click Window>>>toolbars>>>toolbox
sometimes people will accidentally hit the TAB key on their keyboard, which hides all toolbars on the screen. Hitting TAB a second time will bring all of the toolbars back. It's a great way to clear the screen so you can clearly see what you're doing (instead of actually closing them.)
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When you have a brush active, go to the toolbox. About the middle is a drop-down menu. From there you can select the dynamic that appeals to you, or create one of your own.
If only half of your GIMP toolbox is showing, it may be due to a display issue or the toolbox window being minimized or placed off-screen. Try resetting the window layout by going to "Windows" > "Dockable Dialogs" and selecting "Toolbox." You can also check for updates or reinstall GIMP if the problem persists. Additionally, ensure that your graphics drivers are up to date, as these can affect application displays.
In GIMP, the lasso select tool is called the "Free Select Tool." You can find it in the toolbox on the left side of the interface, represented by an icon that looks like a lasso. If you don't see the toolbox, you can access it by going to "Windows" > "Toolbox" in the menu. Alternatively, you can activate the Free Select Tool by pressing the shortcut key "F."
Go to preferences and look for original setup, the next time you load it will be back.
To remove dark circles around the eyes in GIMP, first, open your image and select the "Healing Tool" from the toolbox. Zoom in on the area with dark circles, then gently brush over the circles to blend them with the surrounding skin. You can adjust the brush size and opacity for more precise control. Finally, use the "Clone Tool" if needed for additional touch-ups and to ensure a natural look.
To use the smudge tool in GIMP, first select it from the toolbox or press the shortcut key 'S'. Adjust the brush size and settings in the tool options to suit your needs. Click and drag on the image to smudge the pixels, blending colors and creating a smooth transition. You can also adjust the opacity and flow for more control over the effect.
I actually wondered this for a while when I updated my GIMP before figuring this one out. I tried dragging the entire window and dropping it, but that obviously didn't work. Then I tried grabbing just inside the window and dragging that.Let's take the dialogue box "Layers" for example. The entire window is, in my case, surrounded by a blue border (I use Windows, obviously) telling me that this window is active. Instead of grabbing the blue border, I grab the word "Layers" at the top and drag it into GIMP where it says "You can drop dock-able dialogues here".To add more dialogues to my GIMP toolbox, I drag the dialogue to the raised bar that separates my GIMP toolbox and my other docked dialogues.I hope I've explained this well enough. If something is still hazy, please feel free to ask. Good luck.
To convert ABR (Adobe Brush) and PSPBrush files to GIMP, you can use a third-party tool like GIMP's ABR Viewer or a dedicated converter such as "AbrMate." For ABR files, import the brushes into the ABR Viewer and export them in a format compatible with GIMP, such as PNG or GIMP's native brush format. PSPBrush files may require conversion to a compatible format using similar tools or by manually recreating the brushes in GIMP. After conversion, load the new brushes into GIMP via the "Brushes" directory.
To change the paintbrush color in GIMP, first select the Paintbrush tool from the toolbox or press "P" on your keyboard. Then, click on the foreground color box located at the bottom of the toolbox to open the color picker dialog. Choose your desired color and click "OK" to apply it. Now, your paintbrush will use the selected color for painting.
There's a specific command for that under 'layers'. You can also do it in the layers "toolbox" (wrong term- but the stuff on the right side of the screen)
To show the menubar, right click on the canvas in Gimp, press View -> Show menubar. To get the toolbox to appear press Ctrl+B.To make the toolbox look like a toolbar, make the toolbox very wide, pull out the tool options (where it says "pencil" for example), go to Edit -> Preferences -> Toolbox and uncheck Show foreground & background color.
Simply click on the Brush icon and select one of the brushes.