Gimp Beginner's Guide - Combine Two Photos

[@donalheffernan8270]

Well done, Terryow100, a masterclass on how to make an intelligible instruction video. Slow, clear and well thought out. When you compare this to the rushed speed-freaky, flying cursors of those, who in their eagerness to show their competence, end up incompetent. Taking that pause momentarily to allow your movement and intent to be followed is what makes this an excellent tutorial. Thank you, keep them coming.

[@terryoliver-ward948]

That is so kind of you. I remember when I started learning gimp through you tube, and I vividly remember those flying cursers all to well. Thank you for taking the time to comment, Terry

[@gdeb7000]

I totally agree. This is the best beginner Gimp tutorial I've run across so far.

[@franksiciliano3822]

That clearing away the stupid layer boundary was the best thing ever. Glad someone finally pointed that out

[@Shell6424]

This is the best tutorial on superimposing/combining as its a nightmare to follow the Gimp instructions. I never thought I would understand it but your video has explained the process simply. Thank you!

[@terryow100]

I am glad it made sense.

[@eyesopen2995]

I have been tearing my hair out, trying to do this, so thank you for your excellent clear tutorial! I will subscribe.

[@terryow100]

Thank you so much for your kind comment. Do remember that in Gimp 2.10 you need to activate the free select tool before you invert it

[@smee.dotti305]

Brilliant tutorial, great pace, no annoying music, 1st class presentation.

[@terryow100]

That so very kind of you. I have just started trying to do some new videos as gimp has updated so much since I did the original videos. Hopefully they will help someone else and spread the gimp word.

[@sanjibroychowdhury2873]

Thank you so much for such a short, sweet, clear, concise video tutorial. This video has been helping people all around the world for 6 years now!!! Amazing! Love from India...

[@terryow100]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I hope you enjoy gimp.

[@TheEMC99]

Best, simplest gimp video so far after years of watching videos. Kudos!

[@Gerald5213]

Excellent explanation. Very clear and at a very reasonable speed. Other videos have individuals exceeding the speed limit of my brain and at times their own. Hope this individual produces more of the same!

[@terryow100]

That's so kind of you to say. I hope you enjoy using gimp.

[@HektorBandimar]

That was one of the best GIMP tutorials on KZbin, I actually understood most of it, unlike any other GIMP how to's!

[@terryow100]

That's so kind of you to say. I hope you enjoy learning and using gimp.

[@judyong3270]

This is the best tutorial I had come across, very clear and easy to understand. Very good and I am looking forward to more of your tutorial, like how to blend two images together. You are really amazing !!!! and I am really elated and thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@terryow100]

That's very kind of you. I so am glad it still makes sense

[@markloxley5821]

clearest video of how to use gimp ive seen so far, keep up the good work

[@terryow100]

Thank you for the comment. I hope you enjoy using gimp, Terry

[@ictwithchathu1330]

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[@stevefowles6383]

Thank you. I'm not only new, but a dinosaur. I'm not up to speed on all the computer lingo. I appreciated your tutorial.

[@terryow100]

I am glad it made sense. I am a dinosaur too, and those younger ones just don't understand it's a foreign language to us and they are so fast. Terry

[@chia1681]

After watching many clips and writing endless notes I thank you for your clear understandable lesson

[@deborahkelly5889]

It finally worked. I have GIMP 2.10.18 and the other tutorials did not match my version. This was clear and really helpful. Thank you!

[@terryow100]

I'm glad it made sense for you. In the latest gimp the tool box is compressed and looks different

[@jimmur2464]

EXCELLENT tutorial!! thank you very much!! perfect amount of detail, even with such things as the chain having to be together in the scale to make the image proportional when expanding. GREAT JOB

[@terryow100]

That's very kind of you to say. Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy using gimp.

[@daneilers739]

One of the Best GIMP videos I have ever \watched. Thank You!!

[@joshdenton611]

great video. i'm so used to the photoshop way of doing things. it's nice to have videos like these that make learning Gimp so much more enjoyable.

[@Thethinkingchiropractor]

Great tutorial for me who is a complete beginner! Taught clearly and a pace I could follow. Thank you!

[@terryow100]

That's so kind of you. These are a little out of date now, so I am going to make some basic ones as gimp 2.10 has a few differences to gimp 2.8

[@premjithappu837]

I am searching everywhere for this. thank you for this tutorial. am subscribed

[@urwithmi]

Finally a tutorial that could be followed easily thanks a lot.

