GIMP Help Articles
We cover a variety of beginner, intermediate, and advanced GIMP topics in our step-by-step GIMP Help Articles. Plus, we keep you up to date with the latest GIMP news.
GIMP vs Affinity Photo: Comparing Two Popular Photo Editors and Adobe Alternatives
Over the past several months I’ve received many requests to make a comparison between GIMP and Affinity Photo – especially after I released my GIMP vs Photoshop: Complete Comparison video. Well, in today’s article, I’ll finally be giving the people what they want!...
Free Software Pioneer and Controversial Figure Richard Stallman Reinstated to FSF Board
According to an article from The Verge, Richard Stallman "is rejoining the board of the Free Software Foundation." Stallman is unarguably one of the most, if not THE most, polarizing figures in the free software and tech worlds. What makes this man so divisive? To put...
21 GIMP Graphic Design Tutorials to Master for 2021
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...
GIMP in Longest Drought Between Release Versions Since GIMP 2.10’s Initial Release
It's been over 160 days since GIMP last put out a new release version (GIMP 2.10.22 was released on October 7th, 2020). That's longer than any period between stable release versions since the major GIMP 2.10 version first came out on April 27th, 2018 (nearly 3 years...
20 Best GIMP Tutorials of 2020
2020 was an insanely crazy year to say the least. However, despite the chaos, Davies Media Design has still managed to put out quite a few GIMP tutorials on the subjects of photo editing, photo manipulation, graphic design, and Photoshop vs. GIMP - among other things....
How to Draw a Rectangle in GIMP
Looking to learn how to draw a rectangle in GIMP? It's super easy and beginner friendly! In this GIMP Help Article, I'll show you how to draw rectangles in GIMP using built-in tools. You can watch the video version of this tutorial below, or skip over it to read the...
GIMP vs. Photoshop: a Complete Comparison (Article Version)
In this article I'll be providing an in-depth comparison between GIMP, which is a free photo editing software, and Photoshop. If you prefer, you can watch the video version of this topic below, or skip over it and continue to the article, which is available in over 30...
How to Create Dot Patterns in GIMP (Help Article)
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 show...
Quickly Change Colors in a Photo with This GIMP Tool (Help Article)
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 in a...
Viewer’s Choice Best GIMP Tutorials of 2020
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 usual, I...
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