Thanks, Mike 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. Actually the things you say would probably apply to any application, Open Source or commercial. 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. Part of that success was the result of people like you being willing to answer the questions that arose along the way. I am a firm believer in RTFM and the Linux world has improved greatly in that regard in recent years. 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. We are already way past Open Source just mimicking functionality; Open Source is now leading the way in many critical areas. 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. 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. I hope it was not a waste of time for you, either. Cheers Pete
On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Mike Holstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Pete Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Andy et al! >> Never thought to look for the actual download link over there; thought >> those were just for advertised pdf readers and such. >> I will calm down now. >> Have a nice weekend, all. >> Pete >> > > hey pete!.. will make a few suggestions for you which i hope will help... > > 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.. > > try asking more specific support venues, such as a gimp irc channel > http://www.gimp.org/irc.html or mailing list > http://www.gimp.org/mail_lists.html ..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.. > > 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 > > > >> >> >> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:28 PM, VE4PER/ Andy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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" >>> >>> worked for Gimp 2.6 as well just extract the files and copy to the >>> hidden gimp brushes folder in ur linux home folder. >>> >>> Haven't tried photshop elements yet to see if they work there. >>> >>> >>> On 26/05/13 02:22, Pete Wright wrote: >>> >>> Please note that in all the previous mewling and whining I have >>> confused using torrent and just clicking download links. >>> Neither is working for me. >>> I keep hearing about all this great stuff that is available for Gimp, >>> but I can't download so much as a logo. >>> 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. >>> Sheesh! >>> Pete >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Pete Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nothing seems to actually be downloading. >>>> 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. >>>> I click on the links at deviantart and nothing seems to happen. >>>> 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. >>>> The instructions at Lifehacker say "just search." >>>> How do you search in transmission? I just know how to start it from a >>>> seed; a seed I download in the usual manner. >>>> I disabled noscript in Firefox and when that didn't help I installed >>>> and tried Chromium. No Joy. >>>> Am I cursed? >>>> Pete >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Matt Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 25 May 2013 23:33, Pete Wright <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > Almost through the process of getting weaned from PaintShopPro after >>>>> many >>>>> > happy years with it. >>>>> > Now I can do pretty much everything in Gimp I could do with PSP. >>>>> > I can make my own brushes and use them. >>>>> > But so far I can't get any of the zillions of free brushes from >>>>> sites like >>>>> > Noupe. >>>>> > How do I get a set of brushes using Transmission? >>>>> >>>>> Transmission is a program specifically for using bittorrent. If you >>>>> have downloaded a file that is not a .torrent file you don't need to >>>>> use Transmission, you already have the file you want. >>>>> >>>>> > Madly right and left clicking the various links (my usual last >>>>> resort when I >>>>> > don't know what I am doing) yields no joy. >>>>> > I use Transmission for getting iso files, etc. so I know it works. >>>>> > NoScript is often the fly in the ointment, but even with >>>>> "temporarily all >>>>> > this page" I am getting nothing. >>>>> > What obvious thing that everybody else knows by osmosis or instinct >>>>> (yes, I >>>>> > am feeling sorry for myself!) am I missing? >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps the file you have downloaded is an archive of some sort (zip, >>>>> rar, gz etc.) that you need to uncompress. I'm not sure exactly which >>>>> tool you would use to do that in xfce (the desktop environment that >>>>> ubuntustudio uses), but you might be able to just right click on it >>>>> (in your downloads folder) and click "extract here" or something >>>>> similar. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Matt Wheeler >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> >> > > > -- > MH > > mikeholstein.info <http://www.mikeholstein.info/> > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > >
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