by Michael Davies | Jan 8, 2021 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Help, GIMP Tools, GIMP Tutorials
Creating guides inside GIMP is a bit of a limited task as of the time of this tutorial. However, there are some very simple and effective workarounds to achieve custom guides at any angle and any position to help you accurately place objects or paint at angles. And...
by Michael Davies | Jul 20, 2020 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Help, GIMP Tools, GIMP Tutorials
In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to transform paths using GIMP. This is a very easy task to accomplish and can help expand your skill-set for photo editing and graphic design when working in GIMP. It is useful whenever you need to change the shape,...
by Michael Davies | Apr 14, 2020 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Help, GIMP Tools
In this tutorial, I’ll be demonstrating the easy process for scaling a selection in GIMP. I’ll be using GIMP 2.10.18 for this tutorial, which is the latest version of GIMP at the time of this article. You can also view the video version of this tutorial...
by Michael Davies | Mar 3, 2020 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Photo Editing, GIMP Tools, GIMP Tutorials
The curves tool is a sophisticated way to adjust the brightness and contrast of your image, as well as color correct your image. It is similar to the levels tool in the type of adjustments it makes to your image, as well as the fact that both tools use a histogram to...
by Michael Davies | Dec 19, 2019 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Customization, GIMP Help, GIMP Tools, GIMP Tutorials
The Resynthesizer plugin is a free, powerful third-party GIMP plugin that allows you to erase large objects from images, among other things. It is most similar to Photoshop’s Content Aware Fill feature – though in my opinion the Resynthesizer works better than this...
by Michael Davies | May 3, 2019 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Layers, GIMP Tools, GIMP Tutorials
Want to learn how to resize a layer in GIMP? You’re finally in the right place. In this article, I show you how to resize individual layers in GIMP using the scale tool. Before I get started, I’d like to make the distinction between resizing a layer in...