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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Automatically remove overlays from a set of identical images using Gimp
I have a number of images that have all the same background but each has different text overlaid (they are covers of a magazine journal).
I don't have access to the background image, but I know that ...
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Simple way to create this 3-D pixel effect in GIMP?
It's the sad, pixelated little icon that appears when Google Chrome doesn't shut down correctly.
Given a, say, off white on dark gray pixel image to use in a design, how would I get the edges of ...
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GIMP: How to crop a layer?
I have a screenshot where I want only a part of the pasted image, and I want to turn the white that's in it transparent.
First I need to crop the pasted image. I have selected the layer and a ...
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How do I do Ctrl-Left-Click operations in GIMP on Mac OS X?
When you ctrl+ left-Click, it's like a right-click in Mac OS X and brings up a menu.
I'm trying to clone a selected rectangle as shown here
But if I ctrl+alt+ click, I just get a context menu ...
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Standard pixel density for print? [duplicate]
I have to design a flyer for half of an 81/2 x 11 page. It mostly has images but some text. And I'm designing it in GIMP. Is there an industry standard dpi for simple prints? It's not magazine ...
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How to colorize a layer with semi transparent borders to a specific color in GIMP?
I have an white icon that needs to be colorized to a specific color. How do I do it in GIMP?
Keep in mind that it has semi transparent borders and transparent background, so using the bucket or ...
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Export GIMP Settings
I've used GIMP for a while and have custom settings, brushes, plugins, etc. installed on my Windows 7 computer. I have a Windows XP machine that I want GIMP on too, and I want all the customizations ...
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How to get standard results in colour management in Linux
I have recently calibrated and profiled my screen, with a ColorHug device.
I'm using Gnome, and have the profile installed through gcm.
When opening an image in GIMP and DigiKam, the results are ...
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How to apply anti-aliasing to a layer with a transparent background?
I have one layer with some black pixels in the middle and a transparent background.
If I add an opaque white background under it, merge both, and then click "Antialias" from the "Filters" menu, it ...
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Should I scale an image first, or index it?
I have an image, it's the Backtrack_5_PitchBlack.jpg found at http://www.backtrack-linux.org/screenshots/, and I'd like to get it down to 640*480 for a Grub4DOS splash screen.
Unfortunately, this also ...
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Best Way To Make A pdf Book Cover for Create Space?
Let's suppose you have copies of Inkscape and GIMP. Let's suppose you download a paper back book cover template from Create Space and load it up into Inkscape. What steps do you take, what settings do ...
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In gimp : how to save the different layers of a design in separate files/images?
I wonder if there's a way in gimp to make the different layers of a design into separate image files without having to save the image each time. I hope this is clear. I use layers also as variations ...
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Scaling image in gimp without losing definition of characters
I'm working with a .png (a logo with text) found here. When I import to gimp and try to scale it down, to fit my canvas, the text above "DON DAVIS LECTURESHIP... etc" becomes illegible from ...
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Switching to GIMP from CS5.5. Is it feasible?
I've recently moved to linux from Windows7. The only program I can't do without is photoshop. I make a lot of banner ads and small landing page creatives.
My question, is it realistic to switch and ...
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GIF animation skipping immediately to last frame
I was making a GIF animation with GIMP. When I tried to play it back, though, it skipped directly from my first frame to the final frame and missed all the others. Is this a glitch in GIMP, or am I ...
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GIMP: Using Channels Independently
I need to use GIMP instead of Photoshop, but I have a problem doing some things with transparency:
I explain: I manipulate some tga files that have 4 channels, rgb and alpha.
Using Photoshop I'm ...
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Photo effects in Gimp: How to improve color, depth of field, etc
G' day dear Graphic-design-experts,
I am new to Stackexchange's Graphic Design and I have no clue if this is the right place to ask, so bear with me and steer me in the correct direction if i am ...
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Where can I find textures that are GPL compatible? [closed]
I am for a long and painful endless google search for days now. I can find masses of so called "Free Textures" and masses of textures that are CC licensed. I found a shop that sells textures "royalty ...
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Gimp grid strange behavior - feature or bug?
When I create a grid in Gimp (a 32x32px grid with 0x0px offset), the distance between the top edge of the image, and the first grid line, is 31 pixels, almost like the grid starts one pixel above the ...
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Gimp : difference between crop and canvas size
I would like to know the difference between the crop tool and changing canvas size.
If I reduce the size of the canvas, a yellow dashed line stays around the previous size. On the other hand, when I ...
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Make part of image transparent in GIMP [duplicate]
Using Gimp, I want to make a small part of an image transparent. However, when I use colour to alpha, it turns the whole image partially transparent by removing the colour from all pixels.
Is there ...
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How to create a smoothing photo effect in GIMP
How can I create a smoothing effect like this?:
It's clearer in his hairs and face.
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How to edit a closed shape drawn by Path Tool in GIMP?
I created a custom shape with custom pattern with the following steps:
Drawing the border lines with Path Tool
Making a closed shape by Selection from Path
Selecting the closed shape with Magic Wand ...
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How to create the round/rectangle dialog on GIMP or Photoshop?
How do you design that bubble?:
I tried to use a rectangle and a rounded shape but didn't work out nicely. Would be really nice if someone can point out (or if this kind of shape already exist!).
