Questions tagged [gimp]
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. Scripting questions on Stack Overflow, software support questions on Super User, and anything related to design on Graphic Design.
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Is there a way to draw shapes other than rectangles and ellipses in GIMP?
Is there a way to draw shapes other than rectangles and ellipses in GIMP (e.g. stars) like there is in MS Paint, Paint.NET, etc? I tried Gfig per @1NN's comment, however I cannot zoom in which ...
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How do I give Blender permissions to launch GIMP on Linux as an external image editor?
I have been having a lot of trouble trying to make Blender simply open Gimp so I could use it but no matter what I do and what online solutions that I find and try, it always gives me back the error:
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In GIMP, how do I crop the "invisible" content outside an image's rectange?
Suppose I've applied some sort of a transformation to an image in GIMP, e.g. warped it, resulting in a larger size. I now see a selection which is much larger than the image itself. I want to "...
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How to "bridge the gap" between two column of pixels with the average color
I have 3 Images that I took that I'm trying to combine into a wall paper for my work computer. They all are about the same color as I took them all from a trip that I took earlier this year. The top 2/...
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How can get green color from blue and yellow in GIMP?
It is said that blue + yellow = green.
In GIMP, create new layer with blue color and add new layer with yellow,merge them ,the color don't turn to green,it is yellow.
How can get green color from blue ...
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How can I turn the text in a PNG file back into text layer?
I created a PNG file with only four characters as one line in it:
How I created it step by step:
file-new-width:400 height:400
tool-text-type hllo
file-export as -- raw.png.
Now I want to add an e ...
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Why can't get print size and resolution info with identify command?
Please download the image and save as sample.png.
Get image properties info in GIMP,image-image properties.
I want to get print size and resolution info with identify command.
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How can align characters in different layers horizontally?
Please download the sample file align.xcf in the dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r1uxpj6y32coesbbldfts/align.xcf?rlkey=lsv0b4orkndhxd87inetntmhs&st=5rxmfi9o&dl=0
There are three layers ...
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GIMP: how to run command by name
How to perform an action/command by its name?
For example, I want to "Rotate" an image by 90 degrees, but I don't want to go through the whole GIMP menu to find the button that does the ...
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No pythonfu menu in filters for gimp on Ubuntu. How do I add it?
So a bunch of documentation says that there should be a PythonFu entry in GIMP to script in Python (1). However it's not there. Any idea how I can add it?
I'm using gimp: 2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1 and ...
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How do I export an image to clipboard from GIMP?
I've recently taken to creating imges and sharing them. It's quite fun to be able to put things straight on the clipboard and share them rather than having to mess with files. Some tools like, ...
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How to download Gimp (32bit) with no root or # privileges?
I'm using an IBM ThinkPad T42. I need help for downloading Gimp (32bit).
Let's say I don't have a command and I can't use root or password privileges, and the Gimp (32bit) .sh file don't work.
How to ...
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How to implement a "scanner" effect on Linux to fix documents with varying darkness of background?
I use Linux, and sometimes I need to make a document printable when it was photographed in a very imperfect way. A page from a rather complicated example that I recently needed to handle is this one:
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How to combine several semi-transparent images so that one covers another in GIMP?
I have several semi-transparent images which i want to place one over another.
But by default GIMP blends them, so the transparency of both images mixes. I only want so that the "upper" ...
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Can't change text box font size in GIMP on macOS
I added a text box to a GIMP project in a new layer. I can select it and a panel shows up with the text properties (here it's out of the main image, but there is text in it):
But when I change the ...
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