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basics of adding postwork paint effects please.

ToobisToobis Posts: 964
edited December 1969 in The Commons

So I am unfamiliar with adding effects after a render has been done. I have some injury effects I wanted to add to a male body from my render I did in Daz 3 )not daz 4 not that it really makes any difference) but I don't really know how to open the brushes I got. I have my render which I saved in jpeg open in paint. How do I load each brush effect? what is the general procedure please? there does not seem to be any instructions with what I got also.

Thx.

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  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    They're probably PhotoShop .abr format brushes, so they probably don't open in MS Paint (is that what you mean by Paint?). You need the GIMP, PhotoShop, or another program that can use .abr files. When you install them following the instructions you can then load them from the program's brush dialogue.

  • ToobisToobis Posts: 964
    edited December 1969

    SickleYield said:
    They're probably PhotoShop .abr format brushes, so they probably don't open in MS Paint (is that what you mean by Paint?). You need the GIMP, PhotoShop, or another program that can use .abr files. When you install them following the instructions you can then load them from the program's brush dialogue.

    Yes I have gimp also. I still don't know how to open these brushes. What is the general procedure please.

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    They're probably PhotoShop .abr format brushes, so they probably don't open in MS Paint (is that what you mean by Paint?). You need the GIMP, PhotoShop, or another program that can use .abr files. When you install them following the instructions you can then load them from the program's brush dialogue.

    Yes I have gimp also. I still don't know how to open these brushes. What is the general procedure please.

    You need to install them to Program Files/GIMP 2/share/gimp/2.0/brushes (not Program Files/GIMP 2 if you installed GIMP somewhere else). If you installed them somewhere else, cut and paste them into this folder. Then start up the GIMP. They will appear in the brushes dialogue when you hit P to bring up the Paint tool. You may need to refresh the dialogue by clicking the little paintbrush at the bottom, then then the little circling arrows at the bottom of that.

    http://mygimptutorial.com/how-to-install-gimp-brushes

  • JabbaJabba Posts: 1,460
    edited December 1969

    How to Install brushes on Gimp 2.8... http://youtu.be/jPGJgu1urdM

    :)

  • ToobisToobis Posts: 964
    edited May 2013

    Thx all but the Q I have now is although I can add the brushes to my renders through gimp how do I actually add the colors of the brushes?! they are ALL black and white?!?! also do PSP image files work in gimp? I have some here but I don't think they work in gimp as I added them to the gimp brushes folder but they don't show up :(

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  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    Toobis said:
    Thx all but the Q I have now is although I can add the brushes to my renders through gimp how do I actually add the colors of the brushes?! they are ALL black and white?!?! also do PSP image files work in gimp? I have some here but I don't think they work in gimp as I added them to the gimp brushes folder but they don't show up :(

    http://www.quackit.com/web_graphics/gimp/tutorial/adding_color_with_gimp.cfm


    What's PSP?

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,048
    edited December 1969

    PSP = PaintShop Pro

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    Frank0314 said:
    PSP = PaintShop Pro

    I'm not familiar. The GIMP can open a huge number of file formats, though, so unless it's proprietary I would expect it can.

    If you need to pass between them and aren't sure save from PSP as .tiff or .psd for layers.

  • ToobisToobis Posts: 964
    edited December 1969

    K great now the little box on the bottom right has disapeared where I deal with the brushes. How can I get it back please?

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    Toobis said:
    K great now the little box on the bottom right has disapeared where I deal with the brushes. How can I get it back please?

    Which little box? Are you in brush mode?

  • ToobisToobis Posts: 964
    edited December 1969

    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    K great now the little box on the bottom right has disapeared where I deal with the brushes. How can I get it back please?

    Which little box? Are you in brush mode?

    umm I dunno just the little box on the bottom right that dealt with the brushes and stuff.

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    K great now the little box on the bottom right has disapeared where I deal with the brushes. How can I get it back please?

    Which little box? Are you in brush mode?

    umm I dunno just the little box on the bottom right that dealt with the brushes and stuff.

    Is the Tool Options tab still there?

  • ToobisToobis Posts: 964
    edited December 1969

    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    K great now the little box on the bottom right has disapeared where I deal with the brushes. How can I get it back please?

    Which little box? Are you in brush mode?

    umm I dunno just the little box on the bottom right that dealt with the brushes and stuff.

    Is the Tool Options tab still there?

    All I have is the main screen:

    jhhjgh.jpg
    1280 x 1024 - 70K
  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    K great now the little box on the bottom right has disapeared where I deal with the brushes. How can I get it back please?

    Which little box? Are you in brush mode?

    umm I dunno just the little box on the bottom right that dealt with the brushes and stuff.

    Is the Tool Options tab still there?

    All I have is the main screen:

    You need to have an image created or open for the tools to show up usually.

  • ToobisToobis Posts: 964
    edited December 1969

    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    K great now the little box on the bottom right has disapeared where I deal with the brushes. How can I get it back please?

    Which little box? Are you in brush mode?

    umm I dunno just the little box on the bottom right that dealt with the brushes and stuff.

    Is the Tool Options tab still there?

    All I have is the main screen:

    You need to have an image created or open for the tools to show up usually.

    Yeh it doesn't matter there still no other options even when the pic is open I don't understand this as the other boxes were there when I was messing around with gimp earlier.

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    K great now the little box on the bottom right has disapeared where I deal with the brushes. How can I get it back please?

    Which little box? Are you in brush mode?

    umm I dunno just the little box on the bottom right that dealt with the brushes and stuff.

    Is the Tool Options tab still there?

    All I have is the main screen:

    You need to have an image created or open for the tools to show up usually.

    Yeh it doesn't matter there still no other options even when the pic is open I don't understand this as the other boxes were there when I was messing around with gimp earlier.

    Ok. Go to Tools--Toolbox and see if that brings it back, then Windows--Dockable Dialogs--Tool Options.

  • ToobisToobis Posts: 964
    edited December 1969

    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    K great now the little box on the bottom right has disapeared where I deal with the brushes. How can I get it back please?

    Which little box? Are you in brush mode?

    umm I dunno just the little box on the bottom right that dealt with the brushes and stuff.

    Is the Tool Options tab still there?

    All I have is the main screen:

    You need to have an image created or open for the tools to show up usually.

    Yeh it doesn't matter there still no other options even when the pic is open I don't understand this as the other boxes were there when I was messing around with gimp earlier.

    Ok. Go to Tools--Toolbox and see if that brings it back, then Windows--Dockable Dialogs--Tool Options.

    K I gottit now thanks. Can you or anyone tell me how to actually add the colors and edit the size of these brushes please?

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    Not if you're not willing to look at the links I already put up, no.


    There are lots and lots of tutorials on how to do this, on google and on YouTube.

  • ToobisToobis Posts: 964
    edited December 1969

    K so I got the color figured out. Can anyone tell me how to resize these things please?

  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    Toobis said:
    K so I got the color figured out. Can anyone tell me how to resize these things please?

    There's a slider under the brush selection that says "size."

  • ToobisToobis Posts: 964
    edited December 1969

    SickleYield said:
    Toobis said:
    K so I got the color figured out. Can anyone tell me how to resize these things please?

    There's a slider under the brush selection that says "size."

    No not for me. Please identify where to go here please:

    Untitledjjh.jpg
    1280 x 1024 - 314K
  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,634
    edited December 1969

    You need the Tool Options as per previous post.

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