: How do I create an 8 x 8 square brush in GIMP? How do I create an 8x8 square brush, with no smoothing in GIMP? Do I actually have to create a custom brush? You'd think that the pencil
How do I create an 8x8 square brush, with no smoothing in GIMP? Do I actually have to create a custom brush? You'd think that the pencil brush would work but the size seemingly doesn't line up with the actual dimensions of the square it makes.
I.e. The pixel brush at size 11 is a 9x9 square? What? Size 10 is 7x7 so it is skipping even numbers for some reason.
I'm on GIMP 2.8.14.
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Right-click the Brushes palette and click "Rectangular..." and use the default 20x20. For some reason, when you set this newly created brush to size 8, it works as expected.
As of GIMP 2.8.4, this doesn't seem to be possible for the odd quirk the pencil tool has of skipping even numbered sizes.
For a workaround (without creating a custom brush):
Use the pencil tool with the pixel brush to draw an 8x8 box.
Select and copy the box you just drew
Using the "clipboard brush" set the brush size to 8.
This has the disadvantage that you are stuck with whatever color you copied to the clipboard.
If you want a precise size use your brush with Pencil Tool instead Paintbrush Tool.
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