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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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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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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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 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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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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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 ...
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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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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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How to create a small button image with embossed text like this?
I'm trying to create a shade/roll up button for a window manager theme I'm using. How do you create an image like the one pictured? I'm familiar with gimp but I'm not familiar with the techniques to ...
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What are useful brush dynamics and tool presets in GIMP 2.8?
In previous versions of GIMP only pressure was recognized by the brush tool. It wasn't much but it was simple. The new GIMP 2.8 introduces an all new brush dynamics system with a ton of customization ...
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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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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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match color of pasted selection to local background
I'd like to copy part of a picture to another part of the same picture, the background is similar in both places but not exactly the same. Is there a way to mach the copied part colors to the colors ...
