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.
The Best Free Brushes for GIMP in 2020
In this article, I'll be providing you links to what I think are the best free brushes to download for GIMP. All of the brushes are linked to Deviant Art pages, which is a trusted resource for downloading assets for GIMP (especially with Deviant Art recently updating...
7 GIMP vs Photoshop Tutorials That Show How Far Free Software Has Come
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 people saw GIMP as a...
How to Scale a Selection in GIMP
In this tutorial, I'll be demonstrating the easy process for scaling a selection in GIMP. I'll be using GIMP 2.10.18 for this tutorial, which is the latest version of GIMP at the time of this article. Step 1: Draw Your Selection There are a variety of ways to draw a...
How to Edit a Photo in GIMP (10 Steps)
GIMP is first and foremost a photo editor – it can do many things beyond simple photo editing, but it was built to help everyday people get the best out of their photography. That’s why in this tutorial I’ve decided to show you a simple photo editing process for...
Create Realistic Wall Graphics in GIMP with Color to Alpha
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
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...
Split Images for Instagram Grid Using GIMP (Help Article)
In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to split or slice your images for Instagram in order to create an Instagram grid. With GIMP, this task is super easy and doesn’t require any third-party plugins. All the features for this tutorial come with the GIMP program by...
Top 5 Stock Portrait Photographers on Pexels
Stock photography is a quintessential resource for any designer or photo editor looking to practice their skills, manipulate photos, or create designs for their personal or professional projects. Often times, however, we can spend hours on end looking for the right...
Viewer’s Choice Best GIMP Tutorials of 2019
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 viewers and...
Create Seamless Repeating Patterns in GIMP (Help Article)
Creating seamless, repeating patterns in GIMP is now super easy thanks to the additions of the Offset Tool, which was introduced with GIMP 2.10.12. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to take any design and turn it into a seamless pattern using this tool. You can use...
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