UPDATE: The new updated video is now available. It includes tips, tricks and a thumbnail tutorial. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mN6id6xy2dy1lpc.html

I didn't realize Gimp uses layers like Photoshop. I've always been intimidated by layers but you make it much easier to understand. You don't assume that we know everything and I appreciate that.

Thank you. I’ve had GIMP for years, but never used it other than to straighten perspective because it was so intimidating. I mostly want it for photo editing.

This is exactly what I need. Step by step, slow methods I can re-watch. As a teacher, I commend your method and your calming voice. I'm definitely subscribing and going to watch many more of your tech. videos. Thank you.

This app is pretty famous in the Linux community. I have downloaded it several times while distro hopping but never used it . Now I would like to !!!

Hi, can you create more GIMP tutorials? You have a perfect pace where you don't go too fast. It would be great to see GIMP basics that explains layers, and how to create a product logo/label and how to manipulate photographs.

I've always used photoshop. On my work computer I run cs6 and on my laptop some very old version of elements. I was about to go buy another version of elements and remembered GIