GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, cross-platform photo retouching and graphics editing tool. It competes with adobe-photoshop.
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Make GIMP 2.8 open in a maximised window (plus “Edit with GIMP” problems")
I'd like to know how I can make GIMP 2.8 (the latest stable release) open in a maximised window. Every time I open it I have to click on the maximise button so that I can see the complete window and ...
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Running an algorithm to draw in GIMP with a number of Hexacode colors
solved - hey guys n gals i did it. I solved it on my own. I did the work with the
color piker in GIMP .
here the initial thread: greetings...
I had investigated an existing image - regarding the ...
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How to erase text in a image using GIMP?
I have this image, from here:
I want to erase the text inside those circles. Is that possible?
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Constant background for an animated GIF file in GIMP
I'm trying to create an animated GIF by using GIMP 2.8.
By reading this tutorial I created one.
My GIF has 10 frames which changes with 100 ms.
But I want to have a background layer.
This layer will ...
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How to check if a pixel is 100% transparent (transparency level)?
I have an image where a certain region must be 100% transparent. However, another tool reports that not all pixels are completely transparent.
How can I check if a certain pixes is completely ...
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Gimp reports huge file size (in the GB range) when trying to export to JPG
If I load a JPG file (2-4 MB in size) into Gimp for photo manipulation and try to export it, Gimp reports the file size will be in the region of 1.3 GB!
I have to export it as PNG, which results in a ...
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Gimp 2.8 Gimper theme switcher
I just recently got 2.8 on Windows. I absolutly love the single window display but but in 2.6 I had used a program (Theme Switcher). It doesnt seem to work with 2.8. It just says libatk-1.0-0.dll is ...
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Is there a way to fix gimp on OSX to solve the xwindows focus issue?
When running GIMP on OS X you have to click on the toolbar window once, then click again to select a tool because the window was not in focus.
And you have to do this over and over again because ...
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How to find layer dimensions in Gimp
In Gimp, what is the easiest (fewest clicks/keyboard shortcut/setting change) way to find the dimensions of a given layer in a PSD file?
Is
"Layers window"→<right click>→"Scale ...
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Is there a tool I can use for editing css image sprites?
Is there something I can use to divide an image sprite up into individual images, combine images into the composite, etc?
The tool doesn't have to do editing itself. Ideally a plugin for Paint.NET, ...
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How can I remove the timestamp/date embedded in the photo taken from a digital camera?
I used my digital camera to take photo, but I forget to switch off the timestamp function. Now every of my photos have the timestamp in it....How or Can I remove it using GIMP/Photoshop?
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A program to cut a big image into a bunch of little images
I am making a tileset for a game in GIMP, and the thought of cutting out each
individual piece (the game environment will be destructible, so we're talking about a lot of pieces here) is not a ...
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Changing the backgound of a lot of images in GIMP of Pixelmator
How do I bulk change the background of the images to White. I have 400 Images of jewelry in which I want to batch edit them to change their background.
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How to set guides at a certain position in mm
I need to design a front panel, so I created a new image with 300dpi and the size of 397mm by 127mm. To draw the holes for the different ports I need to place them at a certain x,y position.
With
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Gimp: Change all shades of pink to an equivalent shade of green in JPG? [closed]
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Gimp: change one colour to another?
I have a JPG image that is made up of different shades of blue and pink. I would like to change all the pink in the image to the ...
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GIMP: Pastes into a zone within a layer?
So I have two images, and I want to put them into one big image. What I did was I
Cut the contents of one image.
Increased the canvas size of the other image to x2.
Pasted the image I have.
Tried ...
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Gimp play with scale without losing quality
In photoshop when I transform an image(layer) and make it smaller, then decide later that I want it bigger no quality is lost, however in gimp when I resize an image(layer) and make it smaller it ...
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Converting RGB to CMYK color profile in GIMP
I want to convert an sRGB image in gimp to CMYK.
Heres what I did:
Downloaded CMYK color profiles from Adobe.
Extracted them in the icc folder (/usr/share/color/icc/)
I opened my xcf image in gimp ...
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Move all 3 GIMP's windows at the same time?
GIMP consists of 3 separate windows. So when I have to move it to another desktop in Ubuntu, I have to move all three separately.
Is there a way to move all 3 at the same time? Right click on GIMP's ...
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Where to get X11 for OS X 10.6 without the installation CD?
In order to get GIMP working on OS X I'm told to install X11 from CD. Unfortunately I don't have such a CD. Is there an other way to get X11 working for OS X?
If I start GIMP I do get the following ...
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Using GIMP, easiest way to repeat an image in a tiled fashion?
I have an image that is 100 x 125 pixels in size.
I'd like to create a new image by repeating the source image, five times, horizontally. (So the new image is 500 x 125.)
The repetitions must be ...
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transformation to match color profiles between two photos
I have a set of photos X taken with camera 1 and a set of photos Y taken with camera 2 of the same objects. I want to find a transformation such that when I apply it to a photo Xi, the output will be ...
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How do I set the program that “Edit” in the context menu opens?
If I right click a JPG or PNG file, the "Edit" option opens MS Paint, whereas I would like it to open GIMP. I found the ShellMenuView and ShellExView programs, but I can't find the relevant entries.
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Resizing an image in gimp
In gimp I imported two separate images as separate layers into an image. I'm trying to resize one of these images so that it better matches the other. How can I do this?
I tried right clicking on the ...
