21 GIMP Graphic Design Tutorials to Master for 2021

by Michael Davies | Mar 17, 2021 | Best of GIMP, GIMP Graphic Design, GIMP Tutorials

GIMP may be a free photo editor, but it has amazing capabilities when it comes to graphic design. With its myriad shape and free-hand selection tools, paths tool, text tool, and live-preview filters (known as GEGL filters) that make certain graphic design techniques...

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...

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...

25 GIMP Photo Editing Tutorials for Photographers

by Michael Davies | Oct 14, 2020 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Photo Editing, GIMP Tutorials

Photo editing is GIMP’s bread and butter – it’s what the program was made for after all! GIMP is described first and foremost as a free photo editor – helping you improve the color, sharpness, lighting, etc. of your photos with myriad tools and...

What’s New in Every GIMP 2.10 Release Version

by Michael Davies | Sep 22, 2020 | GIMP News, GIMP Tutorials

Over the years, I’ve released videos covering all the important new features from GIMP 2.10 release versions as they were announced. In this list, I’ve compiled all those videos to make it easy for you guys to review each new feature from GIMP 2.10 through...