gimp help

[Silver Stryker]

this isn't really a flash question, but a photoshop-type help....


ok, recently, I found this free picture editing thing(like photoshop) called gimp. does anyone else have it? if so, could someone tell me how to install it? I don't understand it at all....

[lolzorz12213]

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[Albireo]

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Okay back on track, where exactly did you get this gimp? i recognize the name somewhere..... perhaps posting its logo would help....

[Salene]

Hey there, Salene here. I know this isn't the place to introduce myself, but seeing as this is my first post i have to do it somewhere.

To answer your question installation is easy. Just go to www.gimp.org and follow the direction there until it's downloaded. From there just open it up and you are ready to go.

Now GIMP may seem pretty complicated at first but like all image editing programs it's just cluttered up with stuff that you only really need for a specific event. Most of what you need will be on the left hand side. However, it's important to get to know how to use layers (Ctrl+L) because they will be invaluable when editing pictures. Be sure to make a copy layer of the picture you are editing, then delete the original layer. This is so you don't edit over your original picture.

Then comes the saving. When you save usually two windows pop up asking how you want to save. Usually, for me that is, all you have to do is just click Ok or Save and go past then and it still comes out fine. The recommended formats to save it in are .jpeg .gif. or .png

Thats all you really need to know to get started off. Good luck with GIMP.

[Silver Stryker]

Oh.





Well now I feel like an idiot. I had tried downloading this a long time ago, but I acquired a whole bunch of files that I didn't know what to do with. I thought the downloading process was complicated, but I see now that it downloads all the same as anything else. oopsies.

Oh, and thanks for the extra info, but I've had my fair share of messing with Photoshop and Paint.net. I know what to do from here.

[Salene]

-giggles- Yeah...i haven't been edint for a long time. Only just started actually, and i don't do it much so my skills are rusty. I am probably the biggest newb here when it comes to programs like Flash, Photoshop GIMP, and all of those. ^^;