Re: brushes for Gimp

[Pete Wright]

Thanks, Mike
All good suggestions, and I was actually already following some of them,
sort of. Been using Gimp for several months now, compared to about 20 years
with PSP, and am already convinced there isn't anything I did with PSP I
can't do with Gimp.
Actually the things you say would probably apply to any application, Open
Source or commercial.
I didn't start doing the brush stuff until I was satisfied that I could do
pretty much everything else I was used to doing with PSP, and I got there a
lot sooner than expected.
Part of that success was the result of people like you being willing to
answer the questions that arose along the way.
I am a firm believer in RTFM and the Linux world has improved greatly in
that regard in recent years.
I also believe that Open Source is now past a major "tipping point," and
development will now outpace most of the commercial closed source world.
We are already way past Open Source just mimicking functionality; Open
Source is now leading the way in many critical areas.
Giving back is harder for those of us who are not coders, but I have been
doing what I could for several years; urging schools to move to Open
Source; urging students to learn and use Open Source; etc.
My Saturday afternoon pursuing the elusive "free and wonderful" brushes was
not a waste of time for me; gave me a greater appreciation of my own stupid
brushes, for one thing, and an even greater appreciation of the value of
this group.
I hope it was not a waste of time for you, either.
Cheers
Pete



On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Mike Holstein  wrote:

>
>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Pete Wright  wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Andy et al!
>> Never thought to look for the actual download link over there; thought
>> those were just for advertised pdf readers and such.
>> I will calm down now.
>> Have a nice weekend, all.
>> Pete
>>
>
> hey pete!..  will make a few suggestions for you which i hope will help...
>
> think about how long you used "paintshop pro" or whatever software you
> were using before "as-is".. try and use the GIMP "as-is" for a while, and
> get used to it... a few weeks or months even..
>
> try asking more specific support venues, such as a gimp irc channel
> http://www.gimp.org/irc.html or mailing list
> http://www.gimp.org/mail_lists.html ..also, if you are having issues with
> something at a site such as devian art, ask them.. we dont have anything to
> do with the creation or support of 3rd party software at external sites,
> unless one of the list volunteers says they are a part of the 3rd party..
>
> cheers and good luck.. and keep in mind, the GIMP is free.. free of cost,
> and free as in open.. *anyone* can create a brush or an add-on or an extra
> package, or give a suggestion about what cool things it can do. that doesnt
> mean its true, or that the add-on works, or is actually available.. nor is
> anyone guaranteeing anything in the way of its availability or stability...
> stick with stock as much as you can in the beginning
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM, VE4PER/ Andy  wrote:
>>
>>>  I managed to get a couple of brush sets from those links. I found the
>>> link that worked was on right hand side about 1/3 way down the page simply
>>> click the word "Download"
>>>
>>> worked for Gimp 2.6 as well just extract the files and copy to the
>>> hidden gimp brushes folder in ur linux home folder.
>>>
>>> Haven't tried photshop elements yet to see if they work there.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26/05/13 02:22, Pete Wright wrote:
>>>
>>>Please note that in all the previous mewling and whining I have
>>> confused using torrent and just clicking download links.
>>>  Neither is working for me.
>>>  I keep hearing about all this great stuff that is available for Gimp,
>>> but I can't download so much as a logo.
>>>  Good thing I know how to make my own brushes -- I can just sit
>>> cross-legged here in the corner and make my own while the rest of you play
>>> nicely together.
>>>  Sheesh!
>>>  Pete
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Pete Wright  wrote:
>>>
 Nothing seems to actually be downloading.
  Well, one of my attempts got me something with a .gbr extension, but
 putting it in my gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have made any
 difference.
  I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen.
  I suppose there is some way to search for brushes on torrents so I can
 use transmission, but I don't know how to do that, either.
  The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search."
  How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it from a
 seed; a seed I download in the usual manner.
  I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I installed
 and tried Chromium. No Joy.
  Am I cursed?
  Pete


 On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Wheeler  wrote:

> On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright  wrote:
> > Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShop

Re: brushes for Gimp

[Mike Holstein]

On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Pete Wright  wrote:

> Thanks, Andy et al!
> Never thought to look for the actual download link over there; thought
> those were just for advertised pdf readers and such.
> I will calm down now.
> Have a nice weekend, all.
> Pete
>

hey pete!..  will make a few suggestions for you which i hope will help...

think about how long you used "paintshop pro" or whatever software you were
using before "as-is".. try and use the GIMP "as-is" for a while, and get
used to it... a few weeks or months even..