[@terryow100]

I am glad it helped

[@StopWhining491]

Easy Peasy. Thanks for the unrushed narrative, clear instructions, and for not having your cursor flying all over the screen.

[@ajab124]

(Y) Wow I like the way you teach. You are teaching like a pro..! Thank you!

[@larryhieb4748]

Nice! I have found that with many videos I have watched they move the mouse around so fast you can't tell what tool they have just selected and they talk way to fast. I could understand every word you said and follower every move you described. I hope you will be making other videos cause you're really good at this. I give 5 out of 5 stars and a thumbs up.

[@terryow100]

Thank you for your kind comments. I know how fast some people can go and I also have trouble keeping up.

[@phpx2pperl]

I am pretty sure that this will work in a later version, at least I hope so because I am using 2.14. I found your teaching style as effective as it could ever possibly be. Thanks a million and I look forward to other videos as I am really interested in getting really good with GIMP! -- Thanks again!!!

[@terryow100]

That's very kind of you to say. Yes it does work on later versions of gimp, but the interface may look a little different.

[@keithp6689]

GIMP made simple! It's a great tutorial. As with the signature brush tutorial, this video shows everything you need to know in order to produce a great result!

[@downnflames2569]

You explained everything so clearly, very easy to understand. It worked exactly as You said. I want to Thank You.

[@terryow100]

That's very kind of you, Thank you, Terry

[@adamroshdy1363]

thank you finally an easy clear tutorial of exactly what to do

[@terryow100]

I am so glad it still makes sense. I hope you enjoy using gimp

[@retireddoc6145]

What a great tutorial. VERY HELPFUL. I have been trying to find one that does not race thru the steps to get from one point to another without leaving me lost. Your instructions are very helpful and allows me to see each step and how you got there. My project is making a 360 pano image. I think I know where I was going wrong. Thanks for the help.

[@abdulkhafidsulaymaan]

Great video. You made this process extremely simple for me. Thank you so much.

[@36arjyasen16]

its totally clear and within 3 days i combined 12 pictures!!!!

[@twoodakateresachallender3518]

Thank you for these! And I know that these are an older guide, but if you could put them in order in a playlist one day, that would be awesome!

[@StanWeiner]

One of the best tutorials, well done.

[@terryow100]

That's so kind of you. Because the latest gimp has a few differences, I am trying to update them.

[@beardedbroker]

Really great video. Good job.

[@terryow100]

thank you for taking the time to comment. I am so glad it made sense

[@peggyscroggins9237]

This is a bit hard for us beginners, but you explain it very well. I find I have to watch the tutorials over and over until it clicks with me.

[@terryow100]

Yes I understand what you mean. I learned by watching videos over and over and trying to do it with the video running. I hope it gets easier for you, I'd like to say I totally understand gimp, but I am learning more every day. Terry

[@JCBurdenLifter]

Thank you for your very informative video. It was very helpful. You gained a subscriber today.

[@terryow100]

I am so glad it made sense. I hope you enjoy using gimp.

[@jeannemoore6610]

Thank you so much. You explain very well and I learned a lot.

[@terryaylward8178]

Great tutorial and so easy to follow. By far the best I've seen. Terry.A

[@terryow100]

Thank you, I hope you enjoy using gimp, Terry

[@michaeldavidharris]

This was a wonderful tutorial.You took the time to explain each step in detail.Thank-you-very much!!

[@terryow100]

thank you for the lovely comment, I am so glad it helped.

[@powpowdamacio9107]

Thank you so much for this great video😘

[@terryow100]

thank you for taking the time to comment I hope you enjoy using gimp

[@powpowdamacio9107]

@@terryow100 thank you ,I hope there's more toturial i can learn from you as I'm a beginner of this field😊

[@terryow100]

You are very kind. these videos were made using an older version of gimp. I am trying to do some for Gimp 2.10.10, but it's been a long time, and my voice is much croakier now, so I don't know how they will turn out.

[@rodlrfilmmakercreator1460]

Very good video. How I can set up the canvas and the pictures to fit everything on size screen?

