Tag Archive Gimp

ByCecine Bunn

Gimp Beginner – Straight Line, Circle

This tutorial shows you how you can create straight lines and circles with GIMP (Gimp – Open source image retouching and editing tool.). A straight line can be drawn using the Shift key, instead of relying on the imprecision of the mouse. A perfect circle can be drawn by setting the aspect ratio of an ellipse.

Let’s start by creating a new file. Open up Gimp, A window titled GNU Manipulation Program as seen below should pop up.

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ByCecine Bunn

Gimp Beginner – Complex Shapes/Fills

This tutorial shows you how you can create complex shapes such as filled squares, circles and free form shapes with GIMP (Gimp – Open source image retouching and editing tool.). Using the toolbox options we can control whether we have a rectangle or square and similarly an ellipse or circle. The toolbox also helps us pick the fill color for any shape.

Lets start by creating a new file. Open up Gimp, A window titled GNU Manipulation Program as seen below should pop up.

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ByCecine Bunn

Gimp Beginner – Red Eye Removal

This tutorial shows you how easy red eye removal is using GIMP (Gimp – Open source image retouching and editing tool.). Red eye removal is so simple, it is just a matter of selecting the right filter.

First we need to locate a picture to remove red eye from. Do this by opening the picture needing edits: Go to File then Open…

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