How to Create Dot Patterns in GIMP (Help Article)

by Michael Davies | Feb 1, 2021 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Help, GIMP Tutorials

In this GIMP Help Article, I’ll be showing you how to easily create your own custom dot patterns! You can create patterns of any size for any composition, and this technique covers making your patterns seamless so that they evenly cover any document. Finally, I...

Quickly Change Colors in a Photo with This GIMP Tool (Help Article)

by Michael Davies | Jan 22, 2021 | GIMP Help, GIMP Photo Manipulation, GIMP Tutorials

There are many ways to recolor a photo in GIMP – with some being more tedious, though more accurate, than others. In this tutorial, I show you what I think is one of the simplest and yet still more accurate methods for recoloring a photo (or changing any color...

Viewer’s Choice Best GIMP Tutorials of 2020

by Michael Davies | Jan 8, 2021 | GIMP Help, GIMP News

2020 is in the books! And although it was a mostly terrible year, I still thoroughly enjoyed creating many GIMP (and Inkscape) tutorials to highlight some of this free software’s amazing features and helping you all learn how to better use the program. As per...

How to Create Custom Guides in GIMP

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...

20 GIMP Tutorials for Beginners in 2020

by Michael Davies | Sep 3, 2020 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Help, GIMP News, GIMP Tutorials

Are you brand new to the GIMP photo editor? Want to learn the basics of how to use it, while also getting some real-world examples that show GIMP’s features in action? You’ve come to the right place! Davies Media Design has been creating GIMP tutorials...

How to Transform Paths in GIMP

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,...