* Barry Callanan [01-26-16 16:41]:

I'm still wondering why
there is no way to start gimp
after an apparently successful installation.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:00 PM, wrote:

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1. Re: changing the brush sizes (David)

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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 01:01:07 -0800 From: David
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Hi Jim,

from he textual description of a youtube video I found out while having your same problem:

"GIMP has a very good at working with realistic paint brushes, but the default installation lacks a very useful shortcut. If you have worked with the Paint Brush or Pencil tool, you may have noticed that changing the size of the brush isn't easy. You have to fiddle around with the Size/Scale slider in the tool options on the left. This is a lot of guess work, because it doesn't show a preview size when you are dragging the slider. Have no fear, there is an easier way. Configure the mouse wheel to increase and decrease the brush size when you scroll up or down.

-Click "Edit"?"Preferences" -Under the "Input Devices" section, click "Input Controllers" -In the "Active Controllers" column, double-click "Main Mouse Wheel" -A new window to configure the controller will pop up. Make sure the second check box, "Enable this Controller" is checked, or else this won't work
-Find the "Scroll Up" event, (it should be at the top). Double-click it or click "Edit" at the bottom.
-Click on the "Tools" section and type "increase" in the search field -Scroll down and click on the action "Increase Brush Size". The name is "tools-paint-brush-size-increase&qu?ot;. (In some versions of GIMP it was "Increase Brush Scale")
-Close the window, then edit the "Scroll Down" event -This time type "Decrease" in the search bar and locate the "Decrease Brush Size" action. (Name is "tools-paint-brush-size-decrease&qu?ot;) -Close the action window, input controller window and click OK in the "Preferences" window

Now you can simply scroll the mouse wheel to vary the brush size."

Hope it helps, To me, it works perfectly! ;)

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-----Original Message-----
From: jimrh2010@gmail.com
Sent: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:32:04 -0600 To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Subject: [Gimp-user] changing the brush sizes

Hello,i'm very new to this version of gimp, I've tried it in the past but I
couldn't get what I wanted. I don't know how to change the size of the paint brushes or where to look. Can someone please help me? I also have found out on the filters drop down,maps-fractal effects,it appears not to be working anymore,is there anything you can tell me about this? Thank you
for all your help.
James
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You may wonder for a long time, but it is simple to start, 1. from cl, gimp
2. click on icon
3. initiate from menu
4. open image when gimp is set a viewer

But it *really* is heard to figure out.

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On 01/26/2016 10:39 PM, Barry Callanan wrote:

I'm still wondering why
there is no way to start gimp
after an apparently successful installation.

You should tell us a bit more about this, for example

- what system you're suing - what version of GIMP this is about - how you did install GIMP
- what you have tried to start GIMP

P.S. oh, and please, if you have a new question, and especially if you are receiving the mailing list digest: compose a *new* message to the list address gimp-user-list@gnome.org, do not reply to an existing message. Thanks.

Regards,
Michael
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Glad it worked for you Barry. I think your complaint is valid. I only found it by accident. Once I had, I put a shortcut to it on my desktop. To put the Gimp icon on the shortcut, I found it in the same file.

Cheers, Rick
(Gimp newbie)

From: Barry Callanan Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 1:50 AM To: Rick Strong
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp-user-list Digest, Vol 52, Issue 24

Yes Rick I found 'bin' folder thank you
but there were no .exe files
one of the 5 or so 'application tools' was 'gimp-2.8' as you said double clicking on this did the trick.

It would have been nice to have some instructions about this and also a desk top starting icon set up.

But I had best forget this and start it this way and spend a lot of time on the help manual.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Barry Callanan wrote:

Thanks Rick - will get to it ASAP.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Rick Strong wrote:

I don't know what platform you are on Barry, I'm on Win, but try looking for a "Bin" folder among the Gimp folders.

You MAY find the Gimp executable file: "gimp-2.8.exe". Double clicking on that should start it (no guarantees).

Good luck, Rick

-----Original Message----- From: Barry Callanan Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 4:39 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] gimp-user-list Digest, Vol 52, Issue 24

I'm still wondering why there is no way to start gimp
after an apparently successful installation.