HI
I know how to save a preset, restore a preset, delete a preset etc..

Ok I select the smudge tool, but what do I do to pick a preset which I made for the smudge tool out of the list of presets???????

Thank you, Terry

I am sure you have saved the preset correctly. Just a run through. Tried to show everything in one composite screenshot.

Set up the tool with all the options you want, brush, size..etc (1)

Click on New Tool Preset (2)

Which brings up the presets dialogue, give it a name (3)

Set any options, and save (4)

...and when you use the restore icon with the ***smudge tool active*** the entry is missing (5)

No real answer, it works here. You can check the preset, which is a text file, in your Gimp profile

C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8\tool-presets\some-name.gtp example in screenshot.

Hi, Thank you. I got the presets working. One thing-- is there a way to set up a shortcut to change presets for the same tool?

Cheers, Terry

Nothing that I know.

There is an un-used shortcut to open the presets dialogue.

Same as manually: Windows -> Dockable Dialogues -> Tool Presets

or the little left pointing arrow for the drop down dock menu and add tab.

That gives an option to choose from a list. see: screenshot The snag is all the presets are shown, although possibilities are numbered names for your presets to put top of the list.

That can be refined by using tags. This is a really annoying feature, looks a great idea but..

See screenshot:

1. In the presets dock, usual selection process, ctl-click to multi-select.

Thanks a lot Rich : >)

2. In the little box underneath, add your tag or use existing tags, FX...Paint etc

3. Filter the pre-sets using a tag category.

When you screw this process up, and you will.

The tags are held in your gimp profile, in the file tags.xml. Delete that. Restart gimp and just the basic tags are restored.

rich: www.gimp-forum.net