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[Xwee]

Okay, you will need winrar for downloading as some brushes/fonts are saved as .zip.
I will cover how to do those that aren't .zip later on in the tutorial.

Brushes:
First, you will need to find out where your brushes are stored.
- To do that open up gimp, then go to Edit>Preferences>Folders>Brushes
- the folder you are looking for is the one that doesn't have your name on it.
 Location.PNG   161.15KB   22 downloads
- See where I highlighted it? That's the folder you are looking for.

WinRar:
Now install the brushes, for this example we'll use these.
 Brushes Preview.PNG   252.39KB   17 downloads
- The first highlight is where you would click to download/save file.
-The second highlight is to show you the credit they want. This deviant artist just wants them to be added to your favorites.
Open thebrushes folder for gimp.
That means to start at computer, and follow the path until the folder is open.
Then you will need to take the brushes file from winrar and move them to the gimp folder.
 DragFile.png   163.92KB   10 downloads
You can now use those brushes when running gimp.

Others:
This is the brushes we'll download for this example.
 abrbrushespreview.PNG   412.19KB   6 downloads
When the file finishes downloading, open the folder where the brushes were saved to.
-They will most likely be in your downloads.
 openfile.png   63.36KB   6 downloads
You will now need to open another folder to get to the gimp brushes folder.
-If it won't let you just open a new folder, try opening another folder and then backtracking till you can start the trail to get to the gimp brushes.
 movefile.PNG   160.58KB   9 downloads
Drag the brushes you've just downloaded over to the brushes folder for gimp.
You can Now use those brushes when running gimp.

Here are screenies showing the new brushes in use.
 punkbrushes.PNG   75.39KB   10 downloads
 Japanesebrushes.PNG   46.56KB   13 downloads


Fonts:
Except for the location, downloading these are just like with brushes.
You will need to find the location for fonts, follow the same path as you did when finding your brushes.
There is only the one file there, so place all your new fonts into that folder.
 fontlocation.PNG   74.52KB   23 downloads
Then download the font you would like to use on gimp. For this example we will use this font.
 dafont.PNG   56.87KB   10 downloads
Click the download link to install it.
I've not downloaded many fonts from this site, but the ones I have downloaded have all been WinRar.
So open with WinRAR.ZIP.
 Openfont.PNG   25.51KB   5 downloads
Then Just like with making brushes, drag the file over into the font folder for gimp.
 movefont.PNG   154.1KB   7 downloads

You can now use your new font. Enjoy
 usingfont.PNG   89.55KB   8 downloads


You could most likely download other additions, like gradient for an easy example, by following the same path.
I hope this guide has been helpful to other Gimp user's like me ^,^.

Edited by Xwee, 16 March 2011 - 06:44 AM.

[Xwee]

Due to some apparent confusion some screenies were added.

Edited by Xwee, 16 March 2011 - 06:48 AM.

[onlyme]

Awsome guide dear! And thanks again for my private lessons x3

[Xwee]

Awsome guide dear! And thanks again for my private lessons x3

lol no problem, that's what inspired this guide. I realized that there might be some that don't know they can do this on GIMP.
I remember when I read a guide SIMILAR to this and was like "awesome! now I can make NICER images!!! WOW!" lol