## gimpbrush gimpbrush — Functions operating on a single brush. |

## Synopsis

    gchar*      gimp_brush_new                  (const gchar *name);
    gchar*      gimp_brush_duplicate            (const gchar *name);
    gchar*      gimp_brush_rename               (const gchar *name,
                                                 const gchar *new_name);
    gboolean    gimp_brush_delete               (const gchar *name);
    gboolean    gimp_brush_get_info             (const gchar *name,
                                                 gint *width,
                                                 gint *height,
                                                 gint *mask_bpp,
                                                 gint *color_bpp);
    gboolean    gimp_brush_get_pixels           (const gchar *name,
                                                 gint *width,
                                                 gint *height,
                                                 gint *mask_bpp,
                                                 gint *num_mask_bytes,
                                                 guint8 **mask_bytes,
                                                 gint *color_bpp,
                                                 gint *num_color_bytes,
                                                 guint8 **color_bytes);
    gboolean    gimp_brush_get_spacing          (const gchar *name,
                                                 gint *spacing);
    gboolean    gimp_brush_set_spacing          (const gchar *name,
                                                 gint spacing);

## Description

Functions operating on a single brush.

## Details

### gimp_brush_new ()

    gchar*      gimp_brush_new                  (const gchar *name);

Creates a new brush

This procedure creates a new, uninitialized brush

`name` : | The requested name of the new brush.
Returns : | The actual new brush name.

Since GIMP 2.2

### gimp_brush_duplicate ()

    gchar*      gimp_brush_duplicate            (const gchar *name);

Duplicates a brush

This procedure creates an identical brush by a different name

`name` : | The brush name.
Returns : | The name of the brush's copy.

Since GIMP 2.2

### gimp_brush_rename ()

    gchar*      gimp_brush_rename               (const gchar *name,
                                                 const gchar *new_name);

Rename a brush

This procedure renames a brush

`name` : | The brush name.
`new_name` : | The new name of the brush.
Returns : | The actual new name of the brush.

Since GIMP 2.2

### gimp_brush_delete ()

    gboolean    gimp_brush_delete               (const gchar *name);

Deletes a brush

This procedure deletes a brush

`name` : | The brush name.
Returns : | TRUE on success.

Since GIMP 2.2

### gimp_brush_get_info ()

    gboolean    gimp_brush_get_info             (const gchar *name,
                                                 gint *width,
                                                 gint *height,
                                                 gint *mask_bpp,
                                                 gint *color_bpp);

Retrieve information about the specified brush.

This procedure retrieves information about the specified brush. This includes the brush name, and the brush extents (width and height).

`name` : | The brush name.
`width` : | The brush width.
`height` : | The brush height.
`mask_bpp` : | The brush mask bpp.
`color_bpp` : | The brush color bpp.
Returns : | TRUE on success.

Since GIMP 2.2

### gimp_brush_get_pixels ()

    gboolean    gimp_brush_get_pixels           (const gchar *name,
                                                 gint *width,
                                                 gint *height,
                                                 gint *mask_bpp,
                                                 gint *num_mask_bytes,
                                                 guint8 **mask_bytes,
                                                 gint *color_bpp,
                                                 gint *num_color_bytes,
                                                 guint8 **color_bytes);

Retrieve information about the specified brush.

This procedure retrieves information about the specified brush. This includes the brush extents (width and height) and its pixels data.

`name` : | The brush name.
`width` : | The brush width.
`height` : | The brush height.
`mask_bpp` : | The brush mask bpp.
`num_mask_bytes` : | Length of brush mask data.
`mask_bytes` : | The brush mask data.
`color_bpp` : | The brush color bpp.
`num_color_bytes` : | Length of brush color data.
`color_bytes` : | The brush color data.
Returns : | TRUE on success.

Since GIMP 2.2

### gimp_brush_get_spacing ()

    gboolean    gimp_brush_get_spacing          (const gchar *name,
                                                 gint *spacing);

Get the brush spacing.

This procedure returns the spacing setting for the specified brush. The return value is an integer between 0 and 1000 which represents percentage of the maximum of the width and height of the mask.

`name` : | The brush name.
`spacing` : | The brush spacing.
Returns : | TRUE on success.

Since GIMP 2.2

### gimp_brush_set_spacing ()

    gboolean    gimp_brush_set_spacing          (const gchar *name,
                                                 gint spacing);

Set the brush spacing.

This procedure modifies the spacing setting for the specified brush. The value should be a integer between 0 and 1000.

`name` : | The brush name.
`spacing` : | The brush spacing.
Returns : | TRUE on success.

Since GIMP 2.2