try asking more specific support venues, such as a gimp irc channel
http://www.gimp.org/irc.html or mailing list
http://www.gimp.org/mail_lists.html ..also, if you are having issues with
something at a site such as devian art, ask them.. we dont have anything to
do with the creation or support of 3rd party software at external sites,
unless one of the list volunteers says they are a part of the 3rd party..

cheers and good luck.. and keep in mind, the GIMP is free.. free of cost,
and free as in open.. *anyone* can create a brush or an add-on or an extra
package, or give a suggestion about what cool things it can do. that doesnt
mean its true, or that the add-on works, or is actually available.. nor is
anyone guaranteeing anything in the way of its availability or stability...
stick with stock as much as you can in the beginning



>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM, VE4PER/ Andy  wrote:
>
>>  I managed to get a couple of brush sets from those links. I found the
>> link that worked was on right hand side about 1/3 way down the page simply
>> click the word "Download"
>>
>> worked for Gimp 2.6 as well just extract the files and copy to the hidden
>> gimp brushes folder in ur linux home folder.
>>
>> Haven't tried photshop elements yet to see if they work there.
>>
>>
>> On 26/05/13 02:22, Pete Wright wrote:
>>
>>Please note that in all the previous mewling and whining I have
>> confused using torrent and just clicking download links.
>>  Neither is working for me.
>>  I keep hearing about all this great stuff that is available for Gimp,
>> but I can't download so much as a logo.
>>  Good thing I know how to make my own brushes -- I can just sit
>> cross-legged here in the corner and make my own while the rest of you play
>> nicely together.
>>  Sheesh!
>>  Pete
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Pete Wright  wrote:
>>
>>> Nothing seems to actually be downloading.
>>>  Well, one of my attempts got me something with a .gbr extension, but
>>> putting it in my gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have made any
>>> difference.
>>>  I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen.
>>>  I suppose there is some way to search for brushes on torrents so I can
>>> use transmission, but I don't know how to do that, either.
>>>  The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search."
>>>  How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it from a
>>> seed; a seed I download in the usual manner.
>>>  I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I installed
>>> and tried Chromium. No Joy.
>>>  Am I cursed?
>>>  Pete
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Wheeler  wrote:
>>>
 On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright  wrote:
 > Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after
 many
 > happy years with it.
 > Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
 > I can make my own brushes and use them.
 > But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites
 like
 > Noupe.
 > How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?

  Transmission is a program specifically for using bittorrent. If you
 have downloaded a file that is not a .torrent file you don't need to
 use Transmission, you already have the file you want.

 > Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort
 when I
 > don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
 > I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works.
 > NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily
 all
 > this page" I am getting nothing.
 > What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct
 (yes, I
 > am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?

  Perhaps the file you have downloaded is an archive of some sort (zip,
 rar, gz etc.) that you need to uncompress. I'm not sure exactly which
 tool you would use to do that in xfce (the desktop environment that
 ubuntustudio uses), but you might be able to just right click on it
 (in your downloads folder) and click "extract here" or something
 similar.

 --
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: brushes for Gimp

[Pete Wright]

Thanks, Andy et al!
Never thought to look for the actual download link over there; thought
those were just for advertised pdf readers and such.
I will calm down now.
Have a nice weekend, all.
Pete


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM, VE4PER/ Andy  wrote:

>  I managed to get a couple of brush sets from those links. I found the
> link that worked was on right hand side about 1/3 way down the page simply
> click the word "Download"
>
> worked for Gimp 2.6 as well just extract the files and copy to the hidden
> gimp brushes folder in ur linux home folder.
>
> Haven't tried photshop elements yet to see if they work there.
>
>
> On 26/05/13 02:22, Pete Wright wrote:
>
>Please note that in all the previous mewling and whining I have
> confused using torrent and just clicking download links.
>  Neither is working for me.
>  I keep hearing about all this great stuff that is available for Gimp, but
> I can't download so much as a logo.
>  Good thing I know how to make my own brushes -- I can just sit
> cross-legged here in the corner and make my own while the rest of you play
> nicely together.
>  Sheesh!
>  Pete
>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Pete Wright  wrote:
>
>> Nothing seems to actually be downloading.
>>  Well, one of my attempts got me something with a .gbr extension, but
>> putting it in my gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have made any
>> difference.
>>  I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen.
>>  I suppose there is some way to search for brushes on torrents so I can
>> use transmission, but I don't know how to do that, either.
>>  The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search."
>>  How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it from a
>> seed; a seed I download in the usual manner.
>>  I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I installed and
>> tried Chromium. No Joy.
>>  Am I cursed?
>>  Pete
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Wheeler  wrote:
>>
>>> On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright  wrote:
>>> > Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after
>>> many
>>> > happy years with it.
>>> > Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
>>> > I can make my own brushes and use them.
>>> > But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites
>>> like
>>> > Noupe.
>>> > How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?
>>>
>>>  Transmission is a program specifically for using bittorrent. If you
>>> have downloaded a file that is not a .torrent file you don't need to
>>> use Transmission, you already have the file you want.
>>>
>>> > Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort
>>> when I
>>> > don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
>>> > I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works.
>>> > NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily
>>> all
>>> > this page" I am getting nothing.
>>> > What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct
>>> (yes, I
>>> > am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?
>>>
>>>  Perhaps the file you have downloaded is an archive of some sort (zip,
>>> rar, gz etc.) that you need to uncompress. I'm not sure exactly which
>>> tool you would use to do that in xfce (the desktop environment that
>>> ubuntustudio uses), but you might be able to just right click on it
>>> (in your downloads folder) and click "extract here" or something
>>> similar.
>>>
>>> --
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>>> m...@funkyhat.org
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Re: brushes for Gimp

