10 Things GIMP Does That Drive Beginners CRAZY | I Used to Hate Number 7...

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Did I miss something that annoys GIMP beginners? Let me know below👇

[@PeterGreatness]

For some reason I can't scale images

[@picklepixelpaperpepper8487]

yeah, that stupid menu that shows up if the stylus is moving to slow when drawing a line. little circle goes around the cursor and opens a quick menu. idk what its called, but I can't find the setting that gets rid of it.

[@LazerPengWIN]

@@PeterGreatness It could be because you were selected something else like text or something, if that is the case, then click "select" and then click none, it should fic the problem :)

[@LazerPengWIN]

@@picklepixelpaperpepper8487 It' probably just because you hold it down on it for too long, that used to annoy me aswell but I started just doing it quicker

[@CourtWatchAu]

Great video lessons, thankyou Davies, here are my issues with GIMP, 1) When moving the dialog tool box, even when i touch teh blue border of teh side it doesnt attach/connect, instead it creates a floating dialog 2) there is sometimes a yellow border or white border on a layer/object adn when i click Esc it doesnt d-select, even wehn i click Edit> Select >None the selection lines remain (i was PaintDotNet user) I prefer Esc since its easier to reach, I tried changing the chortcut in GMP but it wont let me assign Esc 3) When i want to delete a selection it doesnt let me use teh Del key, i have to use Ctrl-X but that is slower to reach on keyboard 4) the layer blend options are confusing, it would be good if there was a image example for every layer to show what it does. Having said all taht GIMP is super powerful adn free and has many many great things to offer, so i dont want to sound ungrateful, but they are the things i experienced since moving form PDN(Paint DOt Net). Thankyou for your great tutorials, imo your lessons re GIMP are the best . I fist moved to GIMP becasue teh perspective transofrm options in PDN were slow and i stll use PDN for basic stuff, but yes GIMP is impressive too. Thankyou Davies Media Design adn Thankyou GIMP :)

[@MyCrystalPlaid]

Thanks for the video. I don't know enough GIMP yet to be annoyed by anything, but you showed me how to do a lot of simple things (mostly shortcuts) that I haven't been taught in the dozen or so GIMP classes that I've taken.

[@CommoManCrypto]

Tremendously helpful that you "preorganize" the presentation around problems users run into rather than "how to use" a particular function. I had given up on using GIMP again because it was just too much of a hassle to track down what I needed because I didn't understand enough to know what I needed to know. Your approach gives a huge "leg up" on this problem. Thanks!

[@musthavechannel5262]

Thanks for making this video. Being an occasional PS user, i have always been frustrated with GIMP. Here's a list of things I would like to change about GIMP - Automatically change layer size to content. Why would anybody like to have empty space around the content of a layer when they have erased it - Erase to transparency automatically. Erase means "erase", not "paint in my background color" - Do not present an options dialog when adding new layer. This is just an extra click and flow breaker - Create a layer out of the the image that I pasted into GIMP. Why keep it in a floating state until one presses the a button layers panel. - Confine selection to the image perimeter. Why would anything be allowed to be selected outside of the image confines :s - Improve interface. All interface elements, the cursors, selection lines, transform bounding box; everything feels janky, bloaty and unpolished - and most importantly, *optimize GIMP*. It is WAY TOO SLOW. Everything is "low FPS" in GIMP. I just doesn't feel snappy for even small tasks. Of course I do realize how much (huge) effort goes into creating a software of such scale and on top of that providing it for free. I'm very thankful for being able to use GIMP for free.

[@devigarbage]

pretty much agree with all of this, except sometimes there are reasons to have empty space around the content of a layer. for example, if you have content with a transparent background on your layer & the layer is cropped to its content, warping the content or applying gaussian blur or using the drop shadow filter thing would all end up cut out weirdly in abrupt straight lines, right along the edges of the layer.

[@cheeto4493]

I'm sorry, but I would have to disagree with all of your points except pasting in a new layer.

[@alnnorry]

as an artist i disagree with you on some points, i use those you want to change quite regularly and are important for my work. i love it the way it is, and it is not PS user friendly.

