On my Linux box, I needed to export it to the Temp directory, then use the file manager to copy it into the Patterns directory. When you have it the way you want, you need to Export the file, and give it a *.pat extension. Remember that a pattern is nothing more than a rasterized image, so you can create one using GIMP itself. Just where this folder is located will depend on your operating system (GIMP is widely available on many operating systems), but for example on my system it is in the /home/user/.gimp-2.8 directory, along with folders for brushes, palettes, and so one. If you want to add a pattern, it should go into the User folder. You should not mess with the system folder. There are two places GIMP will look for Patterns: the GIMP system folder, which is where the built-in patterns are located, and the User folder. Now, the patterns we have looked at come with GIMP, but you can always create your own as well. Then go to the Edit menu and select Stroke Path. I then selected an abstract pattern called Chroma. Then grab a point along that straight line and pull on it to get a curve you like. A straight line will connect the two anchors. To do this, create a blank canvas, and make a path by clicking once to set an anchor point, then click a second time to add the second anchor point. But if you are filling the line with a raster image, you cannot resize the stroked line without possible problems, so you should make sure you get the correct size before adding the pattern. Stroking along a path means drawing a line, which can be solid, dashed, dots, etc. As we said then, the Bézier Curves themselves are vectors, so they can be resized without any loss of clarity. The Paths tool lets you create Bézier Curves which you can manipulate using the tangent line “handles” into getting the shape you want. Recall that we looked at Paths previously as one of our Miscellaneous Tools. GIMP freehand draw with Clone tool and Cashews patternįinally, we have the option of stroking along a path.
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