Questions tagged [gimp]
Questions about GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Ask scripting questions on Stack Overflow, software support questions on Super User, and anything related to design here on Graphic Design.
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How to draw perfect rectangle using paths tool in GIMP?
I want to draw rectangle (perpendicular edges) using paths tool. I tried using grid, but it does not give precision.
Also tried "snap to grid" option seems to not work with Paths tool.
In pencil tool,...
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How to join separate scans of same object
Am scanning game maps using an A4 scanner, so typically they are more than one file.
Is there a semi-automatic or automatic way to join them properly?
For example, take two images that might overlap ...
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Automating Export of an image where the only thing that changes is the text layer?
Good morning all...
I am wondering if there is a way to automate export of an image that will have a variation for each state, where the only thing that changes on the image is the text layer that ...
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Photo restoration issue -- need suggestions
I have a photo I am trying to restore and it's badly faded, but also has splotchy stains on it, like it got wet in streaks while up against the glass of a frame. The faded part I can handle (more or ...
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What are the drop shadow parameters for material design shadows?
The material design docs describe two shadows, one cast by a key light, one cast by an ambient light.
What are the drop shadow parameters that lead to those shadows for, lets say, a given elevation of ...
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My layers will not ungroup
Using Gimp 2.10
In the layers panel, all layers cannot be rearranged. I am trying to remove some from a group but cannot do so. Dragging has no effect and using the "up" or "down" ...
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GIMP 2.1 apply gradient to my brush layer
I used older version of GIMP and I was able to do this: https://youtu.be/LeHdoQI8xME?t=207
Now with newer version of GIMP, I can't seem to figure how to do that again. I drew abstract image with brush,...
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When I transform a selection in gimp, it disappears
whenever I transform a selection it disappears becoming a floating selection which I cannot see and when i try to link it to a layer it just disappears from the layers tab and nothing happens.
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GIMP changes color upon export to all file types
I have an image that uses this color:
But when I export to seemingly any file type (PNG, JPG, TIFF), it changes to this color:
I have tried:
Setting color management profile to GIMP sRGB
Attempting ...
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Modifying fonts with Gimp
I am using the Papyrus font in a banner and I would like to make the font darker and thicker without going as dark as Papyrus Bold. Papyrus Bold seems to loose the feel of papyrus which is caused by ...
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Copying and pasting directly from GIMP has black background
Sometimes I edit an image in GIMP with transparency and copy the entire canvas and paste it directly into another application, such as a tweet on Twitter or a message on Discord. The image pastes with ...
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Color management: how do I make Gimp handle gamma conversion in this png file?
This image is shown as an apple in Gimp, although if gamma is handled correctly it should show a pear.
What steps should I take in Gimp to make it handle the gamma correctly? I've tried with the ...
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How can I map colors of one (non-uniform) gradient to another?
I'm trying to recolor parts of an image to match another part of the image.
As an example, consider this image of an anime character's arm wearing a black glove:
I want to remove the glove, i.e. I ...
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32-bit float EXR with GIMP/Photoshop
I've modified UE4 to render in 32-bit float color depth, and to then grab the output and write it to an exr file also with 32-bit float color depth. I've set Unreal's gamma value to 1.0, so there ...
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GIMP - GAP Extract Videorange Only Gets First Frame
What I am trying to do:
I am trying to use Gimp (2.8) to convert an mp4 video to a gif.
What I've done & The Problem:
I downloaded and installed GAP (I pasted the resources I used below).
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Gimp batch resize and change levels
I have hundreds of images, of which I want to perform the following operations in Gimp:
Scale it using Sinc (Lanczos3)
Change the input levels to a certain value
Save it
My question is how do I ...
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Convert a PSD Photoshop file for Gimp
I'm looking for a script or any another solution to convert a PSD file for Gimp because our developpers use to work with Linux.
We've seen that some layers don't work, it is necessary to merge the ...
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Combining screenshot with Apple product image (including its generic status bar) with GIMP instead of Photoshop?
I would like to add a proper screenshot to an iPhone product image to create an ad for an iOS 7 app. Apple provides such product images as *.psd files for Photoshop, however I only have Gimp 2.8.10 (...
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Scale all layers to same size
I have multiple layers (images of a playing card set) that are in different resolution and sizes. I would like to scale all these layers to have the same size.
How can I do that?
What I have tried:
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I am looking to add a mat effect to a specific image in GIMP 2.1. Like "border", but without adding to the width of the object. Like a negative value
Adding a "Border" via "Right click -> Select -> Border and specify the width of the border" doesn't allow adding a Negative value, which would overlay the image. It only ...
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How to create an image that is black on one side, and white on the other side, using Gimp?
I need a way to create a new image in Gimp which is completely black on one side, and completely white on the other. I've tried color to alpha but that did not seem to yield the correct results. I'm ...
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How to draw a curved banner in Gimp
I'm trying to create a curved banner like this in GIMP. I've tried the Paths Tool, but I couldn't get it exact.
Is there another way, or was I using the Paths Tool incorrectly?
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GIMP transparency by brightness
At the moment I have a black and white texture image (e.g. of a paper texture), and want to turn the white area transparent.
However, simply selecting by colour and making the whitest area transparent ...
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Stroke all paths in a GIMP File
I have been working on an image file which contains a lot of paths. The file is a flow field visualization picture, and I've traced the individual streamlines in the image with the path tool to ...
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Converting image from RGB color space to CMYK and removing ICC profile
I generated several figures for a manuscript using Lucidchart and exported these figures as PDF. Because the journal I am submitting to requires images to be in CMYK color space, I used GIMP and the ...
