🎨 How to use GIMP - Beginner Tutorial

[@charliehorsenm3446]

Kevin, I have to hand it to you, you are absolutely THE BEST teacher of these video tools I've ever encountered! I haven't encountered anyone else that I consider to even be in your class. You're instruction method is so thorough and progresses so logically. You also don't just wave your had in the air and say "I just selected the [whatever tool]" you SHOW the student what you are doing on the screen. This helps ENORMOUSLY. Thanks ever so much for your clean, logical, explicit and useful instruction. I think that even a novice like me can now learn to use this tool. Much THANKS again!

[@cats9654]

Yes indeed, he has a teaching skill others don't. Other fly 100 miles an hr and Im just as lost when they are done teaching as before I ever watched their video. Kevin"s the best ever. He knows how to teach......finally.

[@cyberdisha]

NO doubt. Kevin is God !

[@spookie444]

shut up

[@LakeShetek]

You convinced me I don't need photoshop anymore. Thanks!

[@grandma_boo]

Not everyone who teaches is a good teacher. I know because my Mother was a great teacher for decades. Kevin...you're a wonderful teacher! Your patience, tone of voice, insight..you have it all. Thanks so much for teaching this old bird the basics ♥

[@Danbo_DN]

100 %

[@andrewlim2798]

Thanks Kevin, I have GIMP for many years. After a frustrating attempt to make some changes to my photos, I decided I must learn GIMP properly. I think this is a most worthwhile 1 hour I spent learning from your youtube video. Your explanation is very clear. Keep it up.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Glad to see GIMP getting some coverage on other channels! Great program!

[@DaleDix]

Well my day is sorted binge watching your channel!!!

[@thecreativemarketingmom]

I've seen quite a few tutorials for beginners and I must say, this is the best I have seen, I appreciate how slow you walk us thru, and how you explain the purpose and what each thing does for your design, especially the curves, the few other videos i've watched they blow thru that and don't explain what it does or how to use it, im so thankful that you created this!

[@nelm3269]

Just downloaded this yesterday, I took a ton of computer arts classes in high school and got pretty darn good at photoshop. Going back to this it was almost intimidating and jarring seeing all the options and tools that were difficult to remember. This was so refreshing, once I saw this video twice and really took in the core essentials to editing I was able to finish a personal project in a day. Reminded me of how much I love graphic designing.

[@melo-u9o]

00:09 GIMP is a powerful free and open source image editing program. 05:08 GIMP has various menus to work with images, view, image, layer, colors, tools, filters, windows, and help. 09:58 GIMP's native file format, XCF, preserves layers and other aspects of your work. 14:58 Adding color to the canvas and creating a bottom bar 19:20 Creating and customizing text in GIMP 23:38 Remove the white background and make image adjustments 27:53 Enhanced image editing with subtle changes and logo placement 32:05 Use the paint brush tool to add darkness behind text

[@sai-1]

thanks

[@Rawan_Farhan]

Thanks❤

[@Rishiਸ਼ਰਮਾ]

What does .XCF stand for?

[@EmptyHandshake]

@@Rishiਸ਼ਰਮਾ I had to google that to find out. Good question, though. XCF, short for eXperimental Computing Facility, is the native image format of the GIMP image-editing program. It saves all of the data the program handles related to the image, including, among others, each layer, the current selection, channels, transparency, paths and guides.

[@cats9654]

Kevin is the best teacher of gimp ever. I been looking for someone who teaches like him. The others I tried to learn with fly all over the place and I am so lost. Kevin takes his time goes slow like I need, I can see everything good. Kevin is top notch teacher. Thank you so much Kevin. You have a skill for teaching that others don't. Omg how appreciated you are by me.

[@mikev1766]

I don't think I've ever watched such a clear, informative and concise tutorial video. Very well done, and thank you

[@tamayomichi5085]

One of the BEST beginner GIMP tutorial ever. I learned fast, easily. It starts from a blank page and step by step creates a picture. Thank you

[@DamageMaximo]

I've never seen a begginer's guide video as perfect as this, everything about it is 10/10. Thank you.

[@Maryschannel93308]

Having come from another photo editor I knew how important it was to learn the basics/interface of a new program. Your 36-minute video has saved me countless hours and I still have my hair LOL! Thank you so much for all of your hard work and flawless delivery!

