Hey Guys, 
First let me apologize for my extreme lack of experience. Someone showed me GIMP and now I really wanna get better at using it!

I know very littlt tbh...All I know are are the various tools in GIMP and how to create different texts. I also know a bit about filters and how to add stuff like a cloud/fog filter. 

I had some questions. I wanna learn how to make sigs. Can someone explain (without just linking me to a tut at first) how a background is formed and also how you can get like a render blended in to the background? Also is it possible to add a render to your GIMP doc and then resize it on your canvas? I can't seem to find out how to resize the render! Also how do I had a pac/render that is in front or behind my text in GIMP?

I definitely have tons of questions. Please understand that I am not someone who just understands through linking to a tut. I would really appreciate it if someone could explain how GIMP works and how you end up reaching different backgrounds that look cool and all.

Please help I am getting desperate!

Thanks
God

I have problem in Unity with sprites and transparent backgrounds. They have jagged edges.
I tried all the settigns Unity has to offer and everytime is the same. I'm left with conclusion that I need to set the sprites properly.

How to prepare the sprite in GIMP using this instructions? https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/HOWTO-alphamaps.html

In PS

Quote:

1. Duplicate the layer
   
2. Select the lowest layer. This will be source for the dilation of the background.
   
3. Select Layer->Matting->Defringe and apply with the default properties
   
   1. Run the “Dilate Many” action a couple of times. This will expand the background into a new layer.
      
   2. Select all the dilation layers and merge them with Command-E
      
   1. Create a solid color layer at the bottom of your image stack. This should match the general color of your document (in this case, greenish). Note that without this layer Unity will take alpha from merged transparency of all layers.
      
4. Now we need to copy the transparency into the alpha layer.
   
   1. Set the selection to be the contents of your main layer by Command-clicking on it in the Layer Palette.
      
   2. Switch to the channels palette.
      
   3. Create a new channel from the transparency.
      
5. 
   Save your PSD file - you are now ready to go.
   
   
   

Gimp 2.8.......



http://adisjp.deviantart.com/art/Gimp-splash-653235518

Hi Everyone, I am new to this Forum. My name is Daniel from Chennai.

I am using GIMP for nearly one year. I also have an YouTube Channel dealing with GIMP Tutorials.

In this post I'm gonna talk about how to cartoon yourself in GIMP. We all know that GIMP is the Raster Image Editing Software so you can only create Raster Cartoon Using Gimp.

Here is the Steps for Creating Raster Cartoon Version of Someone or Yourself
1. Open an Image and Scale its Height to 1080p
2. Select Pencil Tool
3. Change its Brush Hardness to 100
4. Change Brush Size to 3
5. Create a New Transparent Layer
6. Draw the Outline of the Subject using Shift+Left Click Method (Straight Line Method)
7. Change the Brush Size to 1
8. Draw the Inner Regions
9. Grab Bucket Fill Tool
10. Select Foreground Color
11. Pick the Colour inside the Image
12. Fill the Color
13. Create a New transparent layer
14. Use it for the Background
15. You successfully created the cartoon version of yourself.

Win7x64 GIMP 2.8.18

-dark background
-some text with Epson font
-"Discard Text Information"
result:

-select with Rectangle Selection all letters besides S
-Layer via Cut
-drag new layer somewhere
result:


Did I do something wrong or it's just a bug?

Hello Friends

I need help to add Layer via Copy Cut Plugin.I really dont know which folder i am suppose to add this plugin.
I initially added to Share\Gimp\2.0\UI\plugins. But couldnt find Layer via copy & Layer via Cut in the Layer Menu
Pls help me get it perfectly correct

Thanks & Regards
K.Sujatha

Hi, everyone. Newbie here.

I installed GIMP OK and started to use it. I immediately ran into an issue.

There is a particular Windows 10 font I want to use, Rosewood std regular.  It shows up in MS Word and Excel but not in GIMP.

I spent some time searching the interwebs, looking at various forums (fora?) but to no avail.  It appeared that GIMP is supposed to grab the Windows fonts by default and use them.  Mine stubbornly refuses.  I found a post somewhere that "said do this do that" to load a font. Did not work.

I turned the computer off and on again. That always works. Not for me.

I tried also to register at gimpchat.com but they did not send the registration email - although the message said they did.
I registered at gimptalk.com only find it had died.

So I registered here.

Any suggestions?

We all know that good practice is to 'select all' - 'copy' and then hit preview.
I think everybody has been caught out, after developing one's articulate post.

Such glitches can still happen, but many BB's now use autosave.
It means that you can reload - hit reply - and you have indicated autosaved content to re-load.
It all depends upon the software being used.
 
Today, I selected all, and hit paste, instead of copy 
It was a nooooooooo moment.

First thing that I looked for was the back icon.
I couldn't find it.
Thankfully I knew that there was a fairly standard protocol in use for Windows progs, which is Ctrl + Z.

Ha!
It worked 

I immediately copied correctly, all the text, and thought, okay, I'll try saving a draft.
The problem was, that the post then disappeared.
It didn't just save the post, it took me to a different place.
 
I then couldn't find the 'load draft' icon.
I looked, but I couldn't see it.
 
In the end, I re-pasted my copied text, re-uploaded the image files.... and continued with the post.

The thing is.... on other forums, I have, on numerous occasions, seen a post started with.... "I had prepared a wonderful post, but lost it".
IE. All that creative work gone.
It crushes the spirit.
 
So... I'm just alerting the administrators that there is no 'back' button on the command list...
... and it is not clear how a saved draft should be loaded.
 
I don't know the solution.
It has happened to me enough times before, so I tend to take extreme precautions.
 
Maybe there should be an auto placed sticky at the top of each forum... or whatever.

Hello all , new to the forum - 

I am trying to clean up lines from a sketch that I scanned into my computer.  The scan settings were the highest quality I could make it.  The sketch was outlined using an artist pen but it left some pixelation around the lines.

I looked up some tutorials and most of them instructed to use the "Levels" and "Threshold" tool to rid of the pixalation.  Except that it just doesn't work!  No matter what settings I use, following all the instructions, any slider changes don't result in anything, even in the most extreme settings!  Nothing changes.  The histogram shows no information.  What am I doing wrong or is this a bug in gimp?  All of my other tools work as expected except for the two I need! Of course, it's always the way things work out..


Here is info on the file, my system.

I am running Gimp 2.8 on Windows 7 (64bit)
It was opened as a RGB, JPG file.  it is one layer

Attached Files

Thumbnail(s)
   

i have multiple directory's containing images all of them should get converted to xcf files and if there are files with the same name in another directory the xcf file should have all of them as layers.

as an example:

input_a/1.png
input_b/1.png
input_c/1.png

get converted into

output/1.xcf

which contains 3 layers called input_a, input_b and input_c.

any help would be appreciated.

like why dose this plugin not work?
https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/AutomatedJpgToXcf/

or are there other plugins i should take a look at?

or anything really.