GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition web design and image authoring.
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using gimp to add to an image
I am using gimp for windows 7. I have an image of a color gradient line (top is black middle white, bottom black) and I want to use gimp to extend the bottom of the line. Meaning, I want to make the ...
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Optimizing a screenshot for adding in a document and printing
This question is not directly related to graphic design, but I think you guys can help.
I am writing a thesis and I need to add several screen shots of the tools I have used and screen shot of web ...
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Which color i have to add on neutral grey to get white
I am using gimp with a large text image. Unfortunately there is no way to change the color of the individual words.
So I changed the text color to a neutral grey (#7f7f7f) and added layers above the ...
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Create consistent greyscale icons from a set of third-party logos?
I have a bunch of third-party client logos in clashing colours. I would like to convert them to elegantly matching grayscale.
What I'm after is a set of identical grayscale images of the kind seen ...
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Gimp: Save tiff with a “Group 4 Fax” compression
I'm using Gimp and I need to save a tiff file with a "Group 4 Fax" compression. I've followed the instructions to have that option enabled on the "Save as Tiff" dialog (see bottom of the linked page), ...
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Can GIMP open PSD files without any loss of information?
I'm a programmer for a website. Because the site looked kind of naff, we paid a graphics designer to do us a new design. He has just sent me sample images (.jpgs) and the .psd files they were ...
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Coloring a map, one color per country
How could one use the Gimp to easily transform a map with many colors into a map where each country is fully colored in a single unique color.
I used the Color > Threshold option to get a b&w ...
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How do I wrap text around a ball in Gimp?
I have a picture of a ball which is rounded as usually balls are, and I'd like to create quickly some text and place it on the ball.
The result should create a feeling that there is really a label on ...
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Overlay a graphic on a photo or image
How would I overlay a graphic (a logo in this case) on a t-shirt and make it look like it's really there, not just superimposed (wrinkles, lines, etc?) I don't have photoshop or any adobe software, ...
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How do you show the handles of paths (bezier curves) in Gimp?
I click many times on a point of a path in Gimp, and no handles show up... how do I make them appear?
(I'm using Fedora 16.)
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How can I change the opacity of a pasted gif in GIMP?
I have two gifs. I'd like to put one gif on top of the other, but with low opacity.
This is what I did:
open gif1.
create a new layer
paste gif2 onto the layer
change the opacity of the layer
The ...
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How do I make a 2D texture into a banner/flag that looks like it is folding from a breeze?
I've got a 2D image and I want to transform it into something that looks like a single frame from an animation of that logo on fabric catching just a bit of breeze. I'm not an artist so don't have ...
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Censoring image in GIMP
I need to censor some images (Whole image).
I need these images for a essay about pornography in a webpage and I need the images (pornographic pictures) be censored (something like a pixelized image ...
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Using GIMP, given a black text on a white area having some grayish smudges, how do I remove everything except the text?
Using GIMP, given a black text on a white area having some grayish smudges, how do I remove everything except the text?
for example this image, has gray outline around the text at places, I tried ...
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How to mimic this text in Gimp?
I found this really cool text, and would like to use the style but for a different word. How can I do it in GIMP or pixlr.com?
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How to add brushes on gimp
I am a new user of Ubuntu, and to be honest completly new to the whole linux scene. I'm looking to add more brushes to my GIMP program, but I don't know how.
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Photoshop with Wacom Intuos4: can't draw on low part of canvas
After photoshop started and once it get focus, I can move stylus to low part of the screen. But if I switch to other app's windows, stylus can be moved to full screen.
I found a similar case on ...
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Moving a part of an image with GIMP?
This is the original image and I want to move the text to the right of the image:
But I failed, I tried to resize the canvas but then when I move the text the layer gets invisible when put on the ...
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Is Gimpshop equally good as Gimp?
I am a photoshop user who is looking for a free alternative.
Gimp is usually the answer. When looking for downloads I stumbled upon 'gimpshop', a gimp distro that is layout for the convenience of ...
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Should I (a web designer) stick with gimp, or buy Photoshop?
I am a web designer.
I do not use/own any adobe products... except for watching flash videos online of course.
I currently use gimp 2.6 for my graphic needs. It's free and I know how to use it.
The ...
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Reverse-engineer alpha channel
This is something that I stumble over occasionally. I have an image that was clearly created using some form of blending / alpha channel magic, usually for things like smooth edges.
For example:
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Speed effect on electrons - 3D
I'm preparing a cover image for a publication for a scientific journal. Instead of being scientifically rigourous, this kind of image could be more artistic and catch the reader's eye while conveying ...
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Are there any limitations regarding the Text Tool in GIMP?
I opened a PNG image to add some text, but when I click the image with Text Tool, it doesn't work.
I have searched info online about the Text Tool and anything related to this issue I'm having, but I ...
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Create a labeled grid in Gimp [closed]
Is there a way to create a Grid in Gimp, that will also show a coordinate label ( [1,7] for example)? Thanks
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How do I create a rectangle with a trapezoid bottom in gimp?