[@AmsterdamagedHQ]

I've been dreading watching GIMP Tutorials for months. It all seemed soo intimidating. You do an amazing job of making these videos fun and easily digestible. Thank you so much!!

[@Ryuzaki2100]

I will definitely not be the first to congratulate you for a million but I will definitely congratulate you!

[@JustBlankNoInfo]

I was awake all night, slept early morning unfortunately he hit a million this morning at IST. Although I have my dedication towards the channel so much!

[@Chanel_67]

I don't use GIMP at all. However, I only stayed to watch because your explanations are incredible!!! You have a special gift for teaching!!

[@qormi1000]

Thank you so much Kevin. I have had Gimp for a long time, but it looked so hard to use. You have made it easier to do something with it now. This seems better than Photoshop.

[@hilarywhite2953]

I think you skipped a step somewhere. When I tried to scale up the stack of cookies it gave me the message, "The selection does not interact with the layer". I had to go searching around on the Gimp website to find someone else who had the same problem. In case anyone else has the same problem, this was the right answer, "Looking at your screenshot, you have Kevin Cookie Company etc. selected, but the current layer is Stack of Cookies. These two do not intersect (overlap), so the message you see is exactly what is happening. If you have a selection, the scaling tries to only scale the selected part of the layer, but in this case the selection is outside the layer. If you just want to scale the layer, make sure you remove the selection: menu Select -> None, or Shift+Ctrl+A." So I tried that and it worked. The only problem being that because I'm completely new to this kind of software, a total beginner, I didn't understand the explanation. Not even a bit. But at least I got it going gain.

[@blueshells50]

Select none worked for me as well

[@bubbsterproductions8608]

Thank you Hilary!

[@marybev77]

Thank you!

[@yurihikaru420]

LIFESAVER OMG

[@Protypebeats-zr8og]

Thanks man for this, I was facing the same issues rn

[@CicilyMarie]

I love this tutorial! Thank you so much! You are very clear, I like how you outline your video before it even begins, especially noting your goals for us by the end. Great content, thank you!

[@kouvostoliitto99]

I like your speaking style. It is calm and slow so it is nice to listen and I can easily - without thinking - understand it without being a fluent.

[@wissekunde4647]

This is really a great introduction into GIMP. One cannot underestimate how important it is to get over that first hurdle, or better said, huge mountain in the case of GIMP, but that is exactly what this tutorial does. Kevin, you do a great job to get people started! As always, I should say.

[@JdjdbNdjdb]

YEA WASTED TWO HOURS YESTERDAY TRYING TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF A LOGO. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. TOOK 3 MINUTES IN PHOTOSHOP.

[@nestorkikeda3259]

Kevin, thank you for this tutorial. Despite it's been made two years ago, I continue watching and recommending to do the same to some friends. You converted this intimidating environment into one very simple to understand. Keep your style to producing tutorials for other apps.

[@danwaldspurger]

Kevin, you are the best educator when it comes to instructing others to use technology effectively and creatively. Thank you for all your work and attention to details. I so appreciate you!

[@tylerasweet]

This is one of the best videos i've ever seen for learning software. Great work

[@rickeyhargrove7556]

You are truly gifted as a teacher. Thank you for your thorough, yet easy to follow explanations. Greatly appreciated.

[@frcedperspective6761]

This is the best tutorial I've ever watched! You explained all that I needed to know about GIMP in less than 36 minutes, what a legend!

[@Lijmule0313]

Dear Kevin, thanks a lot to share your knowledge! It is so helpful, I have started learning GIMP from scratch and your way of teaching is very perfect. Thank you once again and I will keep digging in to graphic designing with GIMP.

[@chozendorjetamang24]

Kevin, I absolutely loved the way how you were so calm and patient throughout the video. You were very detailed and the video could deliver every basics of Gimp, for a "first timer" like me. I hope to see more of your videos. Thank you for putting such an effort!!!

[@mauridocarmo7167]

Wow!!! I couldn't wish a better Gimp introduction. Thanks a lot!!!

