I am new to GIMP, but I already understand things like layers and some of the tools GIMP contains, so I guess.. semi-novice? Anyway: I have added a plugin for astrophotography called Pyastro and I got that working. The weird thing is when I do one of the effects, even though my top layer is 100% (i.e. not at all transparent) I still see something from the layer underneath. Why is this? I wanted to make it so the top layer was barely transparent so the one underneath it would come through only as a hint, but ... I just don't know what's up. Screenshot attached.

Btw, I get this exact same effect if I move the Cross Layer on top and bring it down to 1% transparency. Nothing seems to change what these Xs look like. Thank you!!!

https://preview.redd.it/vdj25vziq1he1.png?width=1536&format=png&auto=webp&s=dbeb4bc1c58f3a6b123abdbcc4b460a650977790

Using 3.0.0 RC2 on Fedora 41: when I export a picture and fill in the comment field, keyboard response is very slow; I can type five or six characters before anything starts to appear, and the screen lags several characters behind my typing. This makes editing a comment not so much fun. Also, the fan on my laptop turns on after a few characters. Is it just me, or is anyone else experiencing this?

Hi, I'm new to GIMP, and I'm trying to import some brushes. I searched up a few tutorials, but none of them worked. I'm on mac, so I suspected that was the problem, so I looked for a mac tutorial, but it was way outdated, so now I'm stuck.

My problem is that the folder for brushes doesn't exist. I tried searching it in finder, but that didn't work. I tried creating one in the place where it should be, but even that didn't work. I feel like I've tried everything, so if anyone could help that would be great.

 GNU Image Manipulation Program version 2.10.38 / 6.12.10-arch1-1

I want to select from an image and then cut / paste that selection to a new image.

I use Select; Sh-Ctl C; Sh-Ctl V.

The resulting image has a black border around the selected portion. I don't want that.

How do I do this correctly?

Hello, how do I change the setting that caused my pointer to deselect by default instead of select? I accidentally hit something and can't figure out how to change it back after 30 mins of googling.

I recently started using GIMP again after a long hiatus, on an x86 Imac running Sonoma 14.6.1.

I was working in a Box directory, which I often do, and the open and export menus on GIMP kept freezing. I moved my work to a local directory and things seemed to work fine for GIMP, but then Box started freaking out, giving me lots of access errors. I had to reboot the computer to fix things.

The question is, are there any known problem between GIMP and Box, or other cloud drives?

Sorry in advance for the bad image quality, but there's no way to view this effect in-game other than when it happens in a match.

In MARVEL Snap, there's a card called Mister Negative that gives the rest of the cards in your deck this unique visual effect after you play him and I was wondering how I could maybe replicate it GIMP.

\"Negatized\" Card

https://preview.redd.it/mkr3ej8egrge1.png?width=298&format=png&auto=webp&s=2ed235eefb623829e46c3f8e9c93f201ab25744c

I thought it was a simple color inversion like a photo negative, but it soon became clear that wasn't the case as I wasn't able to get the colors right

Any thoughts or tips on how to achieve this effect would be really helpful as I'm still fairly new to graphical design.

EDIT: I realized after posting that having the original unaltered images might help.

https://preview.redd.it/tcdzss1jirge1.jpg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1125dea546416aeb36a5910eda50f4b3d949af84

https://preview.redd.it/8t7s4u1jirge1.jpg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02e80b8a79c8173e5f19238028a33df696cbac6c

https://preview.redd.it/j28tqt1jirge1.jpg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=944e5a92755545d1039fe47ae1bddab6dda12598

When using any of the shaped gradients, I get step-like artifacts on the diagonals.

I was wondering if maybe someone has an idea on how to get rid of them..? I can't just use a blur pass, as that would also destroy the sharp middle ridge, which I need.

https://preview.redd.it/mihsmhibvqge1.png?width=780&format=png&auto=webp&s=016bc4463c8e60d6cc6cf0a48c5dbe03898f792f

I actually try to make text in similar colour to the reference text, but when i chose colour picker, i couldnt get the exact colour, when i zoomed the reference character, i found that each pixel of that character have separate colours, and but mostly of same shades, sometimes, a blue and white etc... so i couldnt replicate the same colour when I am using my text, any ideas on how to fix this?

Is there any way to make text in gimp where each character is made up of oclours with 5 combination of 5 different colours for different pixels of same character(character is so small so that a character has 5 to 10 pixels only)

Hi everyone,

I’m working on a PSD file in GIMP, and I ran into an issue with text layers. Specifically, I’m trying to update a price in the file. The layer shows “2.50 €” in GIMP, but the actual text on the canvas still displays “2.20 €”. I expected the text to update automatically when I selected the layer, but nothing changes.

Here are some details:

• I selected the correct layer in the layer panel.
• The text doesn’t seem to be editable, even though it looks like a text layer.
• The PSD was originally created in Photoshop.

Does anyone know if there’s a way to refresh or edit this text without recreating it? I want to avoid losing the original font style and settings. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

https://preview.redd.it/zd0s2b2l6qge1.png?width=413&format=png&auto=webp&s=9e14592576c9c06dcc1378533454ac8aa398106b

https://preview.redd.it/jmj8aatn6qge1.png?width=53&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b5447248eaf801f1a683412ad42adc349dc34c0

https://preview.redd.it/zkry6mygzlge1.png?width=1219&format=png&auto=webp&s=e5b861d7dac169803e8d5efac09d434b4be6a0e4

I was trying to do it with that unified transformation tool but I want it to fit 100% to screen without missing pixels or pixels outside.

