GIMP Tutorial: 5 Things You Didn't Know GIMP Could Do

[@mikewellwood1412]

I admire the way you fight the good fight for GIMP. Thank you for making life easier & more productive for GIMP users.

[@macabre2007]

GIMP is amazing - why pay a fortune, honestly the GIMP tutors are the best.. so many photoshop tutors, but how can most of us afford that when we're not pro's?

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

Even if you are a pro, why would you give up control over your own work to another company? Use software that lets you retain the ability to do what you like with your own work.

[@RogerioPereiradaSilva77]

The "poor man's history brush" hack was by far my favorite trick in this installment. I just learned a cool new trick on GIMP. Thanks a bunch!

[@joshuaamberson5266]

You're the best GIMP Tutorial based KZbin channel, I've found by a fair margin.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

That means a lot - I appreciate that! I'm glad you enjoy our videos. Thanks for watching!

[@paulfigueiredo3168]

My favourite new Gimp ability is rarely used by anyone; the ability to adjust the opacity of the adjustment preview so that you can see what's underneath before finalizing. So for example, with the scale/perspective/etc... to fit the moose into the screen, you could adjust the preview transparency to see the screen beneath in order to know when to stop adjusting.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Great tip!

[@whatlauralikes.]

I do that everytime and it's super useful !!

[@joostbakker]

How do I do that?

[@donnienora9782]

Davies is so passively funny. He just throws out random jokes here and there without even changing his speaking style. Great tutor btw

[@ishukalia1099]

अब मैंने फोटोशॉप छोड़ दिया है और जिम्प का इस्तेमाल करना शुरू कर दिया है। आपका बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद कि आपने जिम्प के लिए बहुत सारे अद्भुत ट्यूटोरियल बनाए हैं।

[@catingrey]

For the history issue - before I start I always duplicate my base image and then just hide it - I can always then copy and paste a section off the original if I need to "revert" a section of the image. Same thing, just prepping for the worst before it invariably happens :D. Very helpful video! Thanks :)

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for sharing the tip! That's usually a good habit to get into - especially when you know you're making changes to the base image. The good news is GIMP is adding auto-save on crashes in 2.10 and also adding adjustment layers in 3.2 - so they are making strides for saving work and non-destructive editing. Thanks for watching!

[@happystar1000]

I set my preferences in Gimp to add an alpha channel to any image I am opening in Gimp. I found that I normally added an aplha channel anyhow, so this saves me having to do it for each image manually

[@edkorian]

CTRL key while placing guide by draging the ruler will let you add Sample Points, open the corresponding dialog and now you can reference sample colors on the composition.

[@boblombardi9397]

so well done....love learning gimp.....Thank You

[@jond3929]

I just downloaded gimp a few days ago and I'm blown away by the quality and the features it has for a free program. I just couldn't justify a "subscription" to adobe for photoshop. The people at adobe must be mad that there is such a quality free alternative to ps.

[@dcrunicycles]

thank you for mentioning the 'non select' after doing something in the selection mode. For the last several years I could never get rid of the 'marching ants'. thank you. p.s. teaching suits you.

[@john404201]

Wow these are some awesome tips, I have been following your tips for years now. Thumbs Up

[@neshiah4747]

Indeed, useful and informative. And very rare to have tutorials on 2.10.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thank you!

[@alplayzmc3034]

really helpful, I wanted to change a photo of a tv screen that is angled in such a way I didn't understand how to paste a picture on it, and now I know how to. thanks a lot. :)

[@corvette724]

Hi, thx for the vid. I'm.searching for an idea for weathering the skin of my 3d airplane Modells. Any ideas?

[@fenrirsrevenge3807]

Anyone else think it's funny how all the adverts of KZbin videos about GIMP are Photoshop? 😂

[@zanevali8423]

Shapes including the ability to add arrows quick and easily will make GIMP a lot more useful. It is surprising this feature is not available!

[@oranges2625]

me: laughs in 2.10.22

[@ganeshangappan6359]

Why

[@prodbyANT]

If I'm not mistaken, Heywood Jablowmy won an Oscar for best Actor for the film Spacetime

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

You sir, are far from mistaken, and in fact are quite informed. Only few, if any, will understand the reference - and for the legendary comment, I thank you.

