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>The <SPAN
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>Brush Selection</SPAN
> Dialog</A
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> In this dialog you choose what brush you want to use and the <A
HREF="../dialogs/brush_selection.html#DIALOGS-BRUSH-SELECTION-SETTINGS"
>settings</A
> you
want to apply to the brush. The dialog displays all the available
brushes. You may also notice some of
<SPAN
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>'s special features like colored
brushes (pixmap brushes), brushes with a red triangle in the right
corner (so-called <SPAN
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> brushes), brushes with
artistic text, little flourishes and doodles, etc.
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> All of those brushes are relatively easy to create in
<SPAN
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>GIMP</SPAN
> and save in the appropriate
format. <SPAN
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> also provides you with a
<A
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> dialog
where you can create and edit brushes. <A
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> You will see that some of the brushes in the dialog have a
little <SPAN
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> sign. The <SPAN
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is indicating that the brush preview is scaled to fit the space.
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>brush square</SPAN
> and the real size brush will
appear (and disappear when you release the mouse).
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> When you choose a brush, the name and the size of the brush will
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size is measured in pixels.
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> <SPAN
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>Spacing</SPAN
> is the distance between your brush
marks. If you set the spacing to 100, the brushmarks will be
like a string of pearls. If you set the spacing to zero, the
brushmarks will create a solid, brush-shaped line. If the
spacing is higher than 100, the brushmarks will form a dotted
line.
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>Pixmap Brushes</A
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> Pixmap brushes are small images that can be used as a brush.
Since the brush is an image, you can't alter its color. The
color setting in the toolbox will not apply to this image.
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> If you use color as a pressure sensitivity when you paint
you will be able to change the color of the pixmap brush.
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> you can
only edit brushes that are created in the <SPAN
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