I recently updated to 2.10.38, simply because I got tired of it reminding me that I was using an older version (and besides, updates are good, right? ...right?). Well, now the color selection tool is broken. I can use the eye dropper to select a foreground or background color, but when I select a brush/pencil/bucket fill to use that color, it instead grabs a color off of the image on the first click and then uses that color. The official foreground and background colors remain as they were set. And yes, the tool is set to use the foreground or background color.

I've now lost track of how many times I've reinstalled 2.10.38 to try and fix this issue. I even went into the user app data and deleted all of the GIMP files in case that was causing hang ups, but no. And I see today that there is a 2.10.38-1 and thought "ooo, maybe they fixed it!" but no, exact same problem.

Unless someone has a fix for this, I'm ready to just go back to the previous stable version, but I don't remember what that was, and GIMP's download list doesn't really make it clear which versions are stable and which aren't.

Note how the color is set to white, but instead the fill used the yellow from the image.

Hi, this is my first post here so I hope that this is a good spot to ask for help. I am running Gimp version 2.10.34 pm Debian GNU/Linux (stable). I've used Gimp for all of my needs adjusting images for use online since I had a need to do so, and have learned a lot over the last 15 years or so.

However, I cannot seem to help myself find the answer to a question that is bothering me and perhaps is quite simple, it's just a little outside of my area of knowledge as I do not normally need to deal with PNG files that have a transparent background.

I am attempting to take an image like the following:

https://preview.redd.it/xxh8ou2akkge1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=d9ee2c1412e5951d952ab671a21e376f44d393b9

https://preview.redd.it/farrwnjrkkge1.png?width=265&format=png&auto=webp&s=a7d8396ae0d75035de17fc94779ab71c92a92264

And crop it down (if possible) to it's minimum size without the transparent background, to look something like the second image, without having to manually crop. Is there a shortcut or a way to automate this?

I will have a large number of files like this to go through, over time, not all at once so I am not looking for a script to batch process this, looking for ideas as to how to process these files more efficiently when I come across them.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

How do I send my Gimp project to another person, so that he could open it and edit it(how to save it correctly)?

I'm using the Enigma Virtual Box so I can make a portable version of softwares I want to have on another laptop. The portable softwares haven't been transferred to the other laptop because I want to work out all the problems before transferring them. I tried using the Enigma Virtual Box on Gimp but I ended up making a program that would open a window for a fraction of a second before disappearing. I don't know if the problem is caused by trying to run a portable software on the same device as the original software, much like what happened with Audacity. I tried using a portable version of Audacity that I made but the computer doesn't like that the original Audacity is still running in the background. I don't even see Gimp in my task manager

Basically, someone let me use their gaming laptop while they are out of the country. They only gave me the password for the guest profile, so I basically can't install anything or make any major changes to the other laptop. I'm not going to ask for their permission to install anything because that would mean actually giving me the password that would give me too much liberty.

I've got an old image, with no originals to rework from, which zoomed in has this ugly aliased quality. How best to smooth this out? I guess I really need an approach that recognises where the black lines are and reapplies them. Any ideas?

https://preview.redd.it/0rz0wahqvige1.jpg?width=1416&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c82ee218da3374ed43bc916477a95c47d11a8d29

Made with GIMP

A bit new to GIMP... Is there a way to quickly fill in the empty spaces? So it looks solid.

Hi all. Very much a rookie when it comes to GIMP. Have an image with a grayish background (https://imgur.com/S20Kg8k). I want to make that background transparent. I've been playing around, reading some tutorials and articles, and I must be extra dumb, because I just can't figure it out.

It's possible that the background isn't actually all the exact same color, and that's making it more complex?

I've been trying Color to Alpha, and then using the eyedropper to select some of the gray, but I just can't figure out what it's doing, and then when I try to export the results to PNG, it's just a mess.

Can anyone help, or point me to a tutorial that might help?

Thanks so much!

This image was created only using GIMP.

Hi, I am using v3.0 rc2. The tool view on the left is currently 4 columns of icons. How do I make it only 1 column vertical? Thanks!

Alright so got this on a Norton boot scan. Are those 2 files legit?

Malwarebytes didn’t find anything and Norton didn’t display anything else. Is this normal, Malware or in between?

I'm trying to edit a texture for a game asset, I will preface this by letting you know I know absolutely nothing about modding or coding or DDS files and I am trying to learn, however I can't even open the files... I have linked a google drive folder with the two files I am trying to open in a zipped folder. Any help appreciated

So I'm creating an image that has a background of TV static, I want there to be text over that background that almost blends into the background but is still visible if you look hard enough.

I tried making a layer mask for the text using the TV static background but it blends in so much that it's not visible at all, I also tried using a path around the text with a very low opacity but that was too noticeable. Any ideas or suggestions as to how I'd make it look like the text imbkends into the background until you look closer at it?

This happens after I have GIMP minimized and unattended for awhile. If I exit, and re-open it, it's fine.

I'm using the latest PortableApps.com build of GIMP 2.10.38-r1. This also happens on the latest local build of 2.10 38.

I've done a clean install, with no plugins or modifications, and it still happens. If it's simply a GIMP bug, then whatever, I guess. But I'm worried it might be my GPU.

PREVIOUS

https://preview.redd.it/7zc4k6lqxzfe1.png?width=266&format=png&auto=webp&s=7fb29b0db427f0ec94584bb7e990f3d517846f3a

AFTER

https://preview.redd.it/v96y4wvrxzfe1.png?width=576&format=png&auto=webp&s=49b9cd5dcb2a379f46610c1051612b63e22106e0

THE secret is to Use a two-column table:

• First Column: Bullet points
• Second Column: The text

YouTube video of it being done in illustrator: https://youtu.be/puG_h3AYGeM?si=1zRzhMqAo16o5f8J