[@terryow100]

Hi Rod, I’m not sure exactly what you mean, but hopefully this covers it. If you your image is too small, look in the top right corner of the image window you should see a magnifying glass icon click on this once or twice it will zoom your image up to the largest size possible to fit in the image window. If your image is too big or small you can place your curser over the percentage number along the bottom of the image window (this is the zoom percentage) you can either click on the drop down arrow and select a specific percentage or you can place your curser over the numbers and use the roller to adjust the zoom percentage up or down. However if you ONLY want to see the image on your screen click on WINDOWS in the MENU bar and click on HIDE DOCKS, to check the box. You may still need to zoom it up a bit To reshow the docks click on WINDOWS in the MENU bar again, and click on HIDE DOCKS again to uncheck it.Please let me know how you get on, Terry

[@rodlrfilmmakercreator1460]

@@terryow100 I mean for example, I would like to create a tattoo design with one photo and two images. I know the photo is big in pixels. So how I can do before I put all images together. Like set up canvas and lager and not loose quality. I want to print a design and is for my arms. I think from my shoulder to my elbow is like 12 inches x 5 or 6 inches wide. Any advice?

[@terryow100]

Do you mean you want to make a larger canvas than your photo, so that you can arrange other images on it too? You could simply open a huge canvas to crop later To open a new canvas Click on File in the menu bar click on new and change the width and height to suit (Eg. If your photo’s 4000 x3500 you could try 8000 x 7000 (this is a huge canvas)) then using the OPEN AS LAYERS, add the photo and images as separate layers, then crop the canvas down to suit when you have finished placing the images. You would need to make sure the finished size is the same aspect ratio that it can be printed to the exact size you want

[@rodlrfilmmakercreator1460]

@@terryow100 thanks, how I can crop the canvas down?

[@terryow100]

click on the crop tool, drag out a rectangle and press your enter key. this is a very old you tube that shows you kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmXFgGuIds-NfMU

[@kathylarin8473]

Great job! Slow and clear. Thank you

[@terryow100]

Thank you for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it

[@chandraveersingh1515]

Very very thank you

[@terryow100]

I am glad it made sense. Thank you for taking the time to comment

[@leniehulse1621]

Oh my goodness! How wonderfully clear!! Thanks so much!!

[@terryow100]

Thank you for your kind comment. I hope you enjoy using gimp, Terry

[@JoeEvansSound]

Thank you Terry - Fabulous Video!! 😀❤❤

[@LatifKocak]

thx alot it helped better than figuring it out my self you deserve a coment

[@terryow100]

thank you, I am glad it worked for you

[@alan992493]

Thank u very much, very clear ! i wish all tutorials were like this ! Lisa

[@terryow100]

I am glad it made sense, Thank you for the comment

[@josephpeters5496]

Thanks, this was a great tutorial! It's helped me do the first productive thing with Gimp, which is at the same time full of functionality and totally overwhelming in it's complexity!

[@terryow100]

I am glad it helped. I hope you enjoy using gimp.

[@johnlastimoza1717]

how this is the easiest tutorial for me thank you mam for showing me how to do it..you are amazing please keep posting some tutorials for beginners.

[@terryow100]

That's very kind of you. I hope you enjoy using gimp

[@leemurphy4294]

Great video, quick question, how do you get all those tools on the LH side? I only have a couple in the panel?

[@LightCubeStudio]

thank you very much!! a lot detailed and very informative tutorial for beginners. :) thanks again

[@riverpchildofgod]

thanks so much! your friend looks like my grandpa who sied in 1972 freaked me out when i saw him!

[@edenearth3679]

Great video - love your accent. Thank you for posting.

[@terryow100]

Thank you for the kind comment. I'm from New Zealand

[@ImplicitlyPretentious]

Thank YOU! 5 years later

[@kjanakiramanfilm]

very well explained. you understand the beginners problems -thanks

[@howtocreatesculptures6713]

Thank you Terry love the accent and clear easy listening instructions : ) hope you have a nice day and thanks again !!!

