Good Evening

I am very new to GIMP, and new to picture editing.   The entire tool bar is grayed out.  I uninstalled it, and reinstalled it.  The same thing.  I had it the very day that I installed it.  Closed it, and then reopened a couple of days later.  I have not played with setting at all..

What is something that I can check?  I am really liking the gimp to make thumbnails for YT.

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The more I use Gimp, the more brushes I acquire. This brings the problem of selecting brushes from the very small brushes window, which I am finding increasingly awkward.

How do other people handle large numbers of brushes?

Is there a way of increasing the size of the brush selection window?  Is there a way of grouping the brushes into categories so that they are not all displayed at the same time?  Often an abr file contains many individual brushes some of which one might never use - is there a way of deleting the unwanted brushes?

I would appreciate any hints on brush management that people might have.

Since Gimp 2.10.22, python2 has been replaced by python3, that's great!
But what has 'gimpfu' been replaced with ?
The release notes say :

Quote:The new way to make Python plug-ins is streamlined, following the same logics as for other supported languages

I have used Gimp for years. However, I can't seem to add a transparent layer anymore. When I do, this transparent layer isn't transparent. I blocks out all other layers that are under it.

I am a novice Gimp user, use version 2.10.18 on Linux, and am trying to install some *.ttf fonts.  I tried following the steps in the documentation but the fonts aren't showing up.

1. I've put the files in my personal Gimp directory such as $HOME/.gimp-2.8/fonts/Exo-Regular.ttf
   
2. I used the refresh button in the font dialog - the fonts are not present in Gimp
   
3. I restarted Gimp - the fonts are still not present
   

Hallo

In the actual gimp-version the sliders of the color chooser dialog are to a big amount covered in the out-of-gamut-marker-color.
How can i remove this overlay?

The default size and color are invisible. Is there a way to change them?
Rather than changing them by hand every time I open the program

I take photos daily of items for an estore. They are a big size, and I'd like to reduce it.
I tried to reduce the quality, but the size is still big. Do you have any ideas?
I reduced the dimensions but I would like to further decrease the overall SIZE, not just the dimensions.

After installing the G'Mic-Qt version 2.9.9 I've got an error using Gimp 2.10.24(revision 2) on a Windows10 OS. Because I installed the new version without deinstalling the old version I removed G'mic-Qt and installed the new version. The error was still there. I removed the G'Mic-Qt and searched if there was any information was still some things on my computer concerning G'Mic-Qt. I found some things in the windows folder: Users/My_user/Appdata/Roaming/gmic. I removed this folder and installed G'Mic-Qt version 2.9.9 and the error was gone. Now I get an error when I use following plugin :
https://github.com/cl4cnam/gimp_cartoon_plugin
Using the previous version of G'Mic-Qt the plugin worked perfectly. Any idea how to solve this? Thanks in advance for the response. 
   

Hello Guys!

I use Gimp Sam'j Portable, having one copy on PC and another on my USB Flash Drive (Pendrive).

The problem is that whenever I use the pendrive on a different PC I need to re-enter the path for each folder to gimp ; Patterns, Brushes, Scripts, Plug-ins, etc.

This routine is laborious, boring and discouraging. 

I usually use the Pendrive with my laptop, so ok, I don't need to change anything, the path only needed to be informed once.

Is there an ideal way (folder) where I can put my files and they will be automatically detected even if I use Pendrive on several PCs?

Thank you very much.