Re: [Gimp-user] First time user
The site looks informative, Steve. Thanks, Rick -Original Message- From: Steve Kinney Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 1:18 PM To: Rick Strong ; gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] First time user On 04/18/2016 12:01 AM, Rick Strong wrote: Nicely described Steve. Well done! Rick Cliff Notes version of same: RTFM ;) You might also find bits of this useful: http://pilobilus.net/gimp_tutorial.html It shows how I normally set up the user interface to maximize screen real estate for the image canvas, and has links to some useful resources. :o) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] First time user
On 04/18/2016 12:01 AM, Rick Strong wrote: > Nicely described Steve. Well done! > > Rick Cliff Notes version of same: RTFM ;) You might also find bits of this useful: http://pilobilus.net/gimp_tutorial.html It shows how I normally set up the user interface to maximize screen real estate for the image canvas, and has links to some useful resources. :o) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] First time user
Nicely described Steve. Well done! Rick -Original Message- From: Steve Kinney Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:34 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] First time user On 04/13/2016 06:35 PM, apeterl...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi everyone, First time user here! I’m trying to take an object (like a car and not the picture) and place it in a new background. Any help would be appreciated! Hey Peter! The GIMP User list usually replies to questions like yours right away, sorry about the lag. It is a Big Question though. In broad terms, you will open the image with the background you want in the GIMP, add the image with the car (or etc.) that you want over that background on a layer above the desired background, and remove everything but the car (or etc.) from the top layer.-user-list. etc. ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] First time user
On 04/13/2016 06:35 PM, apeterl...@yahoo.com wrote: > Hi everyone, > First time user here! I’m trying to take an object (like a car and not the > picture) and place it in a new background. Any help would be appreciated! Hey Peter! The GIMP User list usually replies to questions like yours right away, sorry about the lag. It is a Big Question though. In broad terms, you will open the image with the background you want in the GIMP, add the image with the car (or etc.) that you want over that background on a layer above the desired background, and remove everything but the car (or etc.) from the top layer. It's a Big Question because there are /many/ ways to remove the unwanted part of a layer in an image while leaving the part you want to keep intact. The more complicated the outline of the part you want to keep, the more it pays to use specialized tools and techniques to accurately (or at least "convincingly") remove the background. Cars are usually fairly simple shapes with nice sharp edges, and the "one best" way to remove content from an image layer in the GIMP is usually by using a layer mask, so I will present that method. The tools and controls you will need include the image canvas, where the image you are working on is displayed; the toolbox, for selecting different tools to use on the image, i.e. tools for selecting parts of the image, tools for painting on the image with a brush, etc; and the Layers dialog dock. These are indicated by numbers 1 (Toolbox), 3 (Canvas) and 4 (Docks window with the Layers dialog selected) in the picture on this manual page: https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-concepts-main-windows.html or https://tinyurl.com/gozowlm It will also be MOST helpful to review section 4 of the online GIMP manual, Common Tasks, before diving in: If you open some random image in the GIMP and do the things described (especially the techniques that actually change the appearance of an image), you will start to pick up the basics right away. Section 6 of the online manual, Files, is also very important for understanding how the GIMP saves images in its own XCF format, and exports images into formats like JPG, PNG, GIF, etc. https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-images-out.html#gimp-using-fileformats or https://tinyurl.com/hyq2f8o Now then: Open the image file that will be the background of your finished product in the GIMP. Then drag and drop the image file with the car from your file system browser (probably Windows Explorer) to the image canvas (the background image). The image with the car will appear to replace all or part of the background, but look at the Layers dock: It now shows two layers. The bottom layer is the background image, the top layer is the image with the car. If necessary, you can change the size of the car relative to the background image by doing Layers > Scale Layer. You can either select this from the menu at the top of the image canvas window, or right-click on the canvas and select it from