Tips on getting started with Gimp?
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Well i just downloaded gimp so i can mess with pictures and make sigs and such but i am totally clueless on what to do to make a cool sig. Can some one post up some quick basics on how i add a cool background to a car, cut out just the car from a picture, add cool text and some speacial features like blurring and such? Thanks a lot!
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i really have no idea how to work this thing. Would really appreciate a few tips to get me started. Thanks
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I learned by trying all the filters and scripts. Get used to the menu structure and familiar with the tools.
There is a tutorial on the web called "Grokking the Gimp." A friend of mine said it was very useful. I'll try to track down a link.
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im trying to figure out how to use it..... still trying to figure out how to cut the car out fro mthe background and add a background, any good links to a good tutorial?
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Originally Posted by technical
I learned by trying all the filters and scripts. Get used to the menu structure and familiar with the tools.
There is a tutorial on the web called "Grokking the Gimp." A friend of mine said it was very useful. I'll try to track down a link.
There is a tutorial on the web called "Grokking the Gimp." A friend of mine said it was very useful. I'll try to track down a link.
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http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ , mirrored at http://gug.sunsite.dk/docs/Grokking-the-GIMP-v1.0/
Other Gimp books: http://www.gimp.org/books/
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Originally Posted by Superman09
im trying to figure out how to use it..... still trying to figure out how to cut the car out fro mthe background and add a background, any good links to a good tutorial?
Each layer is selected via the "Layers,Channels, Paths" window and can be moved separately from the rest of the image. While working on a layer no other layers are affected. When you are finished, export the image as a jpg, gif, png, etc. which will "flatten" the image.
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I still cant figure out how to cut the car itself out. I found some cool backgrounds on google i want to use. Could some walk me step by step of putting my car itself onto a new cool background if you have time? Thanks!
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Originally Posted by LSfast1
not to hijack or anything but can someone post a link so i can download GIMP? is it free or what?
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http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html
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Originally Posted by Superman09
I still cant figure out how to cut the car itself out. I found some cool backgrounds on google i want to use. Could some walk me step by step of putting my car itself onto a new cool background if you have time? Thanks!