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How can I recreate the shadows and blur effect using Gimp?
So I'm fairly new when it comes to working with images and creating different effects.
But can anyone explain what effect is being applied to the conference logos in the following link?
The middle ...
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GIMP: Layer Effects: Stroke
I'm trying to add a border around a rounded rectangle using the layer effects stroke tool (I've found that the stroke selection never looks very good for my purposes). The problem is that the corners ...
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How do I deal with color spill in chroma key using GIMP?
I'm experimenting with "green screen" techniques to remove the background around a test subject. The test shots were taken in front of a bright green background in moderate to bright lighting ...
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Gimp: Pick color on screen without taking screenshot
Sometimes I want to quickly use a color that I see on a picture, website or program.
I usually take a screenshot then open it in Gimp and use the "Color Picker" tool.
Is there another way to do this ...
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How do I directly set layer positions in Gimp?
I'd like to directly set (i.e. type in actual coordinates of) the position of my layer in the image, like you can with the selection box:
(Not the size, but that would also be cool)
Is this ...
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How do you cut out the centre of an image, bringing the edges closer together?
I need to cut a large number of columns out of a PNG image. The area I want to remove is in the centre of the image; I therefore want the left and right edges to be closer together after the cut.
I ...
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Gimp Creating 3D Round Glossy appearing Button
I am trying to create a 3d glossy looking button in Gimp. How to I create this 3d appearance.
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How can I make a screenshot look like a photograph taken of a real surface? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get this blur texture effect in photoshop?
I'm starting from a plain old screenshot, and I'd like it rotated in 3d, with more distant parts more blurry. Is there ...
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Annoying GIMP issue (fill bucket with a circle-slash icon on the cursor)
I am trying to bucket fill a layer, but I get this crazy cursor I cant get rid of. I think its because I have something selected. I tired Select All, Select None, but the cursor does not change.
I ...
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How to create a saturation map?
Is there an easy way to create a "saturation-map" in Photoshop/Gimp?
I need a grey-scale version of an image showing where the colors have less saturation (black) and where they have more saturation ...
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How to create a realistic wooden photoframe from images of blocks of the frame?
I want to create wooden rectangular photo frames of custom size for using it in an e-commerce project where we will be selling photos with wooden and plastic frames. But I don't have images of the ...
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GIMP Rounded Rectangle Radius > 100px?
I am wondering if there is a way to make GIMP (2.8 on Mac) allow me to make a rectangle with rounded corners - the radius being over 100 px. This seems to be the current limit.
This would greatly ...
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When saving an image as a PNG or JPEG, does photoshop/GIMP only save the top layers or all the data?
I need to send a file to someone but it has sensitive information on it that I would not like to share. I was going to just scan the document and edit out the sensitive information with a layer ...
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Mathematical operations such as “Reflection in Line” with FOSS Linux tools such as Inkscape, Gimp or Blender?
In Gimp, I could do this by "Layer/Transform/180 rotation" and then "Layer/Transform/Flip vertically" -- and then with some mouse, putting things together but it is slow. I am now looking for simpler ...
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Draw pencil-stroke like line in Gimp
I found this pencil stroke is very fancy and I wondered how it can be emulated in Gimp or Photoshop.
Actually I found pencil drawing is really fascinating and I hope to learn more about it.
I will ...
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Batch oilify in GIMP
I'm pretty new to image editing. I want to be able to batch oilify a number of images. However, I can't find a GUI option in GIMP to do this.
In the filters menu there is a Batch process.. option, ...
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Window focus hops between windows in The Gimp 2.6 on Ubuntu 12.04 - how do I configure this?
If I run the gimp and have one image open for editing and use hot keys to perform operations (e.g. Alt-I, s, 600, Alt-S), after I am done the focus moved from the editing window to the toolbox window. ...
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Using GIMP to extract foreground objects using layers
I want to take some portrait shots and then replace the background. I don't have a green screen or anything I can use for chroma keying, so I had this idea that I could take a picture of a background, ...
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Gimp Pasted Layer Move Tool
I am so frustrated. I've been searching tons of places for my problem but all I find are people that don't know what the move tool is or stuck at the floating selection.
What I want to do is paste a ...
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GIMP: Trying to move selected text layer but moves background layer
I have a background overlay that I have three text layers on top.
Now I want to move these text layers around on the overlay, but I can't get it to work.
As soon as I click inside the text layer I ...
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How do I install Gimp 2.8 in Windows without administrative permissions? [closed]
I want my creativity to flow right now but I don't have access to the administrator account.
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Gimp: export XCF as a list of commands?
It took me a lot of time to create a graphic in GIMP, and now I need to make some variations of the same graphic that actually only require the change of the FG color twice in the process.
The GIMP ...
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How do I create a tapered opacity effect around an image in gimp?
I'd like my image to blend into the background gradually around the edges on a web project I'm working on. How do I fade transparency around the edge of an image in gimp?
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How to design a brochure for a programming competiton
I am a computer science student hosting a programming contest at our college. We need to design a nice brochure for the contest.
I don't have any idea hot to create such a thing. All I know is how ...
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Highlight stray non-background pixels
I am editing an image in GIMP that has a few nearly-transparent (resp. very light) pixels scattered through an otherwise transparent (resp. pure white) background.
Is there a command that will ...