[@ari-athbadminton0301]

TIPS FOR GIMP DEVS : - The simple way to fix the save feature is to unify the Export+Save options or to replace the labeling.. "Save NATIVE" instead of "Save".. that way it's much more intuitive. - Fix the Select Multiple Layers! This is a ruining behavior on the workflow - Add the Hand tool , it is a one icon addition that can save so much beginners frustrations - point 7 and 8 : make the crop to layer AUTOMATIC behavior, same for adding alpha channel, thing that are common sense for users should be automated Bonus: - Integrate the SIMPLIFY plug in (to improve the path tracing function since its very bad right now)

[@bobdowling6932]

Nice video, but I think it might be helpful to distinguish “beginners” from “transitioners from other software (mostly Photoshop).” Five things that annoy image editing novices and five things that annoy people moving from Photoshop, perhaps?

[@jesse7631]

The context of Michael's video is primarily for transitioners from other software. That is why it's called GIMP beginners, not simply beginners.

[@kevin-parratt-artist]

Not necessary.

[@Faithdrawn]

My GOD, man... your channel is a freaking treasure trove.

[@WriterLady]

Excellent tips, Mike. I've used GIMP for over a decade and still didn't know about three of these.

[@conorpodonoghue]

Excellent tutorial - thank you. The thing that most frustrates me is managing image, layer and canvas sizes. For example, it is not (always) clear what the difference between image, content, layer, selection and canvas is. In some cases it is obvious but not in others.

[@conservativecontent]

Thank you for this very helpful tutorial. Time to get back in the workshop!

[@johnrobinson1020]

Thankfully I found this video, I was just about to give Gimp away and delete it but your video has resolved most of the problems I was having so thank you for this video.

[@GustavAgar]

best gimp's videos on youtube

[@shingalani]

Great one! Was very helpful. Thanks!

[@deanjones2525]

This is a great resource and very helpful. Thank you very much.

[@devigarbage]

14:39 I think the wording is a little misleading here. what really moves the layer group is having the move tool set to "move the active layer". it worked in the video because the tool was set to "pick a layer or guide" and the shift key toggles the other mode, as covered in the 1st tip, but if "move the active layer" is already the default, holding the shift key only reverses the effect. thank you for the video, though :) very straightforward

[@haresheranga]

This is a much needed video. Thank you very much!

[@christophercricket2502]

Lot of good stuff but I just gave a thumbs up for the reset saved windows positions to default values! Thanks, man!

[@skelebro9999]

I never knew there was a thing called the bird's eye tool. Good video Davies.

[@ari-athbadminton0301]

Its a proof of lack of documentation.

[@skelebro9999]

@@ari-athbadminton0301 They should add some kind of tips when GIMP starts. That would help a lot of newbies.

[@zakariafarhati583]

You saved my life, man! Thank you so much ❤

[@angelluismillan]

Very usefull overview. An other trick I use often is to affect a letter to "paste as a new layer" (for exemple "Ctrl+y) and to do Crtl+c, Ctrl+y, Maj+Ctrl+a, to work on a new copy of an area.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Great tip!

[@K1ngSupr3m3]

Very very helpful! Thank you!

[@huzaifasafdar7835]

Wonderful stuff.. I learnt using GIMP by watching your tutorials and that is too within a very short period of time! Respect and appreciation for your dedication! For the sake of improvement, I would like to suggest to keep your words speed slightly slow as it will make these videos more easy to understand for people whose native language is not English!

[@vickilyn]

Thank you!! I am getting back into creating images (had to take a medical break) and just uploaded the newest version. I love all the tips you give us. I am definitely going to be trying out some of the new Text images that you have created. Love the Wave one you did!!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks Vicki! Welcome back!

[@boken3408]

Love your videos, strait to the point no BS.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thank you!

[@KeysTreasures]

WOW! That was a lot of great tips, Thanks.

[@electronstudios1411]

your one of my most favorite tutorials for GIMP to Follow! I Subscribed!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks!

[@AudioBoi1]

7.1 tip. You can enable automatic alpha channel attaching to each picture you import. Handy.

[@TheChazk]

great turtorial, thanks

[@boxbiru]

Thank you very much.

