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Published: 2015-05-10 05:24:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 17809; Favourites: 143; Downloads: 1418
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Refactored my my vine brush somewhat to make it easier to add new leaves, and changed thorns to tendrils using the stroke library here , which I also used for the legs on the "centipede" brush. Also included, a "binary" (single pixel) spray brush similar to that in MS Paint, for a request at EverythingFireAlpacaRelated content
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Sorry for the really late reply, work and personal circumstances left me with no FireAlpaca time for a couple of months.
If you are after a simple pixel line brush, either try the Dot tool in FireAlpaca (third one down under the Eraser tool), or for a slightly better line try the Pen brush set to 1.2 width, double-click on the brush to turn off Width by Pressure, and turn off Antialiasing at the top of the window.
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Please show me the download link for brush script
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On the right hand side of fav.me/d8stghl - above the "More from obtusity" section, you should see a download button for the zip file containing the brush scripts.
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No I mean't the program, never mind, maybe I don't need the program
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To load a brush script, click the Add Brush (Script) button at the bottom of the brush list in FireAlpaca (or MBP) and browse to the unzipped .bs file.
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On Windows 7 or 8 you can unzip the brush scripts from the zip file by right-clicking on the zip file and selecting Extract All.
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I already know that, thanks^^
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My apologies, I couldn't understand what you meant when you asked for the download link to "the program", but not the zip file. So I was guessing at what you might have been having trouble with, and trying to make each step explicit.
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It's okay, it's just I like making brushes in firealpaca, it's fun
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Bitmap brushes are easier if you are artistic.
Making brush scripts is more like programming - you write a small program using the Lua programming language www.lua.org/ along with some special functions that are specific to these paint programs (an application programming interface, or API), documented here: firealpaca.com/bs (in Japanese but Google Translate does a good job of making it clear), with some good examples here d.hatena.ne.jp/MDIAPP/20100311 (Google Translate again).
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Wow, that's a lot of programing but I don't want to download too much, last time I downloaded a lot of different programs and I got a virus that shut down my laptop and broke it, my old one
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One nice thing is that you don't have to download anything, the framework is already built in to the paint software. Those pages are just documentation, you can look them up or print them out as nbeeded.
All you need is a text editor - you can use Notepad which is already included in Windows (or TextEdit on Macs, I think) - I've done this for a couple of brush scripts. A programmer's editor is nicer to work with, but not essential.
However, if you are more interested in the art side than the technical side, writing brush scripts might not be as much fun as creating bitmap brushes.
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Wow, I use notepad and writing the brush scrips is when you write those codes right? Sounds complicated and hard, yeah I think I would rather use brush script
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Yes, exactly!
For example, here is a simple brush script similar to the built in Pen brush:
function main( x, y, p )
local w = bs_width()
local r, g, b = bs_fore()
bs_ellipse(x, y, w , w, 0, r, g, b, bs_opaque() *255)
return 1
end
bs_setmode(1)
If you were to cut-and-paste that into Notepad, save it as ScriptPen.bs, then load it with the Add Brush (Script) button, you would have a new ScriptPen brush, very similar to the standard Pen brush.
If you like programming, it's fun to play with, but if you prefer visually creating brushes, bitmap brushes are more fun.
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Thank you, i'm going to save that now, and you are very intelligent, you remind me of that guy from the hunger games with the big brain
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These are brush scripts for FireAlpaca (a free paint program) at firealpaca.com/en and MediBang Paint (formerly CloudAlpaca), which is FireAlpaca plus cloud features, also free, at medibangpaint.com/en/
Brush scripts are text files (containing scripts - little programs) that are loaded by FireAlpaca and MBP.
All you need is FireAlpaca (or MediBang Paint) and one of the text-format script files in the zip file that I pointed to - there is no other "program" (the brush script does not get compiled to a separate executable program).
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Wow thats a lot of information but thanks you so much for helping me
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I hope some of it was helpful!
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Just wanted to say my thanks for working on brushes like these, these are really neat and helpful!
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Thanks - I'm glad you liked them!
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