Questions tagged [gimp]
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. Scripting questions on Stack Overflow, software support questions on Super User, and anything related to design on Graphic Design.
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How can I access the logo creation tools in GIMP?
Where is the extension menu in gimp 2.6 for windows?, over a decade ago, asked where to go to get GIMP's logo creation facilities.
Its answer no longer holds, File -> Create has no option to create ...
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Copying part of an image in GIMP
Using GIMP on Mac OS X (10.9.4), copying part of an image using the select tool ends up copying the whole image instead.
I've selected the part of the image I want to copy with the Rectangle Select ...
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Remove left panel in GIMP
In GIMP, I prefer simply having a single panel on the right with my toolbox and docked stuff, leaving the left one empty. I realise that I can resize it and just drag it all the way to the left to ...
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How can I display GIMP's logo in the taskbar instead of a thumbnail?
Whenever an image is opened in GIMP, the Windows taskbar icon changes from the standard Wilber head into a thumbnail of the current image.
I sometimes get confused trying to locate GIMP on a crowded ...
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Command line to automatically crop an image?
By using Gimp's menu, you can automatically crop the image (removing white borders). I have a lot of images with white borders of different sizes. I want to remove them using Gimp in command line but ...
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GIMP 2.10.34 - How install compact installation silently
Hi i use now command for Full silent Installation: "gimp-2.10.34-setup.exe" /verysilent /allusers /norestart /dir="c:\programy\gimp" but this is Full Installation. How run silently ...
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What is the name of font used in GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)?
What is the name of the font used on buttons and other elements of the GIMP GUI?
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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?
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"Layers window"→<right click>→"Scale ...
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GIMP: using mask extracted from a PDF file
I frequently use pdfimages to extract graphic images from pdf files. A lot of the time, I find that the extracted image seems to be in two parts - the original image and a grey-scale mask that screens ...
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Is there any way to "Fit Layer to Canvas Size" in GIMP?
So after doing a bit of research, I am unable to find a command anywhere in Gimp 2.8.22 which will stretch my layer size to the size of my canvas, essentially the opposite of Image->Fit Canvas to ...
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Changing GIMP 2 installation folder on Windows
I've just installed GIMP 2.8.16 on Windows XP (32-bit). The installer prompted me for everything -- which components to install, file associations, etc. -- except for the installation folder (which it ...
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Color rotation/correction help request for GIMP
I'm new to GIMP and am looking for help on color rotation. Some target colors don't always seem to be accessible, or I don't understand how to get to it.
For example:
Here I can rotate the color from ...
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Arithmetic addition of pixel intensities in superimposed layers
I want, in GIMP, to take two (grayscale) images (same size) and add, arithmetically, the corresponding pixel intensities of their superposition. I have attempted this by using Paste as.../New layer in ...
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gimp - print - fit whole page
I use gimp as an all-purpose image viewing/editing/printing software (which it was not designed for). Now I have a picture and want to upscale it and print it in the largest possible size on an A4 ...
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GIMP workflow to apply same change to a bunch of PNGs?
What I'm Trying To Do: I have about 80 pngs of "cards", and I want to paste first of all a black border with rounded corners over top of the images, and then have the outside parts of the ...
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How to make rounded corners to a layer or selection in GIMP 2.8?
I would like to have a round cornered hexagon, but i don't know how to do it in GIMP 2.8. I know how to do a hexagon, but not a round cornered one. Is it even possible?
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How to highlight (draw a semi-transparent straight line) with Gimp without having the starting point visible?
I'd like to highlight parts of a screen capture with semi-transparent straight lines with Gimp. I know how to draw straight lines (click on a point, press and hold the shift key, and if needed the ...
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Blur a selection in Gimp without bleed
I want to blur a selected area of my image using Gimp, however the standard filters sample from outside the selected pixels to calculate the new shade.
e.g.
Starting with the image on the left, I ...
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GIMP Does Not Paint Consistently
I want to use the Paintbrush Tool in GIMP, but it does not apply paint in a consistent manner.
Often the paint is applied very lightly, sometimes even hard to notice, or not at all (no Undo option ...
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GIMP: how to create new file when executing gimp from CLI?
(Sorry if this is too easy question, I'm just starting to use gimp).
I'm looking for following behavior in gimp. When executing gimp a.png from shell:
if a.png file exists, gimp opens a.png (Of ...
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How to open image map file (.map) in GIMP
I'm trying to create a large HTML image map in GIMP, using the Image Map tool (Filters > Web > Image Map).
I started on it yesterday and saved the file, it saved as a .map file. I'm trying to open it ...
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Batch convert images to ASCII art in GIMP
I want to convert a photoset of .png pictures to .txt files using the ASCII art generator of GIMP. I can do this individually just exporting the picture as .txt format, but I can't find any batch ...
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How do I move a section of an image to another part of that image, in batch? Macro Image editing?
Don't be confused by the title, my question is not overly complicated:
I want move a section of an image to another place inside the image, but in batch (6000 images). Specifically, I want to move the ...
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Gimp - Mouse wheel scroll is not recognized: no zoom and no scroll
The problem:
The mouse wheel scroll events don't seem to be recognized by Gimp: There is no scroll, and there is no zoom in or out when using the mouse wheel, either with or without the CTRL key.
Some ...
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How to copy a selection from one image to another image in GIMP?