[@MichaelWTurner]

This was excellent. I've been using GIMP to create my last couple of KZbin thumbnails. It's really helped make my thumbnails look more polished. Your tips will definitely come in handy. Just subbed

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Awesome - glad my video could help out you and your channel!

[@VideoNash]

thanks

[@worldtraveller3819]

How to I alter the size of brushes in the preview dialog box. I cannot see them to pick which one I want. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[@BebeBijou]

A lifetime of thanks!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thank you very much!

[@hatorlethos8623]

My favorite Gimp source. Thanks.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

That's awesome to hear! Thank you for watching.

[@aguswidi9316]

I'm on the transition from Photoshop to Gimp. And this is a very nIce tutorial. I have to subscribe. Thank you...

[@hanselxyb5825]

Hey Angus, was it worth the change? Lemme know.

[@Gidjoiner]

Thanks the locking tool will be useful, I've used GIMP for a while now & have learnt something new about the clone tool. I've always imported the original image in as a new layer & then cloned from that if i need to rectify something but that only works if the work piece is the same size, going back through the history n exporting will allow any editing/resizing to be the same 👍

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Happy to hear it. Thanks for watching!

[@aindenpierce7316]

In this History Brush trick you do not need to export and import the base image you want to use for restoration. Just click on the image you want in "Undo History" and use the "Ctrl + D" keys, it is much faster. Do the test.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for the tip! I'll try that out.

[@lucy7b]

Thank you

[@charleshacker765]

Really liked these. Some were a bit low key, so seemed anti-climatic. But they will be very good to remember when they are needed.

[@Machtyn]

Haha! If I could afford Photoshop, I'd probably be a stuck up Photoshop user and not a Gimp user. But I do love Gimp!

[@ironmantooltime]

Rather than wondering if you can afford it, think about the real cost as rate of return on your investment. If you're not a commercial photographer then your return in paying for photoshop is likely zero. Whereas if you're a dad maybe spending ten dollars a month on your kid's classes is a better investment. Gimp having zero cost means you're not losing anything. Why pay money for zero rate of return? This is relevant for Ps as its a subscription and so a perpetual liability and not a one off cost which you could justify as a one and done fun time. A lifetime liability with no compensation is imho impossible to justify, when there are good free alternatives. Its like Office 365 for personal use: selling commercial licensing to consumer markets, why?

[@Machtyn]

@@ironmantooltime "Its like Office 365 for personal use: selling commercial licensing to consumer markets, why?" Especially when there's LibreOffice. I will admit that Excel is better than LibreOffice Calc, if you need advanced expressions. But for the other apps, I'll stay with LO.

[@surinfarmwest6645]

Thank you very much for sharing this.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@greggrobinson6167]

Great information! More!!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

More to come!

[@Dante-ev2mh]

Thanks for teaching us all this things, these are pretty usfull!

[@PinkSamuraiSL]

Very useful, concise, professional and classy :) thank you so much.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thank you! Comments like these keep me motivated. Thanks for watching.

[@MayurPanghaal]

super tool !! much needed !! I am proficent with photoshop but I am learning linux mint as a tribute to Linus trovalds...plus I want to get off the spy-machine of windows and google.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Well, you've come to the right program!

[@mikerodrick2430]

If you're not already aware of more great GIMP filters available, GOOGLE, G'MIC which will give a group of over 400 additional filters other than those in the program. THESE are AWESOME & possibly too advanced for many users but they're fun to play with & each filter has it's own additional adjustments but beware, once you see these & start using them, time could become an issue because there are so many filters & variations of each that you may not be able to decide which to use for your specific project needs. Hope those who download them enjoy!

[@drutgat2]

That was great. Many thanks, Michael.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

No problem - thanks for watching!

[@aykutyldz1538]

thank you very much it was a great tutorial

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

16:51 Please, always best to use a lossless format (e.g. PNG) rather than JPEG, particularly if you intend to do further work on the image.

[@m3rl1on]

But isnt JPEG smaller and more suitable for web use ?

