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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">9.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Varying brush size</span>
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">Chapter¬†7.¬†
  28.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Painting with GIMP</span>
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  39.             <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-using-variable-size-brush"></a>9.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Varying brush size</span>
  41.   </h2>
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  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
  51.                 <tr>
  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2437 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2007-12-19</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">jpl</td>
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  61.       <a id="id2596109" class="indexterm"></a>
  62.       <p>
  63.     From <acronym class="acronym">GIMP</acronym>-2.4, all brushes have a variable size.
  64.   </p>
  65.       <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  66.         <div class="titlepage">
  67.           <div>
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  69.               <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-using-variable-size-brush-varying"></a>9.1.¬†
  70.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">How to vary the height of a brush</span>
  71.     </h3>
  72.             </div>
  73.           </div>
  74.         </div>
  75.         <p>
  76.        You can get the brush size varying in three ways:
  77.     </p>
  78.         <div class="orderedlist">
  79.           <ol type="1">
  80.             <li>
  81.               <p>
  82.           Using the slider <span class="guilabel">Stretch or Shrink</span> of the tool
  83.           that uses the brush. Pencil, Paintbrush, Eraser, Airbrush,
  84.           Clone, Heal, Perspective Clone, Blur/Sharpen and Dodge/Burn tools
  85.           have a slider to vary brush size.
  86.         </p>
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  88.                 <a id="id2596177"></a>
  89.                 <p class="title">
  90.                   <b>Figure¬†7.20.¬†
  91.             <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The Stretch or Shrink slider</span>
  92.           </b>
  93.                 </p>
  94.                 <div class="figure-contents">
  95.                   <div class="mediaobject">
  96.                     <img src="../images/using/stretch-shrink-cursor.png" alt="The Stretch or Shrink slider" />
  97.                     <div class="caption">
  98.                       <p>
  99.                 The two possibilities to vary brush size.
  100.               </p>
  101.                     </div>
  102.                   </div>
  103.                 </div>
  104.               </div>
  105.               <br class="figure-break" />
  106.             </li>
  107.             <li>
  108.               <div class="procedure">
  109.                 <p>By programming the mouse wheel:</p>
  110.                 <ol type="1">
  111.                   <li>
  112.                     <p>
  113.               In the main window of GIMP, click on
  114.               <span class="guimenu">Files</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">Preferences</span>.
  115.             </p>
  116.                   </li>
  117.                   <li>
  118.                     <p>
  119.               In the left column of the new window, select
  120.               <span class="guimenu">Input Devices</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">Input Controllers</span>.
  121.             </p>
  122.                   </li>
  123.                   <li>
  124.                     <p>
  125.               You can see
  126.               <span class="guibutton">Additional Input Controllers</span>,
  127.               with two columns:
  128.               <span class="guibutton">Available Controllers</span> and
  129.               <span class="guibutton">Active Controllers</span>.
  130.             </p>
  131.                     <p>
  132.               In the column
  133.               <span class="guibutton">Active Controllers</span>, double-click the
  134.               <span class="guibutton">Main Mouse Wheel</span> button.
  135.             </p>
  136.                   </li>
  137.                   <li>
  138.                     <p>
  139.               Then, you see a new window:
  140.               <span class="guibutton">Configure Input Controller</span>.
  141.             </p>
  142.                     <p>
  143.               In the left column <span class="guibutton">Event</span>,
  144.               click <span class="guibutton">Scroll¬†Up</span> to get it highlighted.
  145.             </p>
  146.                   </li>
  147.                   <li>
  148.                     <p>
  149.               Click the <span class="guibutton">Edit</span> button
  150.               (at the bottom middle of the list).
  151.             </p>
  152.                   </li>
  153.                   <li>
  154.                     <p>
  155.               You can see the window
  156.               <span class="guibutton">Select Controller Event Action</span>.
  157.             </p>
  158.                     <p>
  159.               Drop-down the
  160.               <span class="guibutton">Tools</span> item, by clicking the small
  161.               triangle on its left.
  162.             </p>
  163.                   </li>
  164.                   <li>
  165.                     <p>
  166.               In the left column <span class="guibutton">Action</span>,
  167.               click <span class="guibutton">Increase¬†Brush¬†Scale</span> to highlight
  168.               it, then click the <span class="guibutton">OK</span> button.
  169.             </p>
  170.                   </li>
  171.                   <li>
  172.                     <p>
  173.               Now, in front of
  174.               <span class="guibutton">Scroll¬†Up</span> is display
  175.               <span class="guibutton">tools-paint-brush-scale-increase</span>.
  176.             </p>
  177.                   </li>
  178.                   <li>
  179.                     <p>
  180.               Close the window.
  181.             </p>
  182.                   </li>
  183.                   <li>
  184.                     <p>
  185.               With the same method, program
  186.               <span class="guibutton">Scroll¬†Down</span> with
  187.               <span class="guibutton">Decrease¬†Brush¬†Scale</span>.
  188.             </p>
  189.                   </li>
  190.                   <li>
  191.                     <p>
  192.               Don't forget to click the
  193.               <span class="guibutton">OK</span> button of the main window of
  194.               <span class="guibutton">Preferences</span>.
  195.             </p>
  196.                   </li>
  197.                 </ol>
  198.               </div>
  199.               <p>
  200.           After these somewhat long explanations, you can use your mouse
  201.           wheel to vary size brush. For example, choose the pencil tool
  202.           with the ‚Äú<span class="quote">Circle</span>‚Äù brush. Set the
  203.           pointer in the image window, use the mouse wheel, in the two
  204.           directions, you can see the ‚Äú<span class="quote">Circle</span>‚Äù shrinking or
  205.           stretching.
  206.         </p>
  207.             </li>
  208.             <li>
  209.               <p>
  210.           You can program the ‚Äú<span class="quote">Up</span>‚Äù and ‚Äú<span class="quote">Down</span>‚Äù
  211.           arrow keys of the keyboard.
  212.         </p>
  213.               <p>
  214.           The method is similar to that of the mouse wheel. The only
  215.           differences are:
  216.         </p>
  217.               <div class="itemizedlist">
  218.                 <ul type="disc">
  219.                   <li>
  220.                     <p>
  221.               In the column
  222.               <span class="guibutton">Active Controllers</span>, double-click
  223.               <span class="guibutton">Main Keyboard</span>.
  224.             </p>
  225.                   </li>
  226.                   <li>
  227.                     <p>
  228.               In the column <span class="guibutton">Event</span>, click
  229.               <span class="guibutton">Cursor Up</span> for the first key, and
  230.               <span class="guibutton">Cursor Down</span> for the second key.
  231.             </p>
  232.                   </li>
  233.                   <li>
  234.                     <p>
  235.               Then, use the two keys (Up arrow and Down arrow) and the result
  236.               is the same as you got with the mouse wheel.
  237.             </p>
  238.                   </li>
  239.                 </ul>
  240.               </div>
  241.             </li>
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