[@caspervandermeer]

awesome video!! there is something that i really dont like about the workflow in gimp. whenever i scroll with my mousewheel through the side panels it accidentally changes values of different parameters instead of scrolling. i was wondering if there's a way to turn that off. thanks:) all the best.

[@TheElfishGene]

My biggest gripe with gimp is getting the icons large enough to see on 4K monitor/TV. Even with the custom icon size set to huge!

[@motthebug]

Seriously!!! I at least am old enough to have 2.5 magnification readers at the ready... I'm going to introduce GIMP to some teachers and *this* will be very handy to refer them to.

[@crowwatcher172]

Yes even on "huge' its too small.

[@raccoonsparkle]

YOU. are the GIMP guru, thank you for this video! :)

[@GaryParris]

Great video as always. this will hopefully help a lot transition.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I hope it does! Thanks for watching.

[@Dawoodyoutube]

Thanks for your videos please tell me about Text effect of photoshop or word art in MS word in gimp.

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

Awesome video! I didn't know about using gray as a color for painting on a layer mask with some transparency. Groovy! By the way, "dialogue" should be spelled "dialog". :) Thanks for posting!!!!!

[@JOEZEP54]

Some of this I painstaking learned, some I learned from you previous videos & some were new to me. As always a great tutorial, thank you. Big 👍# 5 Stay well, Joe Z

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Awesome - glad to hear I taught you well, and that there was still more to learn from this vid!

[@JOEZEP54]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Always learning & sometimes have to relearn LOL

[@stevend2748]

6:38 for me was the most important part of the video

[@PauloCrepaldi]

Michael you are so funny!!! Which will eventually come out sometime this century kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk... That was the best!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@josephbupe]

Thank you so much Davies

[@badger67]

Thank you so much 👍

[@alnnorry]

ive been using Gimp for 10 years and i admit i am the beginner :c , thanks for this very valuable tutorial and hope i will be alive during this century for the next update :)

[@DiegoWeb13]

Hi Michael, beautiful tutorial. 🔝🔝👏🎬👍A big hello.😉👍

[@DaveChips]

Great video and perfect timing just today I downloaded Gimp... Moving tool was messing me up... I couldn't move the layer pixels it was just moving my selection 😅

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Always great to hear - thanks!

[@futuretech8419]

Hello! Been watching your vids lately since im looking to get into some small editing of my own pictures and stuff like that. DIdnt find any movie about this spesific case however. If i have a picture where there is bunch of small hair slightly covering an eye on a photo, i couldnt find any way to remove this. Even with the heal function on gimp:) Any tutorial possible?

[@kokapeli]

Thank you!!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@Culture101Podcast]

Love your channel it has been very helpful with my photo/video editing. Do you know of a way to cut a section(s) out of an image and keep that section(s) transparent? Transparent to the point I could apply it over a video like a filter, is that possible with GIMP? If so how does it work?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Yes - simply right-click on the image layer and click "Add alpha channel." Cut out the area you want to make transparent using any of the selection tools (i.e. rectangle select, lasso, ellipse select). Then, export to a filetype that supports transparency such as PNG.

[@arnabsantra2495]

Hello Davies.. Sometimes I fail to save a jpeg with exif in gimp. That doesn't happen always. Though the original file has exif info, after saving as jpeg from gimp, it doesn't show any exif info. Any solution? Thank you.

[@dimplesbratt4508]

U deservez more subscriberz!!!!

[@triplewinlin5576]

Thank you for this video. New sub :)

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for the sub!

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

Hello! This is the closest related video I could find to my problem: Every so often when I switch over to the eraser tool (with E) it automatically toggles "Anti erase". I shouldn't have to hold down alt, since most of the time it just switches to the regular eraser, but having to manually uncheck "Anti erase" every third time or so is driving me crazy. Any idea what the cause could be? I'm using an old Wacom drawing tablet, if that makes a difference. Thank you in advance!

[@Cmsmallengines470]

Can I use gimp to create banner ads that I put in the slider on webstore and can I use it to create a logo for the website etc

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

@@Cmsmallengines470 yes for both, though I recommend designing your logo with Inkscape.

