make a brush take on fg color
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| make a brush take on fg color | Helen | 20 Feb 03:56 |
| make a brush take on fg color | saulgoode@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com | 20 Feb 05:40 |
| make a brush take on fg color | Gracia M. Littauer | 20 Feb 20:04 |
| make a brush take on fg color | Helen | 20 Feb 20:34 |
make a brush take on fg color
In order to create a gimp brush, I created a file, drew the design, did
select all > copy > paste as > new brush.
The brush only paints white (my fg color when I created the file).
I've tried creating the file in RGB and have tried Grayscale.
Can you advise me how to edit this brush to make it take on
the foreground colour?
Thanks, as always.
make a brush take on fg color
Quoting Helen :
In order to create a gimp brush, I created a file, drew the design, did select all > copy > paste as > new brush.
At this point, there are two possibilities for how the created brush will behave: 1) it will either be a "fixed-color" brush which can consist of millions of different colors, but the colors can not be changed; or 2) it will be a single-color brush which uses the active FG color.
The second type of brush will only be created if your source image is in GRAYSCALE mode and has no alpha channel. If these two conditions are true then any black pixels in the brush will paint in the active FG color, while white pixels will be "painted transparently" (i.e., not painted). More precisely, darker shades of gray are painted using the FG color with increasing opacity level.
The first type of brush will use exactly the color and opacity of the original image while painting.
The brush only paints white (my fg color when I created the file). I've tried creating the file in RGB and have tried Grayscale. Can you advise me how to edit this brush to make it take on the foreground colour?
Your statement suggests that you created your brush by putting white pixels on a transparent layer (ie., one with an alpha channel). The existence of the alpha channel causes your brush to be of the "fixed color" type. What you want to do:
. "Colors->Invert" -- change the white pixels to black
. Set BG color to white
. "Layer->Transparency->Remove Alpha Channel" -- change the
transparent pixels to white
. "Image->Mode->Grayscale"
Of course, none of this is necessary if you start out editing your brush with a black FG and white BG on a flattened image.
After you have created your design in this manner, your process of "select all > copy > paste as > new brush" should produce the result you desire.
make a brush take on fg color
On Friday 19 February 2010 11:40:29 pm saulgoode@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com
make a brush take on fg color
without a doubt one of the best 'help' answers I have seen
Clear (how it works) & leaves nothing out in the implementation (this is where most help barfs ;^))
make a brush take on fg color
Thank you Saul for an excellent step-by-step response. I learned a lot from
your explanations.
Helen
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:40 PM, wrote:
Quoting Helen :
In order to create a gimp brush, I created a file, drew the design, did select all > copy > paste as > new brush.
At this point, there are two possibilities for how the created brush will behave: 1) it will either be a "fixed-color" brush which can consist of millions of different colors, but the colors can not be changed; or 2) it will be a single-color brush which uses the active FG color.
The second type of brush will only be created if your source image is in GRAYSCALE mode and has no alpha channel. If these two conditions are true then any black pixels in the brush will paint in the active FG color, while white pixels will be "painted transparently" (i.e., not painted). More precisely, darker shades of gray are painted using the FG color with increasing opacity level.
The first type of brush will use exactly the color and opacity of the original image while painting.
The brush only paints white (my fg color when I created the file). I've tried creating the file in RGB and have tried Grayscale. Can you advise me how to edit this brush to make it take on the foreground colour?
Your statement suggests that you created your brush by putting white pixels on a transparent layer (ie., one with an alpha channel). The existence of the alpha channel causes your brush to be of the "fixed color" type. What you want to do:
. "Colors->Invert" -- change the white pixels to black . Set BG color to white
. "Layer->Transparency->Remove Alpha Channel" -- change the transparent pixels to white
. "Image->Mode->Grayscale"Of course, none of this is necessary if you start out editing your brush with a black FG and white BG on a flattened image.
After you have created your design in this manner, your process of "select all > copy > paste as > new brush" should produce the result you desire.
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