[@Cookie-y1d]

After much searching & I came across you & watched this video for just a minute or so, I subscribed because I really DID appreciate your manner of teaching, step by step explanation and illustration. It really DOES help us beginners out. Now the intimidation I was having around GIMP and where to begin has gone, as I am now familiar with it, and learning more and more after watching this video alone. I am really hopeful now and I look forward to learning more from you. Youre a star with a great persona. Thank you so much!! And greetings from the UK.

[@engineeringaspirantunoffic2856]

CONGRATS ON 1 MILLION SUBS KEVIN I WAS REALLY WAITING FOR THIS LET'S GO 👍👍😊🙌🙌

[@BasicMike]

I thought you did a great job setting up this lesson. It covered a lot for the half-hour of video. I have learned about a bunch of tools and I finally understand how to use GIMP. I just found that you tend to rush through stuff at the end. As I followed along, I discovered that there were settings within the tools that made the tool work for you, but left me in a quandary. Additionally, as you flashed which tools you were using, and then quickly went back to the image caused me to rewind for nearly every action for the last 15 minutes or so. I hope you will revisit, and possibly republish this video. The premise and the lesson were perfect. You just need to slow down when demonstrating which tool you're using and what their setting are set to.

[@justuswomen]

I just downloaded GIMP and finding out you had a tutorial set my mind at ease.😀

[@cmtsdt]

Thank you for teaching this program. Because your approach is well thought out in sharing, the steps used are easy to follow. You are definitely my "go to" guy when it comes to learning any of the programs on You Tube. Also, very friendly voice. Thanks again.

[@JoeJ94611]

Two lessons at one time: how to use GIMP and creating an ad. Kevin's ad is better than many created by an ad agency.

[@thebugalito]

Few people that remember Photodraw 2000 can believe I am still using it. I have yaught myself everything there is to know about it and computers in general. My new computer has no disc drive to download photodraw but i'm sure there is a way but I always wanted to upgrade. I'll never know why the new editors don't follow photodraws lead when it comes to user friendly. It was mostly straight forward. You just try and try. You read what something is and try it out and before you know it your doing impressive stuff. These new ones are beyond complicated. I almost uninstalled it cuz there is no way I'm going to re-learn everything I learned. I mean keep the new stuff coming but damn, I think sometimes they made it so hard on purpose. It's insane. Your video has proven to me I can hanle it. I actually learned some things. Thanx

[@strakhov]

I know it takes an incredible time investment to making videos like this one, but please do more! You can clearly see how many people benefit from your effort 😉

[@stevensmith8939]

I have recommended this and your GIMP Basics for Beginner to everyone in my photo club. Excellent video and easy to follow.

[@javyk3]

Thank you so much for this tutorial Kevin!!! You're so thorough and very easy to follow. I love all your videos!

[@daphneefournier7671]

Wow! I'm an intermediate english speaker and I undertsand you so well. Your explanations are also realy clear and interesting! Thank you

[@happydrawingbyaaradhya1525]

I watched this as tomorrow is my practical

[@joesanders2037]

Imagine my delight when I found this video. I've been watching your tutorials on DaVinci Resolve for a while. Who knew you have Gimp ones as well. Thanks Kevin.

[@DaveDelaney-ks1vu]

Great work! Clear, concise, entertaining, timing is perfect.

[@TheTryinRyan]

Thank you for this! Just started learning GIMP (no longer have Photoshop) and this was incredibly helpful to find the tools and different hotkeys. One note: While cropping, I first did not realize that you can select "current layer only" and I accidently cropped everything BUT the cookies layer, lol. Got it figured out though. Thanks again!

[@lordfancourt2879]

A VERY CLEAR tutorial, organized and logical. Lots of detail information that other tutorials miss.

[@starlight27277]

Thanks Kevin. I use GIMP for more then 3 years. You taught me some new thing, thanks again. Greetings and love from The Netherlands. 💗💗

[@RickRose]

Another awesome tutorial. Having the downloadable images available so we could follow along was a great idea. Thanks!

[@rogerzimmerman304]

Thanks for creating this tutorial, it was a great way to get a good overview of GIMP and many features. It will save me a lot of time now using GIMP.

[@DemetriPanici]

Gimp was a big tool for me when I was younger! I love that it's free and how great its functionality is!

