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.
25 Best GIMP Tutorials for Total Beginners Starting Out in 2023
In this list, I lay out the 25 best GIMP tutorials for total beginners when beginning your journey in this amazing free photo editor! GIMP is a great Photoshop alternative that requires NO subscription and NO privacy concessions. It has tons of great photo editing and...
How to Move, Delete, and Add Path Nodes (Anchor Points) in GIMP
The "Paths" tool is a very powerful and commonly used tool in GIMP that lets you draw straight lines and curves for a variety of uses. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to customize your paths by moving, adding, or deleting path nodes - also known as anchor points....
22 Best GIMP Tutorials of 2022
Fall is officially upon us, which means now is a great time to take a look at the BEST GIMP tutorials from the year thus far! In this list, I'll be showcasing the GIMP tutorials that viewers from the Davies Media Design YouTube channel loved the most from 2022....
How to Create a Transparent Gradient in GIMP
In this help article I'll be showing you how to create a transparent gradient using GIMP. This is a very easy, beginner-friendly technique that allows you to have your image slowly "fade out" to transparency, or basically gradually erase the image. You can follow...
Where to Download CMYK Color Profiles for GIMP
GIMP support soft proofing CMYK colors while editing your images, meaning you can see what your images would look like printed on paper or another printing medium. Since GIMP edits in RGB color spaces only, this is an effective way to edit your images in GIMP with...
GIMP’s Handle Transform Tool In-Depth
The Handle Transform tool in GIMP is a unique tool that allows you to place between 1 and 4 handles on your image, then use those handles to transform your layer, image, path, or selection (depending on what transform mode you have set in the Tool Options). To use the...
How to Create Vertical Text in GIMP | Help Article
In this GIMP help article, I'll show you how to create vertical text using the text tool. This is super easy to do and is very beginner friendly. Let's dive in! You can watch the video tutorial below, or skip over it for the full text article version....
How to Resize Images for WordPress in GIMP (and Why It’s Important)
Are you looking to upload images to your WordPress site, but aren’t sure what sizes or filetypes the images should be? Are you unfamiliar with the process of resizing and compressing images for the web? In this article, I’ll explain why using proper image sizing is...
Add Strokes to Shapes in GIMP
In this help article I'll be showing you how to add a stroke to your shapes using a simple, beginner-friendly method. You can watch the video version of this tutorial below, or skip over it for the full help article version available in 30+ languages....
9 Best GIMP Plugins + Addons for 2022
In this article, I’ll be showing you my 9 favorite GIMP Plugins and Addons for 2022. You can watch the video version below, or scroll past it for the full article. https://youtu.be/ejyF9UZbtyk One of the main benefits of the free photo editor GIMP is that it can have...
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