[@terryow100]

that's so kind of you. I hope you enjoy gimp

[@raypearse3214]

@@terryow100 Very clear instructions which I have followed religiously several times over, the problem is I cannot scale down the current image to proportion in the background scene, they both scale together and not independently. What am I doing wrong please help before I go mad. Windows 10 Gimp 2 10 14

[@terryow100]

@@raypearse3214I think you have accidently linked your layers. Look in the layers panel. Now for each layer, between the eye and the thumbnail image, there is a space and if you click in that space you get a chain link. If your layers show this chain link they will scale together. If this is the problem, simply click on the chain links and they should disappear leaving a blank space, and unlinking the layers. Let me know if this works

[@raypearse3214]

@@terryow100 Thank you for your very prompt reply, I discovered where I was going wrong despite many times going over your excellent video I had neglected to do one click which was into the picture I wanted to scale. I looked at the chains you spoke of and they are quite obvious when revealed so no I hadn't done that but nevertheless yet another piece of useful information, now I just have to work out how to get the finished picture independent of Gimp so I can use it so thank you once again terry for your help

[@terryow100]

@@raypearse3214 Hi Ray. I am so glad you worked it out. To turn your project into a new jpg click on file in the menu bar - click on Export or Export As Name it and check it is a jpg and where it is going too Then click on Export Click on Export again and there should be a new jpg created in the folder. you will still have the gimp file and if you have finished with it, simply close gimp it and discard the changes. But if you want to work on it again you can save it as a new .xcf (gimp) file.

[@wiremujules1]

Neat thank you for this, what a surprise to see mt Taranaki on a tutorial, I’m in New Plymouth, looks like a view from Tarata. Well off to do some layering cheers

[@terryow100]

wow how amazing. Great to hear from you. I can't remember exactly when or where I took the photo. We live in Foxton and we often visit my sister in law who lives in New Plymouth, and I continually stop on the way to take photos.

[@beatricia100]

Excellent tutorial, easy to follow. Thank you very much, ♥

[@terryow100]

I am glad it helped. I hope you enjoy using gimp, Terry

[@toru7a]

I found this very helpful. Thankyou.

[@terryow100]

Thank you for taking the time to comment. It is good to know it still makes sense.

[@seanmiller4559]

Terry you are awesome:) I'm getting better at it with practice.

[@terryow100]

That's so kind of you. Yes, the more you do gimp, the easier it becomes.

[@Marie-qf7oz]

very easy to follow, great information

[@terryow100]

Thank you so much, I'm glad it made sense

[@viral_ragexd5904]

I do every step right, but when i go select and invert my whole picture deletes. I dont know whats the problem any tips? I need this for school.

[@terryow100]

Oops. this old you tube was done in gimp 2.8 and you are probably using gimp 2.10. In Gimp 2.8 the free select tool activated automatically, (started the marching ants), but I gimp 2.10 it doesn't. After you create your selection, you need to double click inside it, press your enter key, or click on another tool BEFORE you invert it. That starts the marching ants. I did a new selecting tool video and the second half shows how to activate the free select tool. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4jRiYOYn5yFsKM I hope that this fixes the problem, but please let me know how you get on

[@viral_ragexd5904]

Thank you very much i watched a video from the latest version of gimp and it helped me.

[@terryow100]

I am glad. I have just started trying to replace the old videos as the latest gimp does have a few changes.

[@fatdude8716]

Terry, very good video, and this is probably an easy one to answer. How do you save the two layers into one which becomes the final picture?

[@terryow100]

Hi. If you want to export to create a jpeg or png file, you do not have to merge the layers down, they automatically merged down in the jpeg or png. Let me know if this helps. Terry

[@webnut1]

thank you very much for a nice clear explanation

[@terryow100]

I am so glad it made sense I hope you enjoy using gimp. Terry

[@dominatorreborn8244]

Brilliant tutorial with no 'me me me aren't I clever' presentation... Thank You Heaps xxxxx If I could bottle you as my GIMP Genie !

[@terryow100]

You are so kind. I hope you enjoy gimp

[@dominatorreborn8244]

Pleasure

[@elenm5676]

4:32 press '' delete '' key doesn't work on my mac. Please help.

[@terryow100]

Hi Elena I’m afraid I use windows. You may need to use a different key. However, hopefully you have the same menu bar as me so you could use that. Click on Edit in the menu bar And then click on CLEAR - delete Let me know how you get on Cheers Terry

[@elenm5676]

@@terryow100 It is work!!!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!

[@terryow100]

@@elenm5676 I am so glad. I hope you enjoy using gimp

[@gdeb7000]

Great Tutorial, thank you for sharing. I am subscribing.

