I'm looking for the easiest way to add an outline for example a black outline, to my current selection in Gimp.
I've found an easy way in Photopea but would prefer to keep working in Gimp I'm quite new to it and all I know is self taught so bear with me :)

Currently the size slider from tool options for brushes and other tools goes from 1px all the way up to 1000px, however I mostly work in the range from 1px to 100px. Is there a way to change how large that bar is? Selecting via bar is preferable to me than typing it in every time I want to change, and using mousewheel doesn't really help all that much as it changes the value by .01 instead of 1.

Im looking for the equivalent of the Photoshop Shape and Pen tools in Gimp3. (Paths tool only makes paths, not editable shapes)

For prototyping I mostly just need flat colored shapes with automatic outlines that I can edit afterwards without having to redraw them.

Is there anything similar to these:

https://preview.redd.it/b9978hg6220e1.png?width=160&format=png&auto=webp&s=05aa1ac702a577f0f21ed832af6f4b89612c37d1

https://preview.redd.it/5ftvcc59220e1.png?width=559&format=png&auto=webp&s=2280ae48a958d828c0d7ee778df4052cd6bff7d9

i found a tutorial on a steam page looks pretty easy but it's using photoshop can anyone help me how would i convert to a normal map texture in gimp? i tried using the same method as in the picture but it doesnt work the same i guess. this is what im trying to do in gimp

https://preview.redd.it/ewisxyvsd10e1.png?width=887&format=png&auto=webp&s=00112cf0e0b1819187e0acc5fa4907e8266f7f83

this is the texture im trying to convert to

https://gofile.io/d/Fpyv13

pretty excited for gimp 3.0 to release, but I cant get pen pressure to work in it even though i've had it work flawlessly in the previose versions of gimp.

Gimp knows that the tablet is connected

I also have dynamics enabled as well as its set to pressure size.

My tablet works fine in krita as well, so if anyone else knows any other settings i can try. Or that you have had this issue as well help would be appreciated

I'm writing a paper on gimp and I really appreciate your input :)

I am trying to make isometric pixel art using gimp in a 32x16 grid. Is there any advice/hacks/setup that makes it easier to make isometric pixel art in gimp?

Hi guys,

I am wanting to put a picture onto a canvas. The canvas is 50cm width x 100cm length.

Can anyone show me how to edit this, with good resolution, to be able to print to canvas?

I am using vista print for the canvas art.

Thanks

When adding text, how do I make the outline have a shadow-like effect like this?

https://preview.redd.it/0kd5gpt25szd1.png?width=1529&format=png&auto=webp&s=5df6b93c8d78e78dfff962d944d4925bcb7b86d4

So I've been using gimp for a while, and I like using alot of layers for drawings, and today somethin happened for the first time, when I try and draw on any layer that isn't background, the brush becomes incredibly pixilated is there any fix for this?

i animate on CSP and really like gimp pencil's properties.

https://preview.redd.it/hdj17jorzqzd1.png?width=1552&format=png&auto=webp&s=dd8c796a2481000fd3938f2d2bfa08f56eb46860

https://preview.redd.it/wig16tmszqzd1.png?width=165&format=png&auto=webp&s=8514b3e9710a0cc4f3f3c97cff75ce6dbecc79ee

I find it annoying to have to constantly extend the layer boundary.

Gimp 3 has become my new favourite drawing app on Linux. Since I can still use .abr photoshop brushes and create my own gimp brushes Im very happy. The 3d transform tools are very responsive. The filter fx non destructive workflow is amazing and selection and moving of several layers now works as old photoshop. Gimp really is becoming more pro, I don't miss photoshop anymore. Two thumbs up.

I never had a crash in Gimp 3 rc1 even if I was editing all over the place.

OS used: Linux mint. I hope win users are having Gimp as stable.

Positives: Fast app start. Easy fast workflow once set up. Seems very stable.

Negatives: Text was cut off in half on filter sliders. Not enough vertical space or text was too large?

Someone mentioned fx filter doesnt scale when layer is up scaled?

Is there a way to make it where when you’re drawing on this rectangle for example the drawing stays inside the object? So if I draw it’ll stay within the rectangle instead of having to worry about staying inside of the border and the paintbrush not going outside of it. Thank you!