[@LuzuVlogsGamer]

Havent used GIMP in years always went to use Paint but this video made me thankful that i decided to try it again

[@tdog_]

This tutorial is really good. You explain everything in a nice and easy way for anyone, especially beginners to understand. This video isn't like other tutorials where they just tell you "do this, do that" Instead you explain what everything does and how to use it :D

[@TonkotsuTo]

10/10 tutorial, would watch this again whenever I forgot how to use GIMP again. Thanks man!

[@sheikhobama3759]

I'm new to your channel but I must say that I absolutely loved all of your video's. Learned a lot of stuff. Extremely useful and quality content. Honestly, Can't wait for your next video.....

[@dripzidy3873]

In the most positive way ,you are the most kevin Kevin i have ever seen. Thanks for the vidoe tho !!! It was really helpful :D

[@yosoyv9793]

Kevin you are amazing, thank you for this tutorial. Your pace of teaching is so good, showing everything with a close up. For me this was a wonderful start on this journey thanks a lot once again.

[@MrMcMango]

honestly, every time i search on youtube for a tutorial, i always see kevin's smiling face on the thumbnail. it's like he knows what i need! this man is amazing!

[@cenevspeed_CARS]

Congratulations Kevin!!! You finally reached 1Million subscribers!!! I checked many times at night and it finally changed! It has been a long journey of you making stunning content that makes our day and educates us. I feel so happy for you, Kevin! I appreciate all the hardwork you put in to make these videos which solve our problems. The hardwork paid off!! But from seeing all your videos I have understood that you don't reach for the sky, you reach for the moon!! 10 Million is on its way Kevin!! This is the start of a big revolution!!! 😎😎👍👍🔥🔥🧠🧠😀😀🎆🎆🌟🌟👏👏

[@meadowgreen1313]

WOW! My Macbook (16+ yo - gotta love a mac) died...right in the middle of a series of posters I was doing for a client using photoshop. Didn't want to pay for a subscription for a new version, and can't transfer mine. So excited to download my files to my pc in GIMP and be able to finish the job. You are a fantastic teacher. Looking forward to watching all of your tutorials. Thanks so much.

[@MrAutomobileLK]

Love you gimp since last year 🤫😁❤️

[@kcirtapednoel]

I've learned so much from this video. You're the best GIMP teacher I've ever seen. A million thanks, Kevin!

[@TylerStanczak]

This is awesome Kevin! Being able to use free software can be a game changer for so many creators. Appreciate the tutorial :)

[@swastikszn1781]

Hi tyler

[@Ryuzaki2100]

Hey!

[@TylerStanczak]

@@swastikszn1781 hey :)

[@TylerStanczak]

@@Ryuzaki2100 hey :)

[@binoyandpinay777]

Wow! Just checking out Gimp at the request of a friend of mine who uses this software and I must say its promising for this beginner. Hats off and much thanks for this teacher. Your pace & detail of teaching has helped me tremendously.

[@rajdeoyadav1915]

Congrats Kevin! Todayyy, you reached 1M Subscribers

[@magysantiago5712]

what a peaceful and soothing voice and what calm he expresses when he speaks. I envy you!

[@candihuynh]

I love this segment. Will take time to learn but I am willing.

[@shallommariah]

Wow! can't believe it, I've struggled in editing posters but thanks to you i get to not only finishing editing a poster but also learning how to use gimp much better.

[@cassioalexan]

That's definitely one of the most top videos from Kevin! I will start my learning on Gimp just by this one! Thanks, Kevin!

[@DevendraSingh-jg9hd]

Kevin, you explained everything so clearly! Your tutorial was really easy to follow, and I learned a lot. You're truly the best teacher-thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@Ryuzaki2100]

One million! Your growth is super fast. It feels like only yesterday you had 500,000 but you put in a lot of hard work. I will never stop watching your videos. I can't believe that you got to this milestone so fast but I also think that you deserve it. Congrats, congrats, congrats. This is all the emojis I could find which is somewhat related:- 🎉🎊😎😁🤩🙂😀👏👍🏻✌🏻

[@rmk1960]

This is by far the best GIMP tutorial I have seen so far. Thank you for posting.

[@brainyclassmates4372]

Another wonderful Kevin Stratvert youtube tutorial. Good work. Thank you Kevin.

[@jasonluong3862]

Thank you for your valiant effort to create a long video while battling a cold.