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Gimp clone tool not working
Gimp version: 2.10.30
OS: Arch Linux
When I try to draw using the clone tool, I just get a message saying "Set a source image first". I'm holding down Ctrl while clicking to select a source, ...
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Moving GIMP floats with arrow keys + Shift
Looking around it seems like the accelerated Shift + arrow keys movement default is 25 pixels. Somehow mine seems to be 2 pixels. Can this be customized?
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Gimp 2.10.18 does not highlight selection if it's all with alpha
When I select an area that contains a completely opaque color part and an alpha color part, after copying and pasting it, it highlights the selection for only a part of the selected area.
Also, if the ...
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GIMP Technique to reduce blurred lines in old documents?
I'm aquequate at best using Gimp, so for all I know this may be something easy to do.
I'm dealing with really old church documents that were photographed in black and white, then scanned. I cannot ...
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Gimp transparency isn't working, even when I export with png
I followed videos step by step to create my image in gimp, making the background transparent. I then exported my file as a .png file. Everything looks like it worked well, until I add the image into ...
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Warp transform in GIMP doesn't work on first layer
I was following a Youtube tutorial when suddenly the warp transform tool doesn't work. Specifically, it doesn't warp the first layer compared to other layers. How can I fix this?
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Wrap text around a whole circle as path
I want to take some text and have it wrap around the edge of a circle, with the top of the letters toward the center of the circle. Using a pair of tutorials (curve text, circle with text), I have ...
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Minor GIMP help
I'm making a custom poster for a Plex film collection in Gimp by loosy following this tutorial:
How to make retro 80's chrome text in GIMP?
...but he said to do something that doesn't exist in ...
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What can I do for an image to appear during the entire GIF animation?
Quiero poner una imagen estática sobre un gif usando gimp pero cuando le doy guardar solo muestra la imagen al final del gif.
I want to put a static image over a gif using gimp but when I give it save ...
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opacity not altering in for GIF in GIMP
I have got a water file for a game I am creating (its currently a gif), I import the GIF into GIMP by using import as layers. The GIF then appears as this:
I then altered the opacity of each of the ...
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How do I make an abr file out of multiple gbr files using GIMP?
I made several brushes (gbr files) in GIMP and I'd like to combine them into a set, how do I make an abr file?
I'm using GIMP 2.10.24
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How to prevent edges of a layer without transparency from becoming semi-transparent when scaling up with Shift+S in GIMP?
If I open a JPG as a layer and scale it up 2x with the Shift+S tool, I notice that the edges of the scaled images are now semi-transparent, even though the JPG does not have transparency information ...
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Can GIMP be used to extract scribbled-out text?
A student of mine has submitted their exam paper with a large portion of text scribbled out beneath one of their answers.
This is what it looks like:
For context, their actual answer is written eight ...
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How do I use GIMP to change the black circle to red in this indexed-color png?
I have this .png
These are the image properties from GIMP:
I want to change the black background of the circle to red using GIMP.
I have tried methods 2 and 3 mentioned in this guide.
When I try
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How to convert an image to a specific pallette in Inkscape or Gimp
I have the following problem: I have a color palette as *.gpl from InkStitch "Ink/Stitch: Sulky Rayon" which represents the embroidery threads of a specific manufacturer. It has 280 ...
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Text Not Showing Up In Gimp (Mac)
I'm trying to add some text to a moderately complex layout, but the text tool is malfunctioning -- everything shows as blank no matter what I type.
I have checked:
Foreground color shows reasonable ...
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How do i fix the device status on it on Gimp 2.10.18 that says only Core Pointer?
I don't know what i did, but there is no information about the tool i am using now. The image is the device status, below the tool box. I am on the warp tool. It only says core pointer.
https://i....
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How to separate Toolbox and Tool Options from the other Docks?
So, I had accidentally closed the Toolbox Dock and went into Single Window mode. I then went to Window > Recently Closed Docks and reopened the Toolbox Dock. This resulted in the Toolbox Dock to ...
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Gimp: Adding watercolor transparency to an image
Example of what I would like to achieve: https://github.com/Krozark/RPG-LaTeX-Template/blob/master/img/art-top.pdf
I would like to take a picture and add watercolor splashes of transparency, so the ...
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Gimp 2.10.14: How to make the panels bigger on 4K monitor?
I am using a 4K monitor with 200% system DPI. (200% is a little big for me and I would like to use 150%, but some applications did not scale well under 150%, so I had to choose 200% DPI.) Now, I am ...
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How to make Darktable work in GIMP?
When I open a RAW NEF (Nikon) image in GIMP, the dialog says:
GIMP Message
Opening '/path/to/file/_DSC0001.NEF' failed: There is no RAW loader installed to open 'Raw Nikon' files.
GIMP currently ...
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Matting Levin foreground select not working in gimp 2.10
I'm trying to select a foreground object from a photo to remove the background using gimp 2.10.14. I am following these steps:
rough outline of object using lasso tool
press enter to enter ...
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How to tile an image with exact dimensions (any program)
I am trying to print tickets for my school and they need to be exactly 14.5 cm by 10.6 cm. How can I achieve this by tiling the image I have of the ticket so that they print out exactly at this size ...
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How can I align text to some curve?
How can I align text in GIMP so one of its sides “touches” some path or the text is placed inside path?
Example:
The text is aligned so right side of text line bounding box is at the number 4.
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GIMP - Search/filter single brush inside brush panel?
I am working with gimp-2.8, when we try to change Brush, we need to scroll all brushes or we can filter by group. Problem is that when we filter by group we can select only one group, and it takes too ...
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