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This tutorial was made using Gimp 2.6. If you are running a different version some functions and methods, although slight, may be different. I recommend using the newest version of Gimp. For a tutorial on different Gimp installation options, including installing the newest version on a trial basis without making changes to your current installation, check out the tutorial below.
In this tutorial, I explain how to use gimp for beginners. This video explains the preferences dialog box and how to install additional brushes into GIMP easily. This topic is frequently glossed over and I felt it was important to explain this early on.