I have a great photo of my wife and I in Maui but she's not happy about her double chin. How can I help with that? I tried to lookup some how toos on YouTube but there's nothing out there for Gimp. Please assist

I've used both. I kinda wanna know whether people really prefer one over the other

View Poll

https://preview.redd.it/hlj6nda49nzd1.png?width=494&format=png&auto=webp&s=c55f472adf50a57c17dff5785aa814f6c5b0288f

I've looked at tutorials on Youtube and when I follow those guides to the best of my abilities (the tutorials are a few versions old) the letters just cross over itself and look warped with big chunks of each letter missing. Does the font I choose have anything to do with it? Are some fonts better for this or anything like that?

I want to make a circular profile image with my channel name along the border.

I know this is going to be a revisiting of the subject but...

Has anyone designed a good UX for this yet? I've been trying to learn to love GIMP but the interface is prohibitively counter-intuitive and drifts far away from DMMT and KISS.

Is anyone working on this because it's a deal breaker every time I try to like it.

Why doesn't this subreddit have a profile photo? If you think it should have one, do you have any suggestions?

I'm not sure what it's called but the area to adjust the various tools (see photo) moved from directly below my tool box (which is on the left side of the screen) to the right side of the screen. I'd like to move it back to the left side but don't know how. to be more specific, The area I'm speaking of has things like brush size, aspect ratio, angle, etc. This is how to scale the tool you're using. I hope this is not too confusing.

https://preview.redd.it/ho063c608izd1.png?width=638&format=png&auto=webp&s=680f0a78381bf677db0ca1ddf98db6f8c84676de

https://preview.redd.it/8kk04yxuahzd1.png?width=319&format=png&auto=webp&s=1e7d87b120003c91dda56395f0a19f8f9736ec30

With the release of GIMP 3 RC1 the GEGL plug-ins are not accessible from script-fu anymore.

(script-fu:47540): scriptfu-WARNING **: 10:37:13.589: While executing script-fu-mcbluna-test: Error: eval: unbound variable: plug-in-colortoalpha

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/12279

So I'd like to move from my script-fu scripts to python3. I've read this tutorial https://testing.docs.gimp.org/2.99/en/gimp-using-python-plug-in-tutorial.html, but still have no clue how, it works.

Please point me in the right direction, how to migrate this script-fu to python3

#!/usr/bin/env gimp-script-fu-interpreter-3.0
(define (script-fu-mcbluna-test image drawables)
    (script-fu-use-v3)
    (gimp-selection-none image)
    (gimp-image-select-rectangle image CHANNEL-OP-ADD 15 76 852 398)
    (gimp-edit-copy-visible image)
    (gimp-selection-none image)
    (gimp-image-clean-all image)
    (let* (
            (image-new (gimp-edit-paste-as-new-image))
            (drawable (vector-ref (gimp-image-get-selected-drawables image-new) 0))
        )
        (plug-in-colortoalpha RUN-NONINTERACTIVE image-new drawable '(43 43 44))
        (gimp-image-select-rectangle image-new CHANNEL-OP-ADD 250 240 500 90)
        (gimp-drawable-edit-clear drawable)
        (file-webp-export RUN-NONINTERACTIVE image-new "C:\\Downloads\\test.webp" -1 "default" TRUE 100 100 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE 0 FALSE FALSE)
        (gimp-image-delete image-new)
    )
)
(script-fu-register-filter "script-fu-mcbluna-test"
    "test"
    ""
    "McBluna (McBluna@mail.com)"
    "McBluna"
    "2024-10-30"
    "*"
    SF-ONE-OR-MORE-DRAWABLE
)
(script-fu-menu-register "script-fu-mcbluna-test" "<Image>/McBluna")

1. deselect the entire image
2. create a rectangular selection over image
3. copy selection
4. deselect the entire image
5. set the image dirty count to 0
6. paste buffer to a new image
7. color to alpha (43 43 44) on new image
8. create a rectangular selection over new image
9. clear selected area of new image
10. saves new image in the WebP image format
11. delete new image

I'd like to make a video, and in it, there would be a song that would last about 7 minutes. Over the duration, I want a picture to fade completely black by the end of the song.

Is this achievable using GIMP or how can I do this?