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Gimp Color To Alpha removes too much opacity

Using the "standard" layer modes, the exact equivalent of C2A is to paint in Color erase mode with the color you want to make transparent. You can also get the same result in a non-...
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Gimp Color To Alpha removes too much opacity

Try this. Set the layer blending modes to the Legacy setting - that will set the layer blending mode to Normal (I), which is the Normal (legacy) blending mode used in older versions of GIMP prior to 2....
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Annoying GIMP issue (fill bucket with a circle-slash icon on the cursor)

I had a similar problem. Bucket fill did nothing but other tools worked. Then I spotted Opacity was set to 1 in the bucket fill tool options. Set to 100% and it worked.
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How to get rid of noise in scanned photocopies in Gimp?

With plain Gimp: A bit of thresholding: Followed by a median blur with a low radius:
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How to get rid of noise in scanned photocopies in Gimp?

That isn't technically "noise". It's a bad photocopy/scan. Noise is something that can be fixed often using noise reduction filters, but that won't work here because that isn't true digital ...
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Is This SVG Code Correct?

To add to your list: renders as you expect in Inkscape (v0.92) and Firefox. Renders as a Blue-Black-Blue vertical gradient in Gimp and Gwenview. ImageMagick converts it without problem to TIFF or PNG: ...
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Is This SVG Code Correct?

Not sure what's up there, but your SVG fails to render properly in Illustrator, Inkscape, GIMP and Photoshop. I messed around with it a little in Inkscape, ungrouping and rearranging a bit. Try this ...
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Annoying GIMP issue (fill bucket with a circle-slash icon on the cursor)

I found this thread and @Siddharth post helped me, but I can't comment. But how I fixed it was I did ctrl+a and then I could magically use the paint bucket again. Such a silly bit of functionality.
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How to transform an image to a bicolor image in GIMP?

If your magenta is true magenta, then Colors > Component > Decompose with the CYMK model will create an image where layers represent the CYMK components: BUt of ot's for printing, there is a ...
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Copy a (text) layer and paste in place in Gimp?

An alternative approach that might be easier is to just duplicate the entire XCF, and replace the images rather than the text. Bascically create one layout, with all your text layers. Save the XCF. ...
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Copy a (text) layer and paste in place in Gimp?

No equivalent... however for what you want to do, I use a different angle: I edit the three screenshots as layers of the same image (which also makes it easy to crop them exactly the same if ...
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divider or compass tool - or equivalent way - in Inkscape or Gimp?

I found an approach that works / is better than nothing, to get the idea across - the "real world" idea of using a compass or dividers to scribe circles from a set of points, but in Inkscape....
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divider or compass tool - or equivalent way - in Inkscape or Gimp?

In Gimp you can use the Measure tool: Click on the "center" Drag out, watching the lenght/angle in the status bar (if you depress "Control" while doing so you are constrained to ...
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How to smooth out selections with Free Select tool in Gimp 2.10.32?

While the paths tool is generally the better way to do this, there is a way to do what you're asking that's occasionally helpful. Instead of using feather and sharpen, use grow and shrink. Growing the ...
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divider or compass tool - or equivalent way - in Inkscape or Gimp?

I think you may be overthinking this slightly and reflecting a bit too much on traditional tools. Using vector drawing software, such as Inkscape, it's a simple matter to draw a circle at a desired ...
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