[@josieforshaw5616]

Enjoying your videos, thank you. I am keen to find a way of creating 1 larger image using 6 or 8 snippet shots and piecing them together.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I have a Skillshare class on how to create collages in GIMP. Sounds like what you’re looking for.

[@worldz_of_visions]

Sample merged reminds me of a negative boolean operation in a 3D program where you can cut holes out of an object using another object.

[@tristazakit5287]

Could you use the backwards erase tool on a different image?

[@cosmo0080]

hi wonderful lesson, i tried the eraser technique with Linux mint, what happened was that gimp would minimise? however it did work in windows 10

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Hmm - I'm assuming you're referring to the unerase feature? It could be that Linux uses a different shortcut key for the feature, or perhaps it is a bug.

[@cosmo0080]

@@DaviesMediaDesign - yes I'm referring to the unease feature?

[@sandravanbelle9006]

Very good tutorial thank you!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@Milisavify]

Awesome video!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks!

[@Farrukhw]

Very useful and informative... Thank you Davies... Really appreciated...

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I appreciate the positive feedback! Thanks for watching.

[@ppoinha]

reason why the black ellipse does not fully fill with red and leaves some remnants is probably because when you did the ellipse select you had feather edges.

[@josephbupe]

Thanks for the exciting tips

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@mark8664]

Damn your good! No accent, you cover all the details like select None..., and you keep on the topic. Great job!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thank you!

[@Lobaluna9333]

Thank you! Very nice features that I didn't know, even I am a long-term user of GIMP (since version 0.82 aprox). I'm looking forward for GIMP v. 2.10. Thanks again.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Glad I could show you some new things despite being a GIMP veteran! Thanks for watching and for the comment.

[@Gidjoiner]

Thanks, the sample merged option will help me as i create borders for pics i include in my vids, before i had to Alpha to selection the orig pic after growing the selection & filling with colour, then clear the centre of the layer to create a border, now it just fills the border area I'm trying to create, If that makes sense 😶👍

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Glad this feature makes life easier for you - thanks for watching!

[@Gidjoiner]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Hi, just had to come back to this vid because i couldn't get the sample merged to work, it was just filling in the whole layer, Worked it out tho, i have to actually use the bucket fill tool to fill in the area i wanted, I've got so used to just dragging n dropping the colours in that i was - selecting the bucket tool, clicking sample merged & then dragging the colour in, Doh!! 🙃 Thanks again

[@bangoles9225]

Amazing tutorials.................

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks!

[@CRogers]

Probably should call it "transform link", since "locks" are also in the layers palette. Also, notice the icon is a chain link.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Good point - I agree.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

5:03 So the final application of the transformation is destructive -- it replaces the original image. This is the kind of thing that would have me reaching for Inkscape, where I can do non-destructive compositing of images.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

For vector objects - yes, Inkscape would allow you to non-destructively resize an object. But, whenever a raster-based image is used, there will always be quality loss no matter what program you are using.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

The point being Inkscape lets you change the resize transformation later without further generation loss. That’s what “non-destructive” means.

[@libretoile]

Excellent !

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Photomuz.fr thanks!

[@poytond7]

Hi when I try to layer photos the photo I want on top of the other has scaled too large (like zoomed in) and I can’t pick out what I want from the photo. Hope that makes sense. Do you know how I can make this work ?

[@CTRL_SMarcos]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing your Knowledge.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thank you for watching!

[@DapiroStanislav]

Wow, and this app is free? Awesome! Thank You

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Yep - it is truly great. Thanks for checking it out.

[@mrsrobson7417]

Hi. Please advise how I would change the nail colour on a persons hand to match a coloured ring they are wearing. I would be soooo grateful as it's sending me doo-lally!

[@mikerodrick2430]

Depending on the shape of the nail, you can use one of the drawing tools, for a nail, likely the ellipse tool to encircle the nail & then use the bucket fill tool to fill with whatever color you want.

[@leyleylovesbeauty]

Is there a reason all my icons are grayed out? Nothing is in color. I downloaded version 2.10

[@BellefontePerson]

For some reason alt doesn't work for me. I have to use control and alt together to get it to unerase.

