(09-10-2026, 07:37 PM)Angus4556 Wrote: I am creating a printable event flyer. I have created my paper at 11x17 but I can't get my first image to scale up and fill the space I need it to fill... What am I doing wrong?
This can be a large subject for a beginner. Is this going to a printing company ? or for home printing ? ( a big size for a home printer)
The first thing is set up a base canvas.
File -> New and you get this.
Since it is for printing you can use inches as the units and set the width and height (11 x 17) Note that Gimp actually uses pixels. You can see the pixel size is 3300 x 5100 pix and that in turn depends on the print resolution. 300 pixels per inch (ppi) is default for photo quality. Hmm.. a largish flyer, you might get away with 200 ppi (ask your printing company) This gives your canvas as a background layer.
You screebshot shows only one layer. You need the added image as a separate layer, so use File -> Open as layers, select the image and it is planted in the middle of the canvas. For scaling and moving I recommend using the Unified Transform tool. You can drag the handles to scale and click inside and move All in a single operation, gives best quality.
For the remainder of the flyer, build it up by adding layers both under and over that graphic layer.
Save your work as a Gimp .xcf file, It keeps all layers / active selections / guides / ...etc. Export as a jpeg or tif for a printer company.