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foxfirefeyDoes anybody know of good GIMP tutorials (or have good advice they want to post) for scrap-book like effects, like "raised stickers", "paper cut outs", and "fun paper textures"?
foxfirefeyjanaWhen I saw this cheat sheet for Photoshop keyboard shortcuts a few weeks ago, I thought it would be neat if we'd have something similar for The GIMP. The closest thing is probably the hotkey list over at gimpusers.com, but it's just that - a list (one that came in very handy when I made this cheat sheet, I might add ^^)
The cheat sheet is vector-based so that you can re-size it without any quality loss. This means no GIMP was used for the GIMP cheat sheet ;) Or any other (vector) graphic software. I used LaTeX and TikZ to create it.
I hope you find it useful, and all feedback - even what doesn't work for you - is very much appreciated!
The cheat sheet is vector-based so that you can re-size it without any quality loss. This means no GIMP was used for the GIMP cheat sheet ;) Or any other (vector) graphic software. I used LaTeX and TikZ to create it.
- Large preview (317 KB, 1600 x 1131 pixels)
- Download cheat sheet as PDF (75.2 KB)
- Download source file (7.4 KB)
I hope you find it useful, and all feedback - even what doesn't work for you - is very much appreciated!
kakeHello! I want to make myself an icon along the lines of the pretty-coloured text ones that blnchflr did a tutorial for, but I've run across a small problem.
I'm using GIMP 2.6.7 on OS X 10.6.2, and I cannot get the text tool to let me type in pinyin, nor can I get it to admit that I have Chinese fonts installed. Has anyone here got any experience in making this work?
Edited to add: Sorted thanks toewx and dragonwolf (see comments).
blnchflr did a tutorial for, but I've run across a small problem.I'm using GIMP 2.6.7 on OS X 10.6.2, and I cannot get the text tool to let me type in pinyin, nor can I get it to admit that I have Chinese fonts installed. Has anyone here got any experience in making this work?
Edited to add: Sorted thanks to
ewx and dragonwolf (see comments).martynaI'm a complete newbie to this community as well as to GIMP, but it inspires me to look further into the whole... thing.
There are two tutorials I've stumbled upon after wanting to add some brushes someone here pimped (and that do not seem to have come up here or are at least not tagged "tutorials").
The first one has helped me already and seems pretty official: The GIMP Documentation. Cool thing is, you have several languages available - I struggled somehow since I didn't find the place to switch languages and was using the English guide for the French version first... and where names of features differ, it is annoying. there seems to be a huge range of problems and features covered, from starting out with GIMP (yay!) to more complex procedures.
The other tutorial is Katspace's Digital Art Notes which looks nifty and has a section dedicated to icon-making. I haven't really yet looked into it, to be honest, but before I loose a possibly helpful link I prefer to share it.
There are two tutorials I've stumbled upon after wanting to add some brushes someone here pimped (and that do not seem to have come up here or are at least not tagged "tutorials").
The first one has helped me already and seems pretty official: The GIMP Documentation. Cool thing is, you have several languages available - I struggled somehow since I didn't find the place to switch languages and was using the English guide for the French version first... and where names of features differ, it is annoying. there seems to be a huge range of problems and features covered, from starting out with GIMP (yay!) to more complex procedures.
The other tutorial is Katspace's Digital Art Notes which looks nifty and has a section dedicated to icon-making. I haven't really yet looked into it, to be honest, but before I loose a possibly helpful link I prefer to share it.
sophieToday, it's fairly easy to make LOLcat macros with online tools such as roflbot or the ICHC LolBuilder, but they both leave a somewhat unsightly looking watermark to the picture advertising how it was made.
Fortunately, it's easy to recreate the effect in the GIMP! Today I'll be showing you how to make this image:
This howto is aimed at beginners to the GIMP, so a lot of steps will be explained that may not otherwise be.
(I apologise in advance that the PNG images in this tutorial have JPEG artifacts; that's due to the way I'm using the GIMP, not due to any lack of knowledge of how to take clean shots on my part.)
( How to: Make your own LOLcat macros )
Hopefully this helps somebody :D Take care!
Fortunately, it's easy to recreate the effect in the GIMP! Today I'll be showing you how to make this image:
This howto is aimed at beginners to the GIMP, so a lot of steps will be explained that may not otherwise be.
(I apologise in advance that the PNG images in this tutorial have JPEG artifacts; that's due to the way I'm using the GIMP, not due to any lack of knowledge of how to take clean shots on my part.)
( How to: Make your own LOLcat macros )
Hopefully this helps somebody :D Take care!