[@eggburtdilusia9599]

The Clone Tool Trick Was Amazing! Thank You! I do have one question: How do you the list of images across the top? Thanks in advance. :)

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thank you! I just have GIMP in Single Window Mode and have multiple images open. You can enter Single Window Mode by going to Windows>Single Window Mode. Thanks for watching!

[@eggburtdilusia9599]

Cool! I love "instant results!" thanks!

[@ropd1538]

it did not work for me!!!

[@ynsam]

Can you make a video on sky manipulation, as in adding better sky background. It would be great.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I have a tutorial on how to replace the sky in your images: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naGmpnp6iMd8b6c

[@seanmiller4559]

Hi Michael. I noticed that some photos won't let me remove the background. Does jpg or png have anything to do with it?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

You may just need to right click on the image layer and click on the "Add Alpha Channel" option near the bottom. That adds transparency to the image. If you want to save the final image with the transparency, then you need to save it as a PNG as JPEGs don't contain transparency.

[@seanmiller4559]

Okay and thank you. Could I pay you to make a plain and simple image for me?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Unfortunately we don't offer photo editing services.

[@seanmiller4559]

Oh okay...I'm sorry. I'm glad I discovered your channel. When I have questions in the future should I leave them in the comments, or email you?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Definitely in the comments - especially if they are related to the tutorial you are watching. I'm glad you found the channel as well - welcome!

[@itsmewende]

Hi.....just found you looking for help, everything has changed since I last use the bucket tool, just a few months ago actually, all I want to do is change the color of some lettering, I can not figure out how to do that simple thing now, it wants to color the bg or fg, and I can't figure out how to just click the letter an viola have a different color, it's very frustrating for a novice.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Hey Wende - there are a few potential solutions to your issue, depending on what the issue actually is. I would watch my latest tutorial on the GIMP 2.10 Basics to see if that answers your questions first (I have the link starting right at the part that talks about the bucket fill tool): kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHazeoive69nl8kh16m25s

[@barbaralearned6384]

i downloaded the upgrade version, but don't find it. do i need to delete the other version first?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Not usually - if you download GIMP 2.10.0-RC1 it should show up on your computer as GIMP 2.10. If you are on Windows, just use the search feature next to the start menu and type "GIMP." It should show up there. If on a Mac, go to your Applications section and it should be there. If you are still having issues, let me know.

[@oscarfilms7686]

Can someone please help? I'm trying to install Gmic on Gimp 2.10.14 Everytime I do this, I end up with an old version of Gimp and then I have to uninstall and get a bigger headache!

[@timeisgold7793]

Thank u

[@amboinapearl1]

Thanks Captain America * I mean Michael!

[@rohanj4839]

Where can u get resynthersizet without virus

[@hieronymusboss7705]

Mr. Davies you look like a combination of Henry Cavill and Funhaus's James Willems. Believe me, that's mostly a complement.

[@Bill_Ahern]

those are "linked" layers, not "locked," hence the chain links. Minor gripe for an otherwise great video. Thanks.

[@johnfuller7502]

Wondering if I can import pictures from my " Dropbox " account into Gimp ?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

You'll have to download the pictures to your computer first.

[@leeponzu]

rectangles

[@thegalaxybeyond1496]

Bullwinkle just chillin.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Lol

[@MrSojek]

I will never understand why people, especially beginners, choose PS over GIMP for non professional reasons. I assume it's a matter of using a more prestigious software rather than needs.

[@15_putubayuaritama55]

I get it

[@vagabond_trades]

Damn, not the video I thought it would be reading the title...

[@SuperMichael996]

Imma ask for the song at 0:00 since I always forget its name. Oof. Eat your cereal.

[@TheChaoslusterhall]

Kool

[@SimoneTVGF]

so hot looking? why internet !???

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Lol

[@tigonese]

You should look up the definitions of "rectangle" vs "square". Otherwise, thanks for the tutorials.

[@EKAdventures51]

you explain so fassssst, slow it down, i am your grandpa's age

[@ladyrose358]

Gimp?🤣. No no no! Affinity photo is much better.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

GIMP is free