Recently I switched from Photoshop to GIMP. I want to copy a selection from one image to another, so that I can fill that selection with color in another image and I can get the shape without ...
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Why is Tool Options always missing in GIMP? How do I quickly get it back?
For years and across platforms every time I open GIMP the Tool Options dialog is missing.
To get it back I have to go through the menu: Windows > Dockable Dialogs > Tool Options. The dialog ...
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GIMP: how to combine images where one has transparent parts
I have an image where certain parts are deleted and are transparent. I would like paste another image onto this and would like to see it only covering those transparent sections of the original image. ...
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Split image to multiple pages
I have a large image (80cmx40cm) that I want to print on multiple pages of A4 paper (29,7x21 cm).
Usually I use Gimp as my image processor and I could manually chunk the image, but that would be ...
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Can't change font style?
Gimp shows no button to select a different font in the text editing tool:
Everything I saw in tutorials has a little button you click to choose the font style, but I do not see one.
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Icons too small, 2023-07-03 GIMP 2.10.34
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Windows 10 - up to date.
Tags: Brush-icons-unreadable
left-side-icons-excellent
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Uniform-icon-size-not-respected
After a fresh install of GIMP 2.10.34:
The left icons ...
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Can I change the compression ratio of a JPEG image on travel.state.gov (passport photo tool)?
When on travel.state.gov's photo editor, I get
Image is overly compressed. Please use a compression ratio that is less than 20:1
Is there anyway to get past this screen in the application given a ...
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Move a layer to specific X,Y position in Gimp
How do I move a layer to a specific XY position within the canvas in Gimp?
Currently, the only way I can find is to just eyeball it with the guides and/or mouse position. I want to specify the exact ...
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How do I move ellipses around in GIMP
So if I make a new layer, and make an ellipse on it using the ellipse tool, then color it, then switch to the MOVE tool, and try to move it, (with the ellipse layer active) it won't grab the layer of ...
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Copy and paste does not work with free-selection tool in GIMP
I have started using GIMP 2.10.8 on Linux and want to cut an arbitrary piece of an image, copy, and paste it. All image editing programs support this except GIMP - why?
Step-by-step reproduction of ...
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How to edit .webm files or convert them to good quality .gif, to edit in GIMP
I have a short scene from some TV show in a .webm format. I wanted to edit it, to create a simple funny animation/meme. I know how to edit .gif in a GIMP frame by frame, so I thought about converting ...
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GIMP controls, icons too small
I recently installed the latest GIMP for Windows 10: GIMP 2.10.20 (revision 1)
The controls and icons are very small, to the point that they're hard to read. Is there a way to make them bigger?
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GIMP advice on JPG to PDF conversion
When I convert JPG files to PDF using GIMP the result is usually a much bigger file.
The first step upon importing is the dialog for a conversion that is titled "convert to RGB working space"...
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How do I use the gimp print plugin dialog instead of the windows 11 print dialog in gimp 2.10?
I want to set DPI and see what else gimp has to offer for printing images as sharp as possible. But after installing gimp 2.10.34 under Windows 11, it just opens the Windows default printing dialog (...
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How to change a picture's PPI without changing the print size in GIMP
E.g. I have a picture with print size 10x20 cm and resolution 300 PPI. How can I change PPI to 200 and keep the print size 10x20 cm? Size in pixels should also change of course. GIMP always does vice ...
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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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How to enlarge Gimp UI font and icon size for HDPI screen?
I'm using Gimp for Mac on a 4k screen and the interface text and icons look tiny. How can I make it bigger?
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gimp exports are about 50% bigger, how should I economize on space?
Suppose I'm satisfied with the quality of a JPEG photo but I just want to crop the edges without ending up with a bigger file. I use gimp to do the cropping. The JPEG photos are always photos of text ...
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GIMP does not see Windows fonts
I have downloaded some fonts and installed them by double-clicking to open them, then clicking "Install font". Word and other Windows programs can see them, but GIMP does not list them in the text ...
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Why does an inkjet printer use the color CMY cartridges to print black images?
I have observed that when an image is present within a Word document (or PDF) along with plain black text and the Color option is selected for printing, certain printers tend to use the cyan, magenta, ...
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Copy and Paste Selection in Gimp is copying empty space, instead of image?
I have the following image, which I open in gimp:
I then use the rectangle selection tool to select a character and copy the selection. When I use paste new image, I get a new image that is exactly ...
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Bucket fill different shades accrodingly to target area colour/alpha
In GIMP, I'm using the "Bucket Fill" tool to add colour to a black surface. The shape I am filling includes different shades of black/grey, with different alpha values, as can be seen in the ...
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I want to change DPI with ImageMagick without changing the actual byte-size of the image data
In GIMP there is a very simple way to do what I want. I only have the German dialog installed but I’ll try to translate it. I’m talking about going to Picture -> PrintingSize and then adjusting the ...
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How do I print an image to a fixed size over multiple pages?
I want to print an image that is 52x44 cm using letter sized pages in Windows 10. So it's similar to this question, but I need to print an image that is larger than one page. Presumably it will take ...
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GIMP: opening dicom files
I am trying to open a dicom file (.dcm). All files I tried yield an error saying transfer syntax 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70 is not supported. What can I do?
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Apply changes without closing dialogue?
How (if at all), do I apply changes (such as color selection on text) without closing the dialog to see the change? It's pretty standard UI to have "Apply" as well as "OK" and &...
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