On 0, Seth Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subba, > > I'd agree with Rebecca here. > > What you're trying to do sounds a lot like a clone operation. To use the clone > tool, select your "source" by holding Control, and clicking where to start > copying from. Then release Control, and paint into the "destination". All of > this uses the current brush shape do to the painting. > > If you really want to make a new brush (it doesn't sound like it from your > description) you can always save as a .gpb (gimp pixmap brush) into your > ~/.gimp-1.2/brushes directory, refresh the brushes, and select your new brush. > > Happy GIMPing, > > Seth > > --- Subba Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 0, "Rebecca J. Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 2001-10-14 at 16:07, Subba Rao wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have seen a photo editor at a local print shop restoring pictures. > > > > He restored the deteriorated pictures by crop hair/areas from other > > pictures > > > > and pasting them over the damaged areas. I don't know what tool he was > > using on > > > > his PC (some windows stuff). > > > > > > > > How do I create a new brush from an existing picture? Can this be done > > using > > > > Gimp? I am running Gimp 1.2.1 on Linux. > > > > > > Use the clone tool. The icon looks like a rubber stamp. > > > Oh.. wait.. does that work between pictures? If it doesn't work between > > > pictures, you'd have to make a section into a pattern or copy it into > > > another layer. > > > > >
Thank you for replying with the instructions. It works great! -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/subba9/ OpenPGP/GPG public key ID CCB7344E => Time is relative. Here is a new way to look at time. <= http://www.smcinnovations.com _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user