This tutorial will show you how to create and add a custom brush into your GIMP program.
This tutorial takes under 5 minutes if you already have made or found an image you want to use as a brush. I'm using GIMP 2.6.

 


1. Create a new document or open up a picture you'd like to save as a brush.
I started out on a 200x200 pixels big canvas. I did this, and then I cropped it.

2. Make the "Background Layer" invisible by clickin on the eye next to it in the "Layers Dialog" Window" (This is to make the brush transparent, I don't want the background when I use my brush).
Go "File"->"Save as", and save it as a GIMP Brush (.gbr).

In Linux (Ubuntu 8.10) save it in your "/home/USERNAME/gimp-2.6/brushes/" folder.

In Windows XP save it in your "C:\Document and Settings\USERNAME\.gimp-2.6\brushes\"
 

4. Select the "Brush Tool" and then click the select brush button, then open the "Brush Selection Dialog" by clicking the brush icon down in the right corner of the popup window.
 
5. In the "Brush Selection Dialog" click the small, grey arrow in the upper left corner, then "Brush Menu"->"Refresh Brushes".
 

6. Now you are done, create a new document and test your brush.
This is my result:
 

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