[@sicuasi]

Something that annoyed me was the layer boundaries. When I was working with several layers of different sizes and I wanted to paint outside that layer's boundary, it wouldn't let me, I thought it was because I had something selected, clicked Shift+Crtl+A, and still wouldn't let me. Now I understand that the layer boundaries exist and how to change them in the layer menu (perhaps there is a quicker way, I'm still learning).

[@Krishanjot]

Make tutorials on typography using inkscape and gimp Please sir 🙏

[@ucnguyeninh7957]

How can you record the video of using Gimp? Whenever I start screen recording, Gimp doesn't work properly anymore. Specifically, it doesn't let me drag & drop anymore

[@onesandzeroes]

Won't an image lose quality when you scale it up in any software? Unless it somehow remembers the earlier versions (non-destructive transformations?)

[@lanslater]

You managed to scale a layer independently of the other Iv got this job with multiple layers (a .pdf from a scan) & yes ofc Im a Gimp noob ...I cannot seem to drag just one layer into to align it within the ruler guides I was set - without all the other damn layers copying that move OMG what am I not doing or seeing here??

[@stabokbose]

Tips for GIMP devs- Please add Smart object feature like Photoshop 🥺

[@Krishanjot]

How to make portrait illustration using inkscape

[@techofe-anopensourcebasedd5822]

Now great 10/10

[@ElleCoyote]

Now all I have to do is remember all this! 🤣

[@robertleeimages]

Tried Gimp and just can't navigate any of it, it's just messy and non flowing for me when trying to navigate tools i want or need to use

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Like anything, learning GIMP and getting used to its layout and way of doing things takes time.

[@RajarshiKhatua100]

please make a video on gimp beta

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I cover the latest development versions on DMD Premium

[@cinemonti]

How do I slide/move/readjust the image within the mask without disabling the mask?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Create a layer group, add the image to the layer group, then add the mask to the layer group itself. You can then move the image inside the mask.

[@cinemonti]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Thankyou 🙏

[@ArturJBCosta]

Thumbs Up

[@TooTTiFruiTTi]

I'm a beginner in Gimp and find where layers are is very small don't know how to make this area bigger so I can see it better

[@TwistedRootsVanVelzerPress]

there is a view option in the menu - and you can super zoom in on any part to do small work ....

[@spraynpray]

90% of the time, I can't get any tool to work, because it wants to be the move tool. Right now, I've clicked the fuzzy select tool at least 50 times and when I hover over the image, it changes to the move tool, which is absolutely obnoxious.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

That sounds like a bug - you may want to reinstall GIMP.

[@ARMA2ARMENIA]

👍

[@oldi184]

So people scale down a layer from say 3000px to 1000px and wonder why the layer has lost quality? Do they want 1000px to look as good as 3000px? Are they being stupid?

[@tracypowell8004]

Re images losing quality...why not do all the manipulating you want to do and when finished, delete the image/layer and replace it with the original.

[@cafox513]

Only one complaint -- 83-year-old ears cannot understand a video well enough. Is any of this available in a form I could print out myself? It is so taunting!

[@emrandafadar4445]

I am scared of these options

[@ShaunakHub]

Are you sure GIMP 3.0 will come out in this century ? 🤔😂

[@axis0881]

would be nice if there was a an actual tutorial for, "how da f*ck to make gimp not lag when moving around"

[@wall150]

TELL ME how to bring back your image files you didn't save in gimp NOW

[@ton146]

Too many keyboard shortcuts for begenners sadly. Tony

[@FixBroker69420]

when in doubt SHIFT it out

[@GoFinkle]

lots of ads on your videos man.... tooo many

[@allensmith9312]

It was awful, just deleted it..

[@whukriede]

No doubt this tool isn't fun, which implies you only use it when you really have to. Result is that there's no chance of gaining any proficiency; the thing defeats itself. I almost cannot say how much I hate it.

[@hardboiled2987]

@whukriede skill issue. Stop blaming your shortcomings one xternal factors

[@krumpcakes]

NO, NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! it's so bad SOOO, BAD, TERRIBLE!!

[@amoearthly5512]

Hi 👋❤

[@verajaouadi7869]

Thank you so much!