the menu that opens on the spot. Play around with the Scale Layer commands in the window that pops up. As with text editors and similar tools, Control-z is your friend: It will undo the last thing you did. Do Control-z again, and the previous action will be undone, etc. When the car is about the right size for your finished image, proceed to the next step. In the online GIMP manual, a tool called Intelligent Scissors is described here: https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-tutorial-quickie-separate.html or https://tinyurl.com/z4gmvu4 Give it a try. If the car in the source image has strong color and/or brightness contrast with its original background, you may be able to select it very accurately with the Intelligent Scissors tool. Once it is selected, issue the command Select > Invert, to turn the selection inside out: Now, everything /but/ the car is selected. Do Edit > Delete, or Control-x on your keyboard. Look over the results: With luck, you will have accurately removed the background around the car. If so, you can turn off your selection (Select > Select None), turn on the Move tool (the Toolbox button with a four pointed arrow icon), then click and drag the car to position it where you want it on the background, and you are more or less done. If the car's outline has not been accurately enough selected, do Control-z or Edit > Undo to bring back the deleted background from your car layer. You can either do Select > None and try again with the same tool, or leave the selection outline in place and use it as a "pretty close" staring point for making a very precise layer mask. Add a layer mask to the car layer: In the Layers dialog, right-click the top thumbnail (the layer with the car), and select Add Layer Mask from the menu that opens. Accept the default (full opacity). Left click on the new rectangle that will appear to the right of the top layer in the Layers dialog, to assure that the mask is selected. Back in the Toolbox, find the Color
Re: [Gimp-user] First Time User - Just a blank Gimp Screen
On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 08:49:34 +0200 Planenuts wrote: > >Make a backup of your personal Gimp folder and then delete it. Restart > >Gimp > >and see if you get back 3 separate Windows. > > Which one of the attached? Looks like you're using Microsoft Windows. (Windows 8? Vista? I can't tell) The folder to remove would be C:\Users\John\.gimp-2.8 I think -- or rename it so you can put it back later if desired. GIMP should create a new .gimp-2.8 folder on startup. If GIMP 2.8 has never worked properly for you, it might be a problem with migrating settings from version 2.6 in some cases. I don't know that there is such a problem, though - I am speculating. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] First Time User - Just a blank Gimp Screen
Both .gimp-2.6 and .gimp-2.8 (the ones that start with a "." (dot) ). Your troubles probably started when you installed Gimp and it migrated your settings from .gimp-2.6 to .gimp.2.8 On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Planenuts wrote: > >Make a backup of your personal Gimp folder and then delete it. Restart > >Gimp > >and see if you get back 3 separate Windows. > > Which one of the attached? > > Thanks, > John > > Attachments: > * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/145/original/Gimp_files.png > > -- > Planenuts (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > ___ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] First Time User - Just a blank Gimp Screen
Make a backup of your personal Gimp folder and then delete it. Restart Gimp and see if you get back 3 separate Windows. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Planenuts wrote: > >Hi, > >I'm wondering if you don't have the docks hidden. I also got tricked > >by this a few times, the first times I was trying GIMP. Hi the Tab key > >(or check the menu "Windows > Hide Docks") to check if that's your > >problem. > >Have fun. > > > >Jehan > > I too have the same problem, a blank screen with no toolbox or options. > Managed > to get a toolbox up and then the options dialog, but anytime I change > tools, the > dialog disappears. > > -- > Planenuts (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > ___ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] First Time User - Just a blank Gimp Screen
Hi, On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:04 PM, wayward_one wrote: > I'm just a first time user. The only thing I see is a very big and blank gimp > screen telling me to drag dialogs to the side. Is there Not a Default with > lots > of nice widows and icons already there? How do i get to that point. I'm wondering if you don't have the docks hidden. I also got tricked by this a few times, the first times I was trying GIMP. Hi the Tab key (or check the menu "Windows > Hide Docks") to check if that's your problem. Have fun. Jehan > -- > wayward_one (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) > ___ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