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Why does installing GIMP over MacPorts download more than just GIMP?
I freshly installed Mac OS X Lion yesterday and today I wanted to try MacPorts and install GIMP with it, because the Gimp homepage says it's easy installed with MacPorts, so I tried the command
sudo ...
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Is it possible to set Photoshop keyboard shortcuts in GIMP?
Is there an option/configuration in GIMP to have its keyboard shortcuts like Photoshop's?
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Is it possible to crop and resize in one step in GIMP?
The crop-and-resize tool in Photoshop is one of the few features that I use all the time but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it in GIMP.
Photoshop allows you to set a size for the final ...
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Any way to make two images the same size and/or aspect ratio in ImageMagick?
Suppose I want to have two images side by side in a slide but they are different sizes. I know I can use "mogrify" and "convert" and all that to resize them, but it's a pain to type in the exact ...
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How to remove failed macports software?
I was installing gimp using macport
But it takes me 2 hours to build and install the entire dependents.
So I stopped it. But no matter I use uninstall or clean command. It took me 2GB disk. I wonder ...
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How to disable smooth image rendering at different zoom levels on GIMP?
How can i disable this so called mipmapping? its taking crazy amount of memory and makes image loading so slow its painful.
So if i zoom in/out a lot, the GIMP has to generate own image for each of ...
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“Round corners” filter disabled in GIMP
I have an RGB image with one layer, and I want to apply Round Corners filter to it. However, the filter is disabled (look at the image).
What am I doing wrong???
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Gimp: Color to alpha
I have an image where I want all the pixels with a specific color converted to transparent pixels. The operation should not change the color/alpha value of any pixel which don't match the color ...
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How do I stroke a path in GIMP (or, just draw a line)?
I want to just draw a simple line in GIMP. The usual method, which I'm sure worked before, is to use a path then stroke it.
I selected the path tool, then clicked 2 points to make a straight line ...
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How to change the transparent background grid in GIMP?
When a layer in GIMP is transparent and there are no opaque pixels behind it, you see a kind of default grid indicating that this part of the image is "transparent", like in the centre here:
Is ...
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Using a CMYK .psd file with The Gimp
Is there a way to convert CMYK .psd files to an RGB .psd or to an .xcf (gimp format) on a linux computer (and without photoshop)?
This question had no answers that helped me. XnView (installed in ...
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Perspective Issue
I have an issue with perspectives. I am trying to draw lines onto this 3D rectangle in the mage below to create a block paving type effect. If you've never seen block paving, it's square blocks of ...
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Can Gimp or convert generate an image for each layer in a .xcf file?
Given a .xcf file (a Gimp format file), how can I save a file for each layer. I think it could be achieved with Gimp itself or convert.
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How do you add RefocusIt to Gimp?
I'm trying to compile Gimp with a special plugin called Refocus-It. I know that I need to compile something. Can somebody please explain what needs to be done?
I would like to accomplish this using ...
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How to change to a specific color by its hex code in GIMP?
I have a simple black vector icon, and I want to change its color to an other color. I have this other color in hex.
I can use colorize but I can't achieve this color I have in hex.
How can I do it ...
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How do I change the RGB colour of objects in GIMP?
Some background: I am attempting to do some web design as a hobby. I am now at the point where I want to start introducing some texture to the site, and Tileables seems useful.
The readme in the ...
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How do I edit text as one of the layers, using GIMP
I have a PSD and I want to edit text which is one of the "layers". Can I edit the text or do I have to create a new layer and delete the existing one.
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How do I slice a large image using GIMP?
How can I edit a large image file on Linux?
I have a high-res scan of an image, and I'd like to select parts of it and save them individually to be able to manipulate them.
I used GIMP to place ...
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how to change the color that's used for transparency automatically, or programmatically?
For every picture (e.g. bmp, png), a transparent point actually does have a color
The transparency is either
defined by alpha channel mask (e.g. in PNG)
or one of the colors is defined as ...
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Gimp doesn't appear to render a simple .gif image properly
I have a simple .gif image that I attempted to open and edit in GIMP 2.6.11 on Windows XP. The .gif image is quite simply a 4px by 170px top border for a box with rounded corners; that is, a long ...
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Is it possible to make a .png image that doesn't have rectangular dimensions?
This might be a dumb question, but is it possible to make a .png file that isn't square?
If so, how can one do this in Gimp?
Ideally I'd like one in the shape of an X.
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transparenting selection
How can I make selection transparent as value of selection by quick mask? I mean I made quick mask, made selection and now want these selected parts to be as transparent as much selected are.
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Is it possible to view objects within a layer in Inkscape?
In Fireworks, or Photoshop, or GIMP your layer list also includes the objects within each layer. I've just started exploring Inkscape and can't seem to find this functionality. Some googling reveals a ...
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How to remove a set of pixel columns from an image, using GIMP?
To clarify, say I have an image that is 100px wide and 50px high and I want to make it 50px x 50px, by removing columns from the MIDDLE of the image. i.e. I want to keep the left side of the image, ...
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Auto crop image with transparent background to inner element?
I often have images like the one below, where a small image is positioned on a transparent background. The background can't be seen here, but it's definitely there - just download the image and see.
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Cheatsheets, guidance for experienced GIMPers switching to Photoshop? [closed]
I've used GIMP on Linux since the 1990s. Now I need to work on a Mac using Adobe Photoshop CS5. It isn't identical to GIMP. So much is similar, but I can't find certain tools or settings, and I ...
