Click to place nodes that connect with a straight line, Click + Drag to create a node that has curvature on either side. Path Tool(B): Lets you select a region of the layer with a freeform shape defined by nodes. Select by Color Tool(Shift+O): Lets you select all areas in the layer that are of similar color within a certain threshold. Rectangle Select Tool(R): Lets you select a rectangular regional of the layer.Įclipse Select Tool(E): Lets you select an elliptical region of the layer.įuzzy Select Tool(U): This is your magic wand tool, use it select all connecting areas in a layer of similar color within a certain threshold.
For example: on the path tool it will connect the last node to the first and make the area a selection, for the crop tool it will crop the image, etc. Please note: for many tools hitting Enter will perform some sort of action.
Hovering over a tool will display the tool’s name and description so it should be easy to find what you need. For simplicity sake I will just name the tools I find most useful and describe their purpose without getting into the details of all of their tool options. GIMP provides you with all the tools you should need for basic image editing/designing purposes. To place it along the right-side of the screen simply move your cursor all the way to the right or slide open the dock by clicking and dragging on the 3 dots on the right of your screen and then dropping the tab in the dock. To change the layout of GIMP, simply drag and drop the tab headers(the area highlighted in red) and drop them anywhere on your screen that you want them.ĭropping them in the middle of the screen will create a floating toolbox which you can then reposition and resize to fit your needs. Please note: Pasting an image with a transparent area will fill in the transparent areas with black, I’m not sure why GIMP does this but it always has as far as I can remember.
To paste in a new image use Ctrl+V to paste it into the current image, or a new one if no images are currently open, or Ctrl+Shift+V to paste into a new image. To open an existing file go to file > open recent or file > open depending on if you have recently opened it with GIMP or not. To create a new file go to file > new and set the dimensions you want and it will automatically create an image with a white background of that specific size.
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