I use Seashore as my main image editor on Mac OS. I’m not a graphics designer so I don’t need an uber-powerful, all singing, all dancing graphics editor.
While Seahorse fits my needs, one thing it does lack is a comprehensive set of brushes. However, because it is based around GIMP, you can use brushes created for GIMP.
To add brushes to Seashore you need to do the following:
- Locate Seashore in your Applications Folder,
- Cmd-Click on the Seashore.app and select “Show Package Contents”,
- Browse to “Contents -> Resources -> brushes”,
- Drag and drop your GIMP brush set into this folder.
There’s plenty of free GIMP brushes available on the net, but deviantART is a good place to start.
I cannot drop the brushes into the folder, it says that it cannot be modified!
You may need to change the permissions for the folder. Select the “Brushes” folder and hit CMD-I to get the folder info.
At the bottom of the “brushes info” window, you’ll see a padlock icon. Click that icon, and enter your password when requested.
In the “Sharing and Permissions” section ou should see your name. Change your privilege to “Read & Write”. Click the padlock again and close the “brushes info” window.
You should now be able to drop your GIMP brushes into the folder.
Regards,
Paul.