I love The GIMP. I use it every day for many different things. I know The GIMP well and have little problem using any aspect of this image manipulation program. There is one task, however, that always throws me for a loop when I have to undertake it: Creating an unfilled circle. You would think [...]

Tags: circles, graphics, image manipulation, The GIMP
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

So you’ve been reading about Linux on ghacks for a few months now and you’ve  noticed plenty of screenshots or images of applications in action. Now it’s time you found out just how those images are taken. No it’s not magic, but in one instance it’s ImageMagick. Actually there are a few ways to take [...]

Tags: ImageMagick, images, Linux, screenshots, The GIMP
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

In my last GIMP article (”Create a 3D logo with The GIMP“) you learned how to make 3D logos that can easily be used for web projects and more. In the process of making those logos I mentioned deleting a layer which sort of jumped ahead of the game. So I thought I would [...]

Tags: layers, Linux, The GIMP
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

After only a couple of articles about The GIMP it is clear there are many users that are still unhappy with the interface. With that in mind I thought I would help users see how simple it is to clean up the interface to make usage even easier.
One of the easiest ways to simplify use [...]

Tags: GIMP 2.4, graphics, graphics software, image manipulation, Linux, The GIMP, user interface
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Tools, Tutorials Basic, software

For many people, the biggest hurdle to using The GIMP is the user interface. When The GIMP began it started out with a very different UI than any other application. That UI was sustained, pretty much as-is, until The GIMP 2.6. With the adoption of 2.6 the user interface took a turn towards being more [...]

Tags: image-editing, Linux, The GIMP, user interface
Categories: Knowledge, Linux, Mac, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software

I almost hesitate to offer up any sort of review for the Linux version of Photoshop. Why? I’ve been using it for so long it almost seems unfair to “review” something so familiar. But then I have to step back and remember that not everyone has given The Gimp a go and most probably don’t [...]

Tags: GNU, graphics, image-editing, Linux, photoshop, raster graphics, The GIMP
Categories: Advice, Linux, Mac, Open Source, Tools, Windows, software