User Guide
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CHAPTER 12. DIALOGS 96
You don’t really want to calculate your resolution manually, so simply press
the Calibrate button to pop up a dialog where you can measure two rulers
and enter their lengths in spin buttons.
12.10 Directories
GIMP uses several directories to store such things as add-on filters (plug-ins), scripts,
brushes, etc., but also its swap and temporary files.
The top view in Directories controls Temp Dir and Swap Dir. The Swap Dir is, by
default, in your personal GIMP directory located in your home directory. Often your
home directory is on an NFS (UNIX) or SMBWindows server. If it is, GIMP will have its
memory swap slowed down due to network latency. It is therefore very important that
the GIMP directory is a local directory such as /tmp under Unix or C:
temp underWindows. The temp dir is a directory where GIMP will store temporary files
such as the palettes that work with but more important the image data itself that cannot
be kept in memory. The temp dir should not be in a public directory such as /tmp, but a
directory to which only you have read and write access.
The subcategories such as Brushes, Patterns, and Plug-Ins control where GIMP
will search for those items and in which order.
Change a Search Path Mark it by clicking on it. Type the changed path or browse the
files system with the ... browse button. Press
Enter to activate the new path.
Change Search Order Mark a search path and click on the or buttons
to change the search order.
New Search Path Click on the . Type the path or browse the files system
with the ... browse button. Press
Enter to activate the path.
Delete Path Mark the path you wish to delete and click on the .
12.11 The Brush Selection Dialog
In this dialog you choose which brush you want to use and thesettings you want to apply
to the brush. The dialog displays all the available brushes. You may also notice some
of GIMP’s special features like colored brushes (pixmap brushes), brushes with a red
triangle in the right corner (so-called “Image Hose” brushes), brushes with artistic text,
little flourishes and doodles, etc.
All of those brushes are relatively easy to create in GIMP and save in the appro-
priate format. GIMP also provides you with aBrush Editor dialog where you can create
and edit brushes.
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you can only edit brushes that are created in the brush editor