Questions tagged [gimp]
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I need some help understanding DPI
I have designed a custom deck of cards and I want to send my designs to print. It took me a few weeks to complete my designs using GIMP. I'm new to digital design and made a mistake – I did not set ...
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How to get a 1:1 scale print preview?
this question is actually a bit special, so I didn't know exactly how to formulate it. What I actually want is to see an image on the screen at same size (or as much close as possible) to the size 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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How to sharpen text in GIMP?
I have two layers. Layer one has the background image (some landscape) and layer two is colored. Layer two is above and I insert a text on top of layer two and merge it with layer two and then set ...
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Can I completely remove lens distortion from any image?
Let's say I have the following image:
I want to completely remove lens distortion here, hence all straight lines of the real world must be straight at the image too.
I'm trying to use filter "Lens ...
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DPI Vs. PPI Vs. Image dimension, what should be taken to consideration?
I've been really facing this problem and I have found a similar link, that does not really address the problem. First of all, I'd like to mention that I use blender and GIMP for most graphics that I ...
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How to remove background in a scan of an old drawing
I have the following image which I would like to clean using GIMP. Usually, with B&W images one of the following methods works, see here or here. However, I have 3 additional problems in this case ...
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How to create a repeating texture?
I want to create something like this:
In this German tutorial, they explain how to do so in GIMP.
My problem is, that I need exactly this but so that it is repeating itself. So that I have an image ...
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Command line interface-based way to desaturate and posterize an image?
This is by far my most common task, and I'd say I've wasted about 1000 mouse clicks on it in my raster-based program.
Because it's so common for me to start off desaturating an image and then ...
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Scale down an image in GIMP without losing resolution
How do I scale down an image to a smaller size in GIMP without an unnecessary loss of resolution? I know that I am losing too much image resolution because when I downscale the same image using HTML ...
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Plugin or brush for transforming a photo to a fractal in gimp?
Folks,
I've been looking all over for a plugin or brush that will help me take a photo and reduce it to that 'electric look' (or fractal?) that i'm seeing in various places. I'd vastly prefer one for ...
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Darkened border in GIMP
How can I add a dark border around the edge of an image in the gimp?
I am trying to create a parchment paper as a background for game pages. I would like to add a darkened border that simulates burnt ...
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Swap Colors (not Invert them) in Gimp
I know how to Invert Colors but is it possible to swap Colors?
For example from this one:
To this one:
So that I select one Area and then swap Colors (or even the full Layer/Picture)?
By the way I ...
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Error opening EPS in GIMP 2.8 [closed]
I'm attempting to import an EPS file into GIMP, but it fails. I'm running v2.8.19, and I've installed Ghostscript 9.14 (I think that's the version).
I've also gone through setting up the System ...
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Remove white part of every color to make lighter parts more transparent
My problem is so general, and there are version-dependent plug-ins for the problem not working with my version. I also found workarounds that are not the correct solutions.
I would to convert my ...
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Unable to create image of a certain size (25mm x 11mm, 300DPI)
I've been asked to create an image of 25mm x 11mm, with 300 DPI. I'm far from an expert so I've simply tried to create a new image in GIMP with these specifications.
The program doesn't allow me to ...
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How to smooth a scanned image using Gimp
I have drawn an image which I then scanned into the computer and saved as a png.
I just want to make the lines smooth on the image. The image is a logo
Any help is much appreciated. I am using ...
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Outlining photo content (like a colouring book)
I am trying to make a full color photo into just a black outline to be printed and colored in by hand, basically just making coloring pages off of full color photos. I just installed gimp, but cannot ...
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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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Remove lines (from a wireframe-rendered object) but keep image smooth
I have the following image that I rendered using Blender:
What I want is to remove those black lines (wireframe) but keep the image as smooth as possible. I tried removing them using the Color to ...
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GIMP How to make existing gif background transparent
I have the following gif, how to make the grey background transparent if not white?
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Why is GIMP's rendering fonts differently than other applications?
I noticed that if I compare the same font-family and font-size from other applications to GIMP, the output is different.
In the image below, on the left is 8pt Microsoft Sans Serif rendered in Word ...
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How to make PNG-quality animations in GIF format?
I've noticed more and more sites using animated GIFs that have PNG quality. You'd think they're the latter if you didn't check the image info. The lines are crisp, the colors look great, there's none ...
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Convert foreground motif to degrees of transparency?
I have a 24-bit PNG where the motif is a subtle pattern. The pattern itself is in light greys, i.e. the background color of the PNG is #eee and the pattern is in a range of slightly darker greys.
I ...
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How can I make this GIF's BG transparent in GIMP? I feel like I've tried it all
Sorry in advance for the anime gif...
So I want to make the below GIF's background transparent, but I feel like I've tried it all, but to no avail.
I am fairly new to GIMP, so after trying ...
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How can I quickly delete multiple layers in GIMP?
