Gimp

EMIN · 03-07-2012, 12:48 PM

Hey all, I have just installed GIMP but I am completely noob at it.
If you know some tips let me know

Thanks in advance

standistortion · 03-07-2012, 01:00 PM

Answers for just about anything I've ever needed to do with gimp have been in the first few hits on google, gimps own documentation is great and online info fills any gaps or makes things clearer. Its kind of clunky at first and a few things stay clunky but mostly its quick to use with practice, layers are important and the undo steps are useful to try out different approaches until you get what your looking for. You can switch the GUI to a normal single window if the multiple windows are hard to get used to.

EMIN · 03-07-2012, 04:12 PM

ok ty

will try it

Ashnurazg · 03-08-2012, 02:35 AM

It depends on what picture you will use gimp.
For little picture manipulations or drawing sketches you can use gimp as well as Paint.net.

Simply experiment a little bit with gimp. That's partly much better than reading manual pages.

PS: I switched from Paint.Net to Gimp and finally to Photoshop.

Lekarz · 03-10-2012, 07:38 AM

Gimp have horrible interface , completly different from Photoshop... Personally I use Paint.net , easy layers work, filters on places.

So 2 votes for Paint.net , delete this shit...
For me : paint -> gimp -> paint.net (coz poor student and don't have licence keys atm :P so I stay on it. In future Photoshop, even old version).

NotScias · 03-10-2012, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lekarz

Gimp have horrible interface , completly different from Photoshop...
...delete this shit...

It's not because it has a different interface that the whole can be considered 'shit' like this.
Althought personally I don't like/use GIMP more because of its destructive filters/effects system (and because I started from Photoshop), it's still a great tool and that is free. It's enough for basic stuff that 95% of people needs I believe... Also the latest version of GIMP (2.8?) has got a 1-window interface just like Photoshop.

Paint.NET is great, with a cool interface however I find it more suited for photo-editing rather than creating new content, and find it less featureful than GIMP.. But long time I didn't use it so it could've changed.

Anyways use what suits your needs and you are not tied to use only one.

My 2¢.

vizsla · 03-11-2012, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shining-Scias

I don't like/use GIMP more because of its destructive filters/effects system

I use Gimp most of the time, but this one thing annoys me as well. That said, it is very hard to think of a prosumer usecase where this compromise really hurts results. Heck, I even use it for professional photography projects. I wish Linux had a video editor of this quality. One must be pretty clueless to call it shit, lol

@gamias7: The main advantage of using open source software is the community behind it. Loads of tutorial sites/forums/videos only about Gimp, google is your friend. There is also the Gimp Bible, available for download in pdf all around the web.

OpperVaagheid · 03-15-2012, 02:17 PM

Install Gimpshop if you want to have gimp with a kinda photoshop look a like

03-07-2012, 12:48 PM	#1
EMIN Initiate Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bosnia,The Netherlands Posts: 147	Gimp Hey all, I have just installed GIMP but I am completely noob at it. If you know some tips let me know Thanks in advance __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/MrEminRO

03-07-2012, 04:12 PM	#3
EMIN Initiate Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bosnia,The Netherlands Posts: 147	ok ty will try it __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/MrEminRO

03-07-2012, 01:00 PM	#2
standistortion Master Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ireland Posts: 438	Answers for just about anything I've ever needed to do with gimp have been in the first few hits on google, gimps own documentation is great and online info fills any gaps or makes things clearer. Its kind of clunky at first and a few things stay clunky but mostly its quick to use with practice, layers are important and the undo steps are useful to try out different approaches until you get what your looking for. You can switch the GUI to a normal single window if the multiple windows are hard to get used to.

03-08-2012, 02:35 AM	#4
Ashnurazg Initiate Join Date: May 2010 Location: Europe, Germany Posts: 128	It depends on what picture you will use gimp. For little picture manipulations or drawing sketches you can use gimp as well as Paint.net. Simply experiment a little bit with gimp. That's partly much better than reading manual pages. PS: I switched from Paint.Net to Gimp and finally to Photoshop.

03-10-2012, 07:38 AM	#5
Lekarz Master Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Poland Posts: 285	Gimp have horrible interface , completly different from Photoshop... Personally I use Paint.net , easy layers work, filters on places. So 2 votes for Paint.net , delete this shit... For me : paint -> gimp -> paint.net (coz poor student and don't have licence keys atm :P so I stay on it. In future Photoshop, even old version).

03-15-2012, 02:17 PM	#8
OpperVaagheid Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Holland Posts: 226	Install Gimpshop if you want to have gimp with a kinda photoshop look a like