<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Thanks, Mike<br></div>All good suggestions, and I was actually already following some of them, sort of. Been using Gimp for several months now, compared to about 20 years with PSP, and am already convinced there isn't anything I did with PSP I can't do with Gimp.<br>
</div>Actually the things you say would probably apply to any application, Open Source or commercial.<br></div>I didn't start doing the brush stuff until I was satisfied that I could do pretty much everything else I was used to doing with PSP, and I got there a lot sooner than expected.<br>
</div>Part of that success was the result of people like you being willing to answer the questions that arose along the way.<br></div>I am a firm believer in RTFM and the Linux world has improved greatly in that regard in recent years.<br>
</div>I also believe that Open Source is now past a major "tipping point," and development will now outpace most of the commercial closed source world.<br></div>We are already way past Open Source just mimicking functionality; Open Source is now leading the way in many critical areas.<br>
</div>Giving back is harder for those of us who are not coders, but I have been doing what I could for several years; urging schools to move to Open Source; urging students to learn and use Open Source; etc.<br></div>My Saturday afternoon pursuing the elusive "free and wonderful" brushes was not a waste of time for me; gave me a greater appreciation of my own stupid brushes, for one thing, and an even greater appreciation of the value of this group.<br>
</div>I hope it was not a waste of time for you, either.<br></div>Cheers<br></div>Pete<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Mike Holstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikeh789@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikeh789@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Pete Wright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pnwright@gmail.com" target="_blank">pnwright@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Thanks, Andy et al!<br>
</div>Never thought to look for the actual download link over there; thought those were just for advertised pdf readers and such.<br></div>I will calm down now.<br>
</div>Have a nice weekend, all.<span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">Pete<br></font></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>hey pete!.. will make a few suggestions for you which i hope will help...</div>
<div><br></div><div>think about how long you used "paintshop pro" or whatever software you were using before "as-is".. try and use the GIMP "as-is" for a while, and get used to it... a few weeks or months even.. </div>
<div><br></div><div>try asking more specific support venues, such as a gimp irc channel <a href="http://www.gimp.org/irc.html" target="_blank">http://www.gimp.org/irc.html</a> or mailing list <a href="http://www.gimp.org/mail_lists.html" target="_blank">http://www.gimp.org/mail_lists.html</a> ..also, if you are having issues with something at a site such as devian art, ask them.. we dont have anything to do with the creation or support of 3rd party software at external sites, unless one of the list volunteers says they are a part of the 3rd party..</div>
<div><br></div><div>cheers and good luck.. and keep in mind, the GIMP is free.. free of cost, and free as in open.. *anyone* can create a brush or an add-on or an extra package, or give a suggestion about what cool things it can do. that doesnt mean its true, or that the add-on works, or is actually available.. nor is anyone guaranteeing anything in the way of its availability or stability... stick with stock as much as you can in the beginning</div>
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<div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM, VE4PER/ Andy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ve4per@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ve4per@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>I managed to get a couple of brush sets
from those links. I found the link that worked was on right hand
side about 1/3 way down the page simply click the word "Download"<br>
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worked for Gimp 2.6 as well just extract the files and copy to the
hidden gimp brushes folder in ur linux home folder.<br>
<br>
Haven't tried photshop elements yet to see if they work there.<div><div><br>
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On 26/05/13 02:22, Pete Wright wrote:<br>
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<div>Please note that in all the previous mewling and
whining I have confused using torrent and just
clicking download links.<br>
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Neither is working for me.<br>
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I keep hearing about all this great stuff that is
available for Gimp, but I can't download so much as a
logo.<br>
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Good thing I know how to make my own brushes -- I can just
sit cross-legged here in the corner and make my own while
the rest of you play nicely together.<br>
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Sheesh!<br>
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Pete<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Pete
Wright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pnwright@gmail.com" target="_blank">pnwright@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>Nothing seems to actually be
downloading.<br>
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Well, one of my attempts got me something
with a .gbr extension, but putting it in my
gimp2.8 brush folder doesn't seem to have
made any difference.<br>
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I click on the links at deviantart and nothing
seems to happen.<br>
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I suppose there is some way to search for
brushes on torrents so I can use transmission,
but I don't know how to do that, either.<br>
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The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search."<br>
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How do you search in transmission? I just know how
to start it from a seed; a seed I download in the
usual manner.<br>
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I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't
help I installed and tried Chromium. No Joy.<br>
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Am I cursed?<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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<span><font color="#888888">Pete<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:07
PM, Matt Wheeler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:m@funkyhat.org" target="_blank">m@funkyhat.org</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright <<a href="mailto:pnwright@gmail.com" target="_blank">pnwright@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> Almost through the process of getting
weaned from PaintShopPro after many<br>
> happy years with it.<br>
> Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp
I could do with PSP.<br>
> I can make my own brushes and use them.<br>
> But so far I can't get any of the zillions
of free brushes from sites like<br>
> Noupe.<br>
> How do I get a set of brushes using
Transmission?<br>
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Transmission is a program specifically for using
bittorrent. If you<br>
have downloaded a file that is not a .torrent file
you don't need to<br>
use Transmission, you already have the file you
want.<br>
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> Madly right and left clicking the various
links (my usual last resort when I<br>
> don't know what I am doing) yields no joy.<br>
> I use Transmission for getting iso files,
etc. so I know it works.<br>
> NoScript is often the fly in the ointment,
but even with "temporarily all<br>
> this page" I am getting nothing.<br>
> What obvious thing that everybody else
knows by osmosis or instinct (yes, I<br>
> am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing?<br>
<br>
</div>
Perhaps the file you have downloaded is an archive
of some sort (zip,<br>
rar, gz etc.) that you need to uncompress. I'm not
sure exactly which<br>
tool you would use to do that in xfce (the desktop
environment that<br>
ubuntustudio uses), but you might be able to just
right click on it<br>
(in your downloads folder) and click "extract
here" or something<br>
similar.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Matt Wheeler<br>
<a href="mailto:m@funkyHat.org" target="_blank">m@funkyHat.org</a><br>
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