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* '''Q''': How do you paint with transparency? | * '''Q''': How do you paint with transparency? | ||
** '''A''': Use the "eraser" tool - between the paintbrush and airbrush tools. | ** '''A''': Use the "eraser" tool - between the paintbrush and airbrush tools. | ||
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| + | ** '''A''': Supposedly you can drop toolboxes onto a horizontal bar in the main toolbar, but this doesn't seem to work in some versions of Gimp (the bar may display a popup claiming you can do this, but it doesn't work). Alternatively, you can click on the left-pointing triangle-in-a-box on the right hand side of the main toolbar, which opens a menu that allows (among other things) adding any toolbox to the main toolbar as a tab. | ||
===Unanswered=== | ===Unanswered=== | ||
* How do you draw simple shapes, e.g. a circle? --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 11:09, 14 July 2007 (EDT) | * How do you draw simple shapes, e.g. a circle? --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 11:09, 14 July 2007 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 26 December 2012
computing: software: image editors: GIMP
Overview
GIMP, often referred to as "The GIMP", is an open-source image editing and painting program, with approximately the same capabilities as PhotoShop and PaintShop Pro. It is available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and other platforms.
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Links
Reference
GIMPShop
GIMPshop is a fork of GIMP which reworks the interface to be more like that of PhotoShop.
Questions
Answered
- Q: How do you paint with transparency?
- A: Use the "eraser" tool - between the paintbrush and airbrush tools.
- Q: How do you dock the dockable dialogs (aka toolboxes)?
- A: Supposedly you can drop toolboxes onto a horizontal bar in the main toolbar, but this doesn't seem to work in some versions of Gimp (the bar may display a popup claiming you can do this, but it doesn't work). Alternatively, you can click on the left-pointing triangle-in-a-box on the right hand side of the main toolbar, which opens a menu that allows (among other things) adding any toolbox to the main toolbar as a tab.
Unanswered
- How do you draw simple shapes, e.g. a circle? --Woozle 11:09, 14 July 2007 (EDT)