7 GIMP vs Photoshop Tutorials That Show How Far Free Software Has Come

by Michael Davies | Apr 20, 2020 | GIMP Tutorials, GIMP vs. Photoshop

In the early days of GIMP and Photoshop, the two programs weren’t even close in terms of capability. Adobe’s photo editing and manipulation software – which is now world-famous and a cultural icon – was leaps and bounds above everyone else, and...

Create Realistic Wall Graphics in GIMP with Color to Alpha

by Michael Davies | Mar 11, 2020 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Photo Manipulation, GIMP Tutorials

In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you an easy way to create textured, realistic wall graphics using GIMP! The result not only contains realistic shading and texture, but also allows other elements such as vegetation to realistically cover up the graphic. This method...

How to Use the Curves Tool in GIMP

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...

Viewer’s Choice Best GIMP Tutorials of 2019

by Michael Davies | Jan 13, 2020 | GIMP News, GIMP Tutorials

2019 has come to a close – and it was yet another productive year for Davies Media Design with over 100 new GIMP video tutorials added to our channel. At the end of each month, we put these tutorials up against one another to see which ones you all – the...

How to Download and Install GIMP Resythesizer Plugin for Windows

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...

Top 10 GIMP Tutorials of 2019

by Michael Davies | Dec 6, 2019 | GIMP News, GIMP Tutorials

2019 has already been a great year for learning GIMP with tons of new content being released every week. With over half of the year already gone (how time flies!), I figured now would be a great time to update the Top 10 GIMP Tutorials of 2019 so far to showcase what...