[@terryow100]

I am glad you liked it. I hope you enjoy using gimp

[@MustafaSajjadHaider_Dramatist]

Very good and you iccent is ixcellent.

[@stephenheath40]

Very well presented!

[@terryow100]

That's kind of you to take the time. Many thanks, Terry

[@mn8231]

Thank you helped me a lot.

[@NoName-ce6ky]

Hi, I don't know why but when I pressed delete, as you did in 4:30, the background turns white instead of transparent

[@terryow100]

The layer needs to have an alpha channel for it to go transparent. Right click on the layer in the layers panel and left click on add alpha channel.

[@NoName-ce6ky]

@@terryow100 Thank you

[@plushrush2361]

thank you so much this helped!

[@MrScviewer]

Thank you. Very helpful.

[@terryow100]

I am so glad it helped. I hope you enjoy gimp

[@Tarun_2010_]

What should we do after clicking envert in select tool

[@wasihe]

good video,when open as a layer, some photos not fully opened. part of the photo is open. pl let me know how to fix this problem.

[@terryow100]

the photo you are opening as layers is probably a different size. Try opening the project with the largest image if you can, then when you add others you can see the large photo to scale it down to match

[@michaelreilly7116]

brilliant so clear

[@CaptGage]

My Gimp window has the panel shown upper left in this video, but the other panels aren't there. Haven't found current layer only.

[@terryow100]

see if this video helps kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5XJkoVupM6pbc0

[@patokhornbusinangmalupet9916]

i subscibed,,,best tutorial ever slowly explained very nice its easy to follow,,,may i request how to blend the color of the inserted picture to match the color of the background,,,thanks in advance

[@terryow100]

If one image is brighter or darker than the other you could try using the curves filter. [Sorry old video] kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2KcZoWZarB2m5I If you actually want to change the colours of something, this youtube about changing eye colours might help you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqLOo2emqqp2h7s Or an older version of changing a color kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpXTi2OjapeWq8U You will find filters for brightness, saturation etc in the Menu bar under Colors but I haven’t a youtube for them This youtube will help you with color casts kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Gsga2OeJxkmac might help you to match images. Sorry I can’t do a new video to help at the moment.

[@fjderosa1]

I just want to stitch two photos together for a before and after pic. Is it this complicated?

[@terryow100]

There are several ways If you know the size of the photos you can create a larger blank background layer before you open the photos. If you make the layer more than double the width, and add a little to the height, you will be able to put a border around the photos. So for example if your photos are 4000 x 3000 Click on File in the Menu Bar and on New In the dialogue box make the width at least twice as wide plus a little extra (around 9000). Then make the height around 4000 Then open the photos as layers. Move them on the background canvas and then crop it to remove any unwanted canvas. At the beginning of this video I open a new doc, but I stick to the default settings. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4jRiYOYn5yFsKM Let me know how you get on, as there are other ways to do it.

[@_MSD75_]

Everything seems to work until I go to invert and delete, as nothing happens, except it's deleting the free select tool points. I can't see what I'm doing wrong?

[@aons5481]

Thank you so much

[@1ccfjeff]

Would you happen to have a video on how to combine two smaller images into a larger one? I scanned a map but it was too big to fit on one page. I'm wanting to combine the two images, assuming that is possible. Thanks for your help and for this video, which gave me some tricks I had not been aware of. I have used Photoshop Elements in the past and am trying to figure out how to use Gimp. They do things a little bit differently & I had mostly learned things via trial & error. It is helpful to see how other people do things, especially when there are tips and tricks I was not aware of.

[@terryow100]

Great idea. As soon as I get this new laptop set up I’ll give it a go, but in the meantime I hope this helps. Probably the easiest solution is to create a large canvas first. Find out the dimensions of the photos and create the canvas so it is bigger than both photos together in the direction you want, (by that I mean the width if you want to put then side by side, or the height if you want them one above the other) To create a new blank canvas click on FILE in the menu bar click on Then open the photos as layers, and move them to where you want. Finally click on the canvas layer in the layer panel (probably called background) click on the crop tool in your tool box and crop the canvas to suit. Now export it as a new JPG When you export with a blank canvas as your first layer gimp will default differently. Usually gimp will send it as a PNG file to your documents. You might want to change it to a JPG and check where you want it to go. Near the start of this old video I show you how to open and export a canvas which might help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3WanGN5hM2MfMU Let me know how you get on. Terry