Using gimp 2.6.11 on Windows. How do I create a rectangle with a trapezoid bottom? I understand to make shapes I should make a selection and then stroke it, but how do I make a selection of this ...
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How to move and align?
Can anyone explain how to move the star, so it is 64 pixels above the text and howto align the star horizontally with the text?
When I use the Fuzzy Select tool on the black pixels, it only selects ...
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How to create multiple buttons in bulk with Gimp?
I'm trying to create a "set" of buttons. Actually I can make the buttons somewhat easily.
In GIMP I have a template (It's a rectangle… soooo complicated).
Take template, add text to text box for ...
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How does the GIMP function “perspective” work?
The function "perspective" looks like a 3*3-matrix with sine och cosines and is it translation, scaling, rotation, some combination or other? How does it work? Is "perspective" the real proper name ...
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10 pixel square brush in Gimp… how?
I need a brush that is exactly 10x10 pixels.
Here is what I have tried so far:
creating a brush with a radius of 5. This, of course, results in a brush that is more than 10 pixels wide
creating a ...
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How to create instructions and arrows
What are the tools used to create the instructions and arrows in such images?
Which one is the font?
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How can I achieve the light arcing background in this image
I've tried finding a tutorial without any luck. Even if someone could describe the effect so I could better search for tutorials myself.
I am trying to achieve the following effect as seen in the ...
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Professionals: Would you choose GIMP over Photoshop and/or Inkscape over Illustrator? [closed]
I know Adobe's solutions are more advanced, but, as professionals, do you think you would survive (against competition) using GIMP and/or Inkscape instead of Photoshop and/or Illustrator for your ...
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Affect mutliple layers in gimp
Is it possible to apply things like brightness/contrast or hue saturation, or even filters to more than one layer at a time in gimp.
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How to make borders that look like clouds? [closed]
I have Gimp and Photoshop, so any of the two could be useful to me.
I have an image, I would like to use it to create a cloud pattern that uses the borders of the image, this is, an image of clouds ...
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Is it easy to convert an image to a cartoon with high quality?
Is it easy to convert an image to a cartoon with high quality ? Like this:
I've watched this tutorial : but the quality of the outcome is still far away from the one above.
Is there a way to ...
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Are there easy ways to convert an image to a cartoon achieving a high quality? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it easy to convert an image to a cartoon with high quality?
Is there some relatively easy way to convert an image to a cartoon with a high quality ? This example ...
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What's the best way to create a subtle, barely noticeable texture? [closed]
Using Gimp (or other free software), how would I go about creating a subtle, "mild" texture, like the green in the header at forrst, or the gray in the background of the backbone.js home page?
Those ...
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Simplifying an initial before tracing it
In order to trace an initial to make a font, I need to simplify the original picture as much as possible. I've already vectorized it, but I wonder how I could clean it up a bit more to make it easier ...
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Automating the Creation of Geometric Shapes?
How can I draw geometric shapes, or other regular shapes, such as a gear, using macros or scripts? I'd like to experiment with creating games by combining elements, similar to geoDefense: ...
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Issue in execution of Gimp's Python-fu scripts
I followed steps in http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/install-python-for-gimp-2-6-windows, installing following 32-bits installers: GIMP 2.6.11, Python 2.6.6, PyGtk all-in-one.
Gimp recognized ...
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City map making (cartography) with GIMP.
Does anyone know of good city specific (although I would be interested in others as well) plug-ins for fantasy role playing game map making using GIMP?
I am more looking at macro-scale (so whole ...
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Make image partially transparent in gimp
I want my image to have 60% transparency. How can I do this in gimp?
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GIMP: “Joined” arabic text
I'm trying to create an image which contains Arab text.
This is the (HTML entities for the) text: العربية
Raw, it is العربية
When I paste the text into ...
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copying selection shape in gimp
I'd like to copy selection shape in gimp and then paste it somewhere else (I've got first half of the image and I'd like do make it's mirror reflection). Do you know how can I do it?
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Dotted square in gimp?
I've seen this effect on several sites, basically it's just a simple background with a bunch of dots, and I'd like to use this for a background for something but I don't know where to start!
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Using GIMP to redraw an existing low res logo
I am just getting my teeth into Gimp and am not a graphic designer by any stretch of the imagination! I'm a developer trying to make myself a bit more useful on the design front.
Anyway, I am ...
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e-commerce/webshop design template
Though I m not a designer, my boss asked me to make a design for a webshop (selling books).
I love to work with GIMP and i wondered if there are any such templates which I could use as a start?
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Use GIMP to extract out the logo from background
I would like to extract out the icon in the following screen (mixed with gray background)
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May I know how I can do that through GIMP?
Thanks.
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Exponential degrade or similar effect to this one
I'd like to reproduce a similar effect to the one on this image (in Gimp if possible). The borders can be extracted but there's some sort of exponential degrade at the bottom. How could I go about ...
