brushes, grind berries to make their own paint rather than use any store-bought accessories - and what about canvas and paper? 
I embraced the technical age, and never looked back. (went all digital in the mid-90s)

No craftsman normally only uses one tool. If a carpenter could only have a saw, he would be pretty stymied in making a living.

I use Gimp + other tools, including 3D programs to do my work, whether it's for commissions or for my own pastime. 
I often sit and doodle with pencil and pad, so I can still use the basics.

A few examples...

The Library at the Augusta National course (home of the Master's Golf Tournament)
I built all the parts as 3d images, allowing me to rotate, reposition adjust angles, etc. before actually creating a line-style drawing to avoid the hard look of computer art. (illustration for a publication in Georgia, and it was picked up and published - by permission - in a golf magazine in England) This avoided a nightmare olf doing everything from scratch if there were errors or of a client wanted a change - (always happening)
   

There are times when the 3D look is the way to go for the project....
       

... and when 3D is the product... (table-top figurines, trophies, etc.)
   

Installed  Partha' Gimp 2.9.5 but find there are no MyPaint Brushes?

Download the brushes from here: a zip file about 2.5 MB

https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=...OGnkdl0tGX

Unzip and put somewhere convenient, this example C:\Users\your-name\



Now start up Gimp 2.9.5 go to Edit -> Preferences -> Folders -> MyPaint Brushes. looks like



All very linux like, but select the bottom one (1)



Click on the icon shown (2) browse for the folder you just installed (3) and ok everything (4)

And that should look like this



Close Gimp 2.9.5 down, restart for the effects to take place and if you correctly linked to the MyPaint Brushes folder you get

Nateart is new to Gimp, has Gimp 2.8.22 installed and is also trying out a Windows version of Gimp 2.9.5 from http://www.partha.com

This is a nice version, quite stable and since it does not replace Gimp 2.8.x is worth using until Gimp 2.10 comes along.

However Nateart initial view of Gimp is this. A very black theme, a lot of contrast with the canvas.

   

What can you do about that? All the settings are in the Edit -> Preferences dialogues.

The area around the canvas is called the padding found in Image -> Appearance This can be changed from using the theme setting to a Custom color by clicking in the little color icon and selecting.

   

The Black theme too black? That can be changed in Interface -> Theme
Your own bespoke theme can be used but that is best left for another day.

   

In Gimp 2.9.5 unlike Gimp 2.8 changing the theme does not change the tool icons, making them difficult to see with a light theme. 
Use Interface -> Icon Theme In the Partha version the Color theme seems missing but the Legacy is there (1) Icons too small, use Custom icon size, and increase from small to medium. (2)

   

When all that is finished and you have Gimp set up the way you want, just a reminder you can fix this so Gimp starts up the same every time. In Windows Management untick Save Window positions on exit, click on Save Windows Positions Now Just a personal preference of mine

   

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Next is just a comment on the Windows default Gimp Profile

Looking in Folders -> (any of the resources, say plug-ins)

The default Gimp profile is C:\Users\your-name\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.9 What sort of craziness is that?



My advice is make new convenient folders for the resources you use, plug-ins / scripts / brushes ..etc
Add each, in the appropriate section, to the location list.



Happy Gimping

edit: Looking at the Partha installation, There are no MyPaint Brushes installed
So this thread on how to install a new Gimp 2.9.5 resource folder.

https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-MyPain...39#pid2339

I re-installed 2.8.22 abpout a week ago
Everything worked fine, yesterday the option (lighting effects/drop shadow) was no longer there, or anywhere else as far as I can determine.
I can make my own of course, but it is a multi-step operation

What happened?
Can I get it back or would I need to reinstall all over again? (I don't think I want to do that)

   

Of Nuts suggested I ask here regarding one of his scripts...

I downloaded his "In-Betweener" Py script
Inserted it into my Gimp program (as I've done with other scripts which I use successively)
The script is not showing up in my filters or my menu bar as the others do
Yes, I restarted Gimp, even rebooted my computer

Quote: Wrote:Better ask questions in the forum, Best place is here: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Forum-Extending-the-GIMP

Yandex.com?
I have never heard of this site but it's like at least 1/3 of the traffic that hits my forum.
When i went to the yandex.com.  It looks like a search engine.

Hi,

I am gimp newbie 

How can i remove that "thing"  as you can see in the Screenshot.



thanks a lot!

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This is a preliminary sketch I'm working up with Gimp for a finished piece. A 5"x7" greeting card... most of the greeting cards (done since 1980) are humorous rural subjects... so is this one - - "Hot Date" 

I am confused as to when the best time is to change a photo's resolution from 76 to 300 for printing out a 5 X 7 High Quality print. Do I do it before or after cropping? Do I do it at all and just change the size to 5 X 7 from it's original size of 19 X 25 inches at 76 resolution and let the program do the calculating? I guess I'm confused as to which setting determines the final quality?