First Looks at The Gimp 2.5

"The GIMP team announced today the first release from the 2.5 development series. It is true that this version is unstable, but a little bird told me to give it a try and see what's it capable of."

Use the Gimp to make an Animated Gif

This HowTo shows the user how to use the Gimp to create an animated gif graphic.

GIMP: Liquid rescaling by example

Have you ever taken a picture which would be just great only if you could remove that strange unwanted object that showed up in the middle of nowhere and now kills the whole effect? Or perhaps you just want to get rid of your ex-girlfriend and keep the photo with a fantastic landscape alone? Whatever your secret plans are, GIMP Liquid rescale plugin is there for you. Just use it!

GIMP 2.4 Released!

General Improvements:

1. Refreshed Look
   
2. Scalable Brushes
   
3. Selection Tools
   
4. Foreground Select Tool
   
5. Align Tool
   
6. Changes in menus
   
7. Improved display when zooming in or out
   
8. Support for file formats
   

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Aprende a "photoshopear" con Gimp

Te presentamos tres técnicas para que te inicies en el programa elegido por las huestes "libertarias", cuando se trata de editar imágenes. Conoce la forma de retocar fotografías, quitar ojos rojos, usar filtros y poner atractivos efectos con esta herramienta 100% gratuita y en español. Porque Gimp, señores, alcanza para todos.

Resize Images without Sacrificing Content with GIMP

Ever have to crop or resize a picture to fit it better on a web site but end up disappointed with the content you have to lose from the photo? Using a method called liquid rescaling, your pics can be rescaled while retaining almost all of the pertinent content, so you can get the best of both worlds—a smaller image that retains everything you want. If it still sounds a little unclear, check out the video to see this brilliant idea in action.

If you're a fan of the open source image editor GIMP, you can download and install the Liquid Rescale GIMP plug-in to get liquid rescaling results (after you install it by moving the downloaded files into your GIMP directory, you'll see the Liquid Rescale option under the Layer menu).

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Snooker ball as a pseudo 3d object

I don’t really remeber when and where, but once I have read that GIMP isn’t suitable for pseudo 3D graphics. Nothing more fallible! I will try to prove it wrong.

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Removing Backgrounds Quickly in the Gimp

After publishing an article about removing backgrounds quickly in Photoshop, many have asked me how to do the same thing with the Gimp. While there is no equivalent to the Extract filter in the Gimp, you can still remove backgrounds fairly quickly. At Linux.com there is a good explanation of some techniques. Here, I will show you how to do it with the Create and edit paths tool.

Creating hackergotchis using the GIMP

A hackergotchi is a picture of a person's head that's used as an avatar for identification on a blog. Any region below the neck is cut out, as are any portions of the picture that don't include the head. You can create a hackergotchi easily with a digital camera and the GIMP.

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Create Userbar for Forum Signature

Today you will learn how to make a userbar to be put in forum signature. Userbars are small rectangular images that are often used to show the user's interests, hobbies, or graphical skills. The below tutorial is just a simple and basic one, but nothing stops you to be more creative and make the best-looking userbar out there.