If you do any graphics you know that, at some point, your work is going to have to turn to much higher quality tools. Although I find The GIMP great for day to day raster work, when you need higher quality, line art and vector graphics, you have to turn to a took like Inkscape. [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Change perspective of images in The GIMP
The GIMP is one of the most powerful of the free, open source image manipulation tools you will ever use. It seems the possibilities are nearly limitless. But for some users, the barrier to entry on The GIMP is too challenging to get over. Although it may seem that way, it is not necessarily true. [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Add brushes to The GIMP
The GIMP has a ton of tools for the user to take advantage of. From editing tools to drawing tools to filters to script fu to a whole host of other possibilities. One tool that many don’t take advantage of is bushes. Brushes in The GIMP allow the user to extend The GIMP’s flexibility by creating [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Five handy tools in the GIMP toolbox
For many Linux users, The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Project) seems to mostly be a tool of mystery and confusion. The biggest reason for this is lack of exposure. Most users that complain about The GIMP’s interface really only need to get to know the interface. I have covered The GIMP a few times here [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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A few cool plugins for The GIMP (and how to add them)
One of the many nicer aspects of the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Project) is that, like Photoshop, you can extend it’s usability by adding plug-ins and scripts. These plug-ins are quite numerous (and can be found on the GIMP Plug-in Registry). Not only can you find plug-ins, you can also find perl, script-fu, and python [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Create a 3D logo with The GIMP
Any of you that do any graphic design or web development know how important it is to have tools at your disposal to handle just about any task that might come your way. And even if you don’t have graphic design skills you will, someday, have to create something quickly to use for a web [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
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Tired of Photoshop and GIMP? Try Paint.net
I’ve been searching for a Photoshop replacement for a while, and the obvious choice was GIMP, although I never really liked it much. I am 100% sure that GIMP is an awesome application, but to me it just doesn’t feel right. So instead, I gave Paint.net another go, an application which I have tried before, [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
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Photoshop “skin” for Gimp
Image editing applications have been coming and going on my desktop for some time now. I used to be a Photoshop user, but I decided to give free software a chance and after going through Paint.net and Gimp, I finally decided Gimp was for me. However I have since missed the intuitive menus in Photoshop [...]
Create Animated Gifs from Movie Clips
Animated gif files are a great way to get your profile pic or avatar to really stand out from the rest of the crowd. I’ve seen software that will make gifs for you but Noah has figured out a method to create animated gifs from a video clip using two of the most popular open [...]