[@stevenwilliams6258]

What a great summary. So far, I have watched several astro photography tutorials but didn't have any background to better understand what or why they did things. This helped with that.

[@Ryuzaki2100]

So close to a million.

[@lephlester8308]

Being a complete newbie to photo editing, this is BY FAR the absolute best and most informative video I've watched!!! Thank you!!!!

[@ZaritaTheFloridian]

Perfect timing! The stars aligned for your how-to on Gimp. I have decided to download it yesterday on my new PC instead of Photoshop Elements that I had and no longer was compatible with my new PC operating system.

[@MohammadArman-mv8wn]

I have watched many learning videos about Gimp and can not but admit that you are second to none. Go ahead👍.

[@Memes_Industry]

So, I have a test tommorow on GIMP and I am studying at night, so I hope I remember all you said in the video

[@mypantrytrackerapp5145]

This was really helpful, thank you!! It was one of my first GIMP tutorials and I picked up a lot of helpful tips!

[@Afterburn_TS]

Me to

[@alltshirttimes]

AMAZING! You rock Kevin! Thank you for your detailed training. You have a great smile and a special talent teaching people how to use whatever you are teaching! Great Job! Thank you so very much! I will be sharing this with other people who need your special touch!!! Take care! 👍😎

[@JustBlankNoInfo]

Kevin, thanks for the overview. To me, the UI appeared to be very professional. I was ecstatic when you said it's highly powerful and comparable to Photoshop! Because I've always desired photoshop, excellent tutorial, magnificent thumbnail, and fantastic video! Overall, this was an exciting walkthrough. In a nutshell, this is a top-notch tutorial!

[@Crimsin_Fury]

I've been using GIMP for close to 20 years and learned so many things I didn't know from this video. Thank you!

[@thedarkknight1865]

2 or 20

[@Ryuzaki2100]

WOW, Thank you! I am definitely going to try it. Watching now. You rock!

[@pushkalvashist3637]

Congrats on 1 million Kevin!!!! MUCH LOVE

[@Arghya_10]

I had learnt Gimp long ago...and I forgot it... Thanks a lot for uploading! By the way, can you make an video which talks about an alternative to Adobe Animate?

[@guitarplay4]

This is a very comprehensive and easy-to-follow tutorial for Gimp. Might start using more of Gimp in the future. Thanks a lot for the tutorial!

[@thegoldentheme5612]

Can you please do a tutorial on How to use KRITA? It would really help me.. Thanks in advance if you do it!

[@advancedstupidity5459]

You may have the speaking cadence of an AI answering machine, but you make a damn good tutorial! I haven't used GIMP or Photoshop since early high school, and they've changed so much it was really discouraging trying to get back into it. After watching this one video, I feel much more comfortable using it. Thank you!

[@DemetriPanici]

*"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." - James Clear*

[@TracieJustice-w7o]

Brand new to GIMP. I used Microsoft Picture it and was sooooo simple, did all the layering and stuff for me. So I have to learn all this by scratch, and I actually understand you!! Thank you.

[@acercom1397]

This guy mews

[@VLorenHilbert]

I have used Gimp for making book jackets, but the course I took and paid for didn't give me the information that you have in this video! I knew GIMP could do a lot so this video is fantastic!! Tanks so much!!

[@UniqueSide1]

1st comment and 1st ike

[@CircuitDen]

Thank you for helping me get started using this software, your video is very easy to follow for a beginner like me

[@geerliglecluse5297]

This GIMP stuff is a MASSIVE hassle for simple, practicle editing. I find the user interface messy and not easy to use.

[@ThePrestoPrestissimo]

Because it is

[@mikedonnit972]

I couldn’t find your channel for a minute in my line up !!! Thank goodness your still up. I was worried.

[@shanssa]

All your videos are really good. You explain in detail to the point. Thanks brother. Greetings from Botswana

[@abhishekdubey5326]

Thanks a tonne Kevin for the incredibly concise yet comprehensive tutorial. Thoroughly loved it. Good luck to you.

[@yargare]

The best tidy-straight tutorial in the whole wide universe!

[@RM-lk1so]

Wow. Just wow. I'm a pretty ok person on software. Ok type. Your instructor style is Collage level. I'm 56. Starting a business. Cant afford all the cost of the typical design firms. Omg. Thanks. I'm so excited to do my own work