[@1ccfjeff]

Thank you so much Terry for taking the time to give those instructions. I love how caring people can be in helping others like this. That attitude seems to be especially prevalent for open source projects but I see it quite a bit on youtube for all kinds of things. That was the ideal for the internet when it first came out, and it is a great thing to see as an antidote to all of the bad things we see going on in the world. Unfortunately, I have some family & work obligations for the near term, but hope to try it again later tomorrow or Sunday if I can. It's always great to learn something new & this will help out a group that needs this. I tried experimenting with it and enlarged the picture, perhaps resizing it, I don't remember, but it wouldn't let me move the layers around like I had hoped. I think I must not have enlarged the canvas itself. Thanks again for the help. It is much appreciated.

[@terryow100]

You are so right about open source. Some of us enjoy learning or creating and passing it on. You can learn so much from the internet. Yes, you probably just need a bigger canvas. Watch the start of the other video, but this video might help too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3PMXoeiiJmGg68 Unless your images are extremely large I wouldn’t scale them down though (as shown in the video). Computers can easily save much bigger files now. Cheers, Terry

[@marstr1745]

When I open first picture it shows me the whole picture. When I then add 2nd picture as layer it shows approx. 1/3 of picture. Usually middle section. I'd tried various things to correct this and nothing works. The first time I gave up and removed Gimp out of frustration. Decided to try again and reinstalled. Perfect. Then after 2 or 3 sessions it happens again. So now I just remove Gimp and re-install. Don't want to keep doing this. Can you help?

[@terryow100]

It could be that your photos are different sizes. When you the first photo in gimp, it sets the size of the ‘canvas’, or working area. If you open gimp with a small photo, you will have a small ‘canvas’ then when you add a larger photo on top, it will over hang the ‘canvas’, and you will only see the part of the photo which is within ‘canvas’. To fix it if you open the small one first and the larger second, you need to scale down the second photo. Or- you can open the larger photo first, and then the smaller one. You can then scale up the smaller one to suit. This is the only explanation I can think of, please let me know how you get on. Terry

[@marstr1745]

Thank you so much for replying and quickly. I've had this problem over and over again. Often with same two pictures. I'll open them and both will be full image. Then I "play around" with them, learning process, get tired, close gimp without saving my work. When I'm ready to continue my practice sessions I repeat as before and this time 2nd pictue shows middle third of the picture. I'm almost ready to give up. But I'll try again tomorrow. Thanks again.

[@terryow100]

Gosh, I don’t know the answer. When you open the first photo it will usually look big, as gimp zooms it up to fit the image window. To find out the size you need to read the size which is at the end of the title (along the top.) That first photo sets the size for the ‘canvas’ unless you change it. I hope this helps, but I am stumped. in the photo viewer I use I can hover over my photos and it will display the sizes Terry

[@vanessas7610]

im following the directions but im having trouble in the part when we invert the photo im doing that but it keeps deleting what i dont want to delete

[@terryow100]

Are you sure you are inverting the selection? if so you have managed to select the outside so try not inverting. I sure hope this makes sense.

[@screamingdean5]

Does GIMP have a distort tool? Is it a good alternative to Foto Flexer?

[@terryow100]

Gimp has a warp tool, and several transform tools. I don't know Foto Flexer. Gimp is similar to photo shop.

[@WhoIsDebbieNicholson]

I am unable to find where I can tick the current layer only box for the cropping part - please advise

[@terryow100]

You need to first click on the crop tool in the tool box, then the tool options underneath the tool box should be for the cropping tool. Current layer only should be the very first option. Let me know how you get on, Terry

[@krishnabali1]

Thank you.After free select to make the edges softer I click around the person picture. I go to Select and invert. When I click delete on the keyboard and picture and the background all disappear. The main layer remains. What am I ding wrong. I had it right once but not a nymore.

[@terryow100]

Hi Krishna I think you might not be actually finishing your selection and getting the marching ants running. You need to finish the selection by clicking back into the first click spot (as you hover over the first click spot you should see a yellow circle and this is where you click) Or you can double click. This will animate the selection (create the marching ants).Then to select the background instead, invert the selection (click on Select and on Invert). Be careful you don’t click on none, or you will lose the selection. You only click on None after you have deleted the background. I hope this helps, please let me know how you get on, Terry

[@krishnabali1]

@@terryow100 I have it working now. Joiningg the starting point with the finishing point is critical. I used the Path icon to do the cut outline. Thank you so much.