I have an animated .gif open in GIMP with 48 different layers.
In Photoshop I can quickly select and delete layers multiple layers at once, but it seems that this isn't possible in GIMP.
My current ...
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Edit rotated text in gimp
Trying to edit a text layer which was rotated pops up the following message:
The layer you selected is a text layer but it has been modified using
other tools. Editing the layer with the text ...
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Gimp: how to combine two images side-by-side
I've recently drawn 2 images and for the final product I need to combine half of each images, one on the left and one on the right, into a single image.
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Modify Yellow Dotted Line in GIMP
How do I remove or resize the marching ants from around the apple? It appeared when I used the move tool to move the position of the apple. It is in its own layer. I need to modify the image/layer ...
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Batch replace image color
I have plenty of images made up with the same color, just like those:
Now what I want is to change their "main" color from "#3d507d" to "#7C0A0A".
I tried to do that by changing the "hue/...
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Exporting square tiles from a stripe - in Inkscape or Gimp
I am using Inkscape and Gimp to create assets for a word game and am looking for an advice from more experienced users of these great tools.
In Inkscape I have created a stripe with 26 letters and ...
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Make a random dispersion of images
I got a lot of unique images, so my goal is distribute all that images randomly and apply randomly scale and rotation transformations.
Like these
So which is the best way to achieve these ? I use ...
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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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How to reduce enormous GIMP (XCF) file size for simple photo correction
Thank you in advance for your help. I am a fairly new GIMP user with no Photoshop experience, so bear with me.
A batch of 600 images was ruined by something inside the camera that caused a smudge to ...
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Is it possible to use only Open Source Software for industry level graphic design?
I know there are some questions similar to this, like this from 2012 and this from 2011, but I think maybe something has changed in this 4 years, since software develop so quick now.
Is it possible ...
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How to bucket fill area with a gradient in Gimp?
I have a very simple problem. In the following image I want the pinnacles and other parts of my (admittedly very awesome) castle filled with some color and other shapes or outlines filled with other ...
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How to change all pixels in Gimp that are not one of two colors to white?
I was trying to submit an app to the Windows Phone app store. Here all pixels need to be white (#FFFFFF) or transparant (#FF####).
I had a black logo on a white background. To make the background ...
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Disable floating layer mechanism in GIMP
GIMP applies a floating layer whenever I paste content into a document.
Unlike Photoshop, this requires me to create a new layer each time which is an annoyingly contrived and confusing process.
How ...
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Drag to resize canvas size in GIMP the way I do it in MSPaint?
Any time I prefer Microsoft Paint over GIMP it's because in Paint you can simply and swiftly drag the canvas borders to enlarge it or crop it. I cannot understand why this feature is lacking in other ...
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How to have multiple views in single window mode using GIMP?
I'd like a real-time preview while editing icons in GIMP.
I know that you can press View > New View to get a real-time preview window, however in single window mode gimp puts the preview in a ...
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How to draw 3 overlapping circles with different colors?
Is there a free software to draw following in ubuntu? How to color the overlap zone? I am not able to figure this out in GIMP.
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Why doesn't GIMP rotate correctly?
It seems like Gimp is not rotating correctly.
I have two duplicate layers of this GIF:
It looks like this:
I click the rotate tools, click one of the layers, and choose 90 degrees. It looks like ...
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How to create Android PNG Icons from an SVG using GIMP
I'm pretty much a graphics design noob, as you can tell by this very basic question. What I am trying to achieve is to create a set of Android icons from an SVG file that I have. In case you didn't ...
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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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How to show boundary of every layer in Gimp?
Using Gimp, I am working on a sprite image made of lots of icons, each on a separate layer. I would like to check that there is no overlap by displaying the outline of all layers.
There is an option "...
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Tutorial on how to create a flowing thread
I'm looking for a tutorial to create wavy flowing threads. Like this:
I'm open to tutorials in Photoshop, GIMP, or any freeware image manipulation program. We have a copy of PS. I'm not sure if ...
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In GIMP is there a way to make selection start from the canvas border?
In GIMP when I want to crop a rectangular image down to a square there's something frustrating about how the Rectangle Select Tool behaves. Even though I can constrain the proportions of the selection ...
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With GIMP, how to crop a layer to the size of a different layer?
I have multiple layers in my project. I need to crop one (call it layer A) to the size of another (layer B). Neither has the full size of the image.
I thought I would switch to B, Select All, switch ...
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How do I extend an image by adding blur to sides?
I need to make an image 1080 x 1920. But when I do, the image looks very distorted. Is there a way I can extend an image by adding this blur to the sides of it? Also, does anyone know what this is ...
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gimp - animation formats besides gif
Using Gimp 2.8.4
I am developing an animation for a game in gimp. The game does not require a gif animation - I load individual images as frames, usually pngs, and animate them in the game engine. ...