[Pete Wright]

Yes, Matt, thanks.
I had used that link earlier in learning where to put the brushes I made
myself.
Apparently the one gbr file I managed to download made brushes too similar
to ones already in Gimp as installed, so I ddin't realize I had actually
succeeded.
Now the only remaining mystery is why I can't seem to get any of the others.
Onward and upward
Pete


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Matt Wheeler  wrote:

> On 26 May 2013 02:18, Pete Wright  wrote:
> > Nothing seems to actually be downloading.
> > Well, one of my attempts got me something with a .gbr extension, but
> putting
> > it in my gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have made any difference.
>
> gbr (or a couple of other possibilities) is what you want. Have you
> seen this page? http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-brushes.html
>
> > I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen.
> > I suppose there is some way to search for brushes on torrents so I can
> use
> > transmission, but I don't know how to do that, either.
>
> Actually I'd be surprised if you found many brushes on torrent sites
> (Bittorrent is generally used for large files which would use up a lot
> of bandwidth, so sharing the load of distributing makes more sense).
>
> > The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search."
> > How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it from a
> seed;
> > a seed I download in the usual manner.
> > I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I installed and
> > tried Chromium. No Joy.
> > Am I cursed?
>
> It sounds like you've had at least some success downloading a .gbr
> file but haven't managed to get it to show up in GIMP yet, does the
> link I gave above help at all with that?
>
>
> Thanks
>
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Re: brushes for Gimp

[VE4PER/ Andy]

I managed to get a couple of brush sets from those links. I found the 
link that worked was on right hand side about 1/3 way down the page 
simply click the word "Download"


worked for Gimp 2.6 as well just extract the files and copy to the 
hidden gimp brushes folder in ur linux home folder.


Haven't tried photshop elements yet to see if they work there.

On 26/05/13 02:22, Pete Wright wrote:
Please note that in all the previous mewling and whining I have 
confused using torrent and just clicking download links.

Neither is working for me.
I keep hearing about all this great stuff that is available for Gimp, 
but I can't download so much as a logo.
Good thing I know how to make my own brushes -- I can just sit 
cross-legged here in the corner and make my own while the rest of you 
play nicely together.

Sheesh!
Pete


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Pete Wright > wrote:


Nothing seems to actually be downloading.
Well, one of my attempts got me something with a .gbr extension,
but putting it in my gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have
made any difference.
I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen.
I suppose there is some way to search for brushes on torrents so I
can use transmission, but I don't know how to do that, either.
The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search."
How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it
from a seed; a seed I download in the usual manner.
I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I
installed and tried Chromium. No Joy.
Am I cursed?
Pete


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Wheeler mailto:m...@funkyhat.org>> wrote:

On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright mailto:pnwri...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Almost through the process of getting weaned from
PaintShopPro after many
> happy years with it.
> Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
> I can make my own brushes and use them.
> But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes
from sites like
> Noupe.
> How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?

Transmission is a program specifically for using bittorrent.
If you
have downloaded a file that is not a .torrent file you don't
need to
use Transmission, you already have the file you want.

> Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual
last resort when I
> don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
> I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it
works.
> NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with
"temporarily all
> this page" I am getting nothing.
> What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or
instinct (yes, I
> am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?

Perhaps the file you have downloaded is an archive of some
sort (zip,
rar, gz etc.) that you need to uncompress. I'm not sure
exactly which
tool you would use to do that in xfce (the desktop environment
that
ubuntustudio uses), but you might be able to just right click
on it
(in your downloads folder) and click "extract here" or something
similar.

