Texture

Textures with Paint Tools

On GIMP the tool more near of this ability is the Clone Tool, this tool has the possibility to work with textures (patterns) and brushes at same time. The difficulty for this tool is that is not possible to use the color asset.

Current Possibilities

The samples below are examples as is possible to resolve in effective way the issue of painting with textures on GIMP. The unique issue or difficulty, is not possible to use the color asset on Clone Tool. In many Clone Tool definitions it is also considered an effective paintbrush with different capabilities. So, is more interesting to enlarge the Clone Tool instead to create another specific tool to work with textures.

Clouds with textures
Textures applied freely with Clone Tool.
Textures applied freely with Clone Tool.
Lands and textures…
Textures applied in different ways with Clone tool.
Textures applied in different ways with Clone tool.

Clone Tool Improvements

  • Minimal implementation
    • Add the ability to use color asset.
  • Optimal implementation
    • Output Levels slider > used to edit the output levels of the source reference.
    • Add also a 'Value invert texture' option > Reverse (useful in many cases when the texture is very dark and we need a more clear).

Sample Emulating Texture with Clone Tool

Texture applied with Clone Tool
In this sample I have emulated via handmade all steps described in the Clone Tool improvements to add this feature.
In this sample I have emulated via handmade all steps described in the Clone Tool improvements to add this feature.

Clone Tool Dialog Proposal

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References

Krita Paintbrush + Texture

Photoshop Paintbrush + Texture

Photoshop Brush Texture Dialog
Texture dialog on Photoshop.
Texture dialog on Photoshop.

A video did by Bob Chiu how to use texture on the brushes on PhotoShop. This is useful only to understand the main features used in this app.

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