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GIMP's animated brush, which paints a different picture each time it touches the canvas. See every cell right here. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your file opens as a sheet of every brush, pattern, gradient, shape or style in it, each with its name and size.
- Every tip, pattern, gradient, shape or style • Its name and size
- Filter a big pack by name
- Click one to open it full size
- Save each one as a PNG
About GIH
A GIH is GIMP's image hose, or animated brush: a brush that paints with a different picture each time it touches the canvas, like leaves, grass, stars or paint spatters. GIMP saves one from a layered picture, and its own brushes come with a few, like Pepper and Vine.
It's text, then pictures: a line with the hose's name, a line with how its cells are laid out and picked, in turn, at random or by the angle, pressure or tilt of the pen, then each cell as a GIMP brush, a grayscale tip or a picture in color.
Filepeek shows every cell on a sheet with its size and spacing, and how GIMP picks them. Click one to open it full size, or save each as a PNG.
GIMP image hose
.gih
Format
- MIME type
- image/x-gimp-gih
- Made by
- The GIMP team
Inside the file
- Holds
- A brush for each cell
- Cells
- Grayscale or color
- Picked
- In turn, at random or by the pen
- Each cell
- A GIMP brush
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens GIH files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers download them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open GIH
- WindowsGIMP and Krita
- MacGIMP and Krita
- iPhone and iPadNo app opens it
- AndroidNo app opens it
Questions
How do I add a GIH to GIMP?
Put it in the brushes folder of your GIMP profile, which Edit, Preferences, Folders, Brushes names, then press Refresh in the Brushes dialog.
Can Photoshop or Krita use a GIH?
Krita reads them as animated brushes. Photoshop doesn't, so save each cell as a PNG here and make a brush of it with Edit, Define Brush Preset.
Why are some cells gray?
A grayscale cell is only the shape the brush paints, in whatever color you pick. A color cell keeps its own colors.