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Re: brushes for Gimp

[Matt Wheeler]

On 26 May 2013 02:18, Pete Wright  wrote:
> Nothing seems to actually be downloading.
> Well, one of my attempts got me something with a .gbr extension, but putting
> it in my gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have made any difference.

gbr (or a couple of other possibilities) is what you want. Have you
seen this page? http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-brushes.html

> I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen.
> I suppose there is some way to search for brushes on torrents so I can use
> transmission, but I don't know how to do that, either.

Actually I'd be surprised if you found many brushes on torrent sites
(Bittorrent is generally used for large files which would use up a lot
of bandwidth, so sharing the load of distributing makes more sense).

> The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search."
> How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it from a seed;
> a seed I download in the usual manner.
> I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I installed and
> tried Chromium. No Joy.
> Am I cursed?

It sounds like you've had at least some success downloading a .gbr
file but haven't managed to get it to show up in GIMP yet, does the
link I gave above help at all with that?


Thanks

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Re: brushes for Gimp

[Pete Wright]

Please note that in all the previous mewling and whining I have confused
using torrent and just clicking download links.
Neither is working for me.
I keep hearing about all this great stuff that is available for Gimp, but I
can't download so much as a logo.
Good thing I know how to make my own brushes -- I can just sit cross-legged
here in the corner and make my own while the rest of you play nicely
together.
Sheesh!
Pete


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Pete Wright  wrote:

> Nothing seems to actually be downloading.
> Well, one of my attempts got me something with a .gbr extension, but
> putting it in my gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have made any
> difference.
> I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen.
> I suppose there is some way to search for brushes on torrents so I can use
> transmission, but I don't know how to do that, either.
> The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search."
> How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it from a
> seed; a seed I download in the usual manner.
> I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I installed and
> tried Chromium. No Joy.
> Am I cursed?
> Pete
>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Wheeler  wrote:
>
>> On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright  wrote:
>> > Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after
>> many
>> > happy years with it.
>> > Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
>> > I can make my own brushes and use them.
>> > But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites
>> like
>> > Noupe.
>> > How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?
>>
>> Transmission is a program specifically for using bittorrent. If you
>> have downloaded a file that is not a .torrent file you don't need to
>> use Transmission, you already have the file you want.
>>
>> > Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort
>> when I
>> > don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
>> > I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works.
>> > NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily
>> all
>> > this page" I am getting nothing.
>> > What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct
>> (yes, I
>> > am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?
>>
>> Perhaps the file you have downloaded is an archive of some sort (zip,
>> rar, gz etc.) that you need to uncompress. I'm not sure exactly which
>> tool you would use to do that in xfce (the desktop environment that
>> ubuntustudio uses), but you might be able to just right click on it
>> (in your downloads folder) and click "extract here" or something
>> similar.
>>
>> --
>> Matt Wheeler
>> m...@funkyhat.org
>>
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Re: brushes for Gimp

[Pete Wright]

Nothing seems to actually be downloading.
Well, one of my attempts got me something with a .gbr extension, but
putting it in my gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have made any
difference.
I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen.
I suppose there is some way to search for brushes on torrents so I can use
transmission, but I don't know how to do that, either.
The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search."
How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it from a seed;
a seed I download in the usual manner.
I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I installed and
tried Chromium. No Joy.
Am I cursed?
Pete


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Wheeler  wrote:

> On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright  wrote:
> > Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after many
> > happy years with it.
> > Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
> > I can make my own brushes and use them.
> > But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites
> like
> > Noupe.
> > How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?
>
> Transmission is a program specifically for using bittorrent. If you
> have downloaded a file that is not a .torrent file you don't need to
> use Transmission, you already have the file you want.
>
> > Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort
> when I
> > don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
> > I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works.
> > NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily all
> > this page" I am getting nothing.
> > What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct
> (yes, I
> > am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?
>
> Perhaps the file you have downloaded is an archive of some sort (zip,
> rar, gz etc.) that you need to uncompress. I'm not sure exactly which
> tool you would use to do that in xfce (the desktop environment that
> ubuntustudio uses), but you might be able to just right click on it
> (in your downloads folder) and click "extract here" or something
> similar.
>
> --
> Matt Wheeler
> m...@funkyhat.org
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Re: brushes for Gimp

[Matt Wheeler]

On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright  wrote:
> Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after many
> happy years with it.
> Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
> I can make my own brushes and use them.
> But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites like
> Noupe.
> How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?