[@terryow100]

This is a difference between gimp 2.8 and 2.10. In gimp 2.8 the area activated automatically, but in gimp 2.10 you need to activate it yourself. In gimp 2.10 you can see the selected area isn’t activated (marching ants) as the edge appears normal, when it is active the edge will appear to run (marching ants). You can do this by completing your selection then pressing your enter key, click on another tool, or double click the centre in the selection, before you try to invert it. Let me know how you get on

[@dougblack3053]

When I combine the 2nd picture it is as large as the first. How to I overcome this

[@terryow100]

when you crop the top layer, make sure you click on current layer only in the options under the tool panel before you crop. Otherwise it will crop both layers. Hopefully this is what you mean, as it is a common problem

[@2132-m6f]

this is my same problem the Open as layer is a small can you make a lil video i don't get it

[@dougblack3053]

Awesome teacher, anymore subjects she teaches

[@terryow100]

Thank you for such a kind comment, I hope you enjoy gimp

[@lichung9829]

After click invert, operate what on keyboard?

[@terryow100]

press the delete key on your keyboard, to delete the background, then click on select in the menu bar and click on NONE to deselect it I hope this is the right answer. Please let me know how you get on

[@JDStone20]

Nice tutorial!

[@terryow100]

Thank you, I hope you enjoy using gimp

[@JDStone20]

@@terryow100 Yes, thank you, I was able to get my project done.

[@seanmiller4559]

Thank you so much!

[@terryow100]

I am glad it made sense, I hope you enjoy using gimp, Terry

[@terryow100]

I am so glad it helped. I hope you enjoy using gimp

[@seanmiller4559]

Can I ask you a question about changing the color of a object?

[@terryow100]

try this www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dpZ0m 2cuc

[@larryhieb4748]

I Watched this video several times and always got stuck at the part where she connects the starting point dot and then ending point dot when she uses the Free Hand tool. On her video when she clicks the first and last dots the person image immediately shows marching ants (dashes around the image) to indicate the focus is on person image and not the background image, but when I clicked the first and last dots I found I had to double click the person image and then it would outline the person image with marching ants. and then everything worked perfectly once I did that. I am thinking it may be that I am using a much newer Gimp version (2.10.8) than she was using when she mage the video. Hope this makes sense but if your having problems with that part of the process, this should help.

[@terryow100]

Hi Larry. You are correct that I was using an old version of gimp, so I have just installed the latest gimp. It still connects the dots as before. It is possible that you are not quite clicking on the first click spot. When you hover over it, it should turn yellow and then you are in the right place to click. But in all truth, if you are happy double clicking then why not. I hope you enjoy gimp. Terry100

[@kathygreen8828]

Can you reuse the photos that you have cropped more than once

[@terryow100]

I'm unsure what you mean. If you crop a photo and then export it with a new name, (as a new jpg), you do create a new file (photo). You can do the same things with this new photo as you do with any other photo. What ever you do though, do not overwrite the original file. Always keep the original.

[@mahendraka5999]

I exported the edited photo to a JPEG format and when I copied it to my phone it is not showing the photo.pls help me

[@Mitzy596]

Wait! My GIMP 2.8 doesn't have a layers panel on the right. How does one open this panel?

[@terryow100]

oops at some stage you must have closed it. It's a very common problem so this link should show you how to find it again and change your view to a single window so it doesn't happen again. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5XJkoVupM6pbc0

[@Mitzy596]

Thanx , up & operating!

[@terryow100]

fantastic, Terry

[@u47tube]

Thank you.

[@terryow100]

I am glad it helped, cheers Terry

[@cosmo0080]

very good do more please

[@terryow100]

so kind of you to say. Actually I am looking at doing one right now about the select tools because in the latest version of gimp (2.10.8) the free select tool does not automatically active the selection.(make it live)

[@LindsayC33]

I can’t help but notice how much she sounds like Liz Birdsworth from Wentworth!

[@equinox747]

well done , thank you :)

[@terryow100]

I am glad it made sense for you. I hope you enjoy gimp

[@lennytheleopard]

thank you

[@terryow100]

I am so glad it still makes sense