by daviesmediadesign | Aug 17, 2019 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Help, GIMP Layers, GIMP Photo Editing, GIMP Photo Manipulation, GIMP Tutorials
In my last GIMP Help article, I covered the topic of layer transparency in GIMP – explaining that parts of a layer can be erased to reveal either a color (when no alpha channel is applied to a layer) or a transparent background. The article covered the concept by...
by daviesmediadesign | Jul 11, 2019 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Help, GIMP Layers, GIMP Tutorials
As has already been discussed briefly in this series, layers can contain transparency to a varying degree, or they can be totally opaque. This is an important concept because transparent layers allow designs to be more intricate and contain more depth, and also allow...
by daviesmediadesign | Jul 8, 2019 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Help, GIMP Layers
In the first and second GIMP layers tutorials that I created for this series, I have been working with layers that are filled in or have been painted on with a single color. Working with GIMP can obviously be a lot more complex than this as you can use multiple colors...
by daviesmediadesign | Jun 25, 2019 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Help, GIMP Photo Editing, GIMP Tutorials
In this GIMP Help article for beginners, I’ll be showing you how easy it is to save your compositions or images in GIMP as a JPEG. The Problem Let’s say, hypothetically, that you’ve just finished making edits to a photo you took with your camera, or...
by daviesmediadesign | Jun 3, 2019 | GIMP Basics, GIMP Layers, GIMP Tutorials
Layers are essentially the backbone of GIMP – with every edit or design happening on some kind of layer. There are image layers, text layers, and layers that contain a background color or just transparency (i.e. don’t contain anything and therefor are...