Transmission is a program specifically for using bittorrent. If you
have downloaded a file that is not a .torrent file you don't need to
use Transmission, you already have the file you want.

> Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort when I
> don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
> I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works.
> NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily all
> this page" I am getting nothing.
> What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct (yes, I
> am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?

Perhaps the file you have downloaded is an archive of some sort (zip,
rar, gz etc.) that you need to uncompress. I'm not sure exactly which
tool you would use to do that in xfce (the desktop environment that
ubuntustudio uses), but you might be able to just right click on it
(in your downloads folder) and click "extract here" or something
similar.

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Re: brushes for Gimp

[Pete Wright]

Okay, I give up.
Maybe you can describe to me just what you did at the deviantart site.
What did you click?
Then what happened?
I am completely baffled.
Pete


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Pete Wright  wrote:

> Thanks, HZN
> checked to make sure I was logged in, and it still does nothing.
> Acts like it's doing something, but no download or link to bit torrent
> (Transmission is the bit torrent tool in the Ubuntu Studio package).
> Please don't think about this anymore for a little while; I am going to
> switch browsers and see if that is the problem.
> Pete
>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Hartmut Noack wrote:
>
>> Am 26.05.2013 00:33, schrieb Pete Wright:
>> > Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after
>> many
>> > happy years with it.
>> > Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
>> > I can make my own brushes and use them.
>> > But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites
>> like
>> > Noupe.
>> > How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?
>>
>> I do not know Transmission, it is a convenience-tool to download brushes
>> and the like?
>>
>> Anyway you request made me try to find out, if I can do that. So I
>> registered with deviant art and downloaded this
>>
>> http://browse.deviantart.com/art/GIMP-Water-Brushes-62663732
>>
>> The zip-file contained a folder that I copied to .gimp2.8/brushes in my
>> home-folder. Then I started GIMP and the brushes where available.
>>
>> May work for you as well?
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> HZN
>>
>>
>> > Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort
>> when
>> > I don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
>> > I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works.
>> > NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily
>> all
>> > this page" I am getting nothing.
>> > What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct
>> (yes, I
>> > am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?
>> > Thanks
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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Re: brushes for Gimp

[Pete Wright]

Thanks, HZN
checked to make sure I was logged in, and it still does nothing.
Acts like it's doing something, but no download or link to bit torrent
(Transmission is the bit torrent tool in the Ubuntu Studio package).
Please don't think about this anymore for a little while; I am going to
switch browsers and see if that is the problem.
Pete


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Hartmut Noack wrote:

> Am 26.05.2013 00:33, schrieb Pete Wright:
> > Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after many
> > happy years with it.
> > Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
> > I can make my own brushes and use them.
> > But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites
> like
> > Noupe.
> > How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?
>
> I do not know Transmission, it is a convenience-tool to download brushes
> and the like?
>
> Anyway you request made me try to find out, if I can do that. So I
> registered with deviant art and downloaded this
>
> http://browse.deviantart.com/art/GIMP-Water-Brushes-62663732
>
> The zip-file contained a folder that I copied to .gimp2.8/brushes in my
> home-folder. Then I started GIMP and the brushes where available.
>
> May work for you as well?
>
> best regards
>
> HZN
>
>
> > Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort
> when
> > I don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
> > I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works.
> > NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily all
> > this page" I am getting nothing.
> > What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct
> (yes, I
> > am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?
> > Thanks
> > Pete
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: brushes for Gimp

[Hartmut Noack]

Am 26.05.2013 00:33, schrieb Pete Wright:
> Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after many
> happy years with it.
> Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
> I can make my own brushes and use them.
> But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites like
> Noupe.
> How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?

I do not know Transmission, it is a convenience-tool to download brushes
and the like?

Anyway you request made me try to find out, if I can do that. So I
registered with deviant art and downloaded this

http://browse.deviantart.com/art/GIMP-Water-Brushes-62663732

The zip-file contained a folder that I copied to .gimp2.8/brushes in my
home-folder. Then I started GIMP and the brushes where available.

May work for you as well?

best regards

HZN


> Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort when
> I don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
> I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works.
> NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily all
> this page" I am getting nothing.
> What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct (yes, I
> am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?
> Thanks
> Pete
> 
> 
> 


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brushes for Gimp

[Pete Wright]

Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after many
happy years with it.
Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP.
I can make my own brushes and use them.
But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from sites like
Noupe.
How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission?
Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last resort when
I don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.
I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works.
NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with "temporarily all
this page" I am getting nothing.
What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct (yes, I
am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?
Thanks
Pete
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