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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">9.2.¬†
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  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Varying brush size</span>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-using-variable-size-brush-creating"></a>9.2.¬†
  40.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Creating a brush quickly</span>
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  45.       <p>
  46.        Two methods to create a new brush easily:
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  52.           First, the ‚Äú<span class="quote">superfast</span>‚Äù method. You have an image area
  53.           you want make a brush from it, to be used with a tool like pencil,
  54.           airbrush... Select it with the rectangular (or elliptical) select
  55.           tool, then do a <span class="guibutton">Copy</span> of this selection and
  56.           immediately you can see this copy in the first position of the Brush
  57.           Dialog, and its name is ‚Äú<span class="quote">Clipboard</span>‚Äù. It is immediately
  58.           usable.
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  61.               <a id="id2596679"></a>
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  63.                 <b>Figure¬†7.21.¬†
  64.             <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  65.               Selection becomes a brush after  copying
  66.             </span>
  67.           </b>
  68.               </p>
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  71.                   <img src="../images/using/select-to-brush.png" alt="Selection becomes a brush after copying" />
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  77.           <li>
  78.             <p>
  79.           The second method is more elaborate.
  80.         </p>
  81.             <p>
  82.           Do
  83.           <span class="guimenu">File</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">New</span> with, for example, a width and a length of 35 pixels
  84.           and in the advanced options a
  85.           <span class="guilabel">Color Space</span> in
  86.           <span class="guilabel">Gray Level</span> and
  87.           <span class="guilabel">Fill with: white</span>.
  88.         </p>
  89.             <p>
  90.           Zoom on this new image to enlarge it and draw on it with a black
  91.           pencil.
  92.         </p>
  93.             <p>
  94.           Save it with a <span class="guilabel">.gbr</span> extension in the directory
  95.           <span class="guilabel">/home/name_of_user/.gimp-2.4/brushes/</span>.
  96.         </p>
  97.             <p>
  98.           In the brushes window, click on the button
  99.           <span class="guilabel">Refresh brushes</span>.
  100.         </p>
  101.             <p>
  102.           And your marvellous brush appears right in the middle of the other
  103.           brushes. You can use it immediately, without starting GIMP again.
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  108.                 <b>Figure¬†7.22.¬†
  109.             <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Steps to create a brush</span>
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  116.                     <p>Draw image, save as brush</p>
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  120.                   <img src="../images/using/create-brush2.png" alt="Steps to create a brush" />
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  126.                   <img src="../images/using/create-brush3.png" alt="Steps to create a brush" />
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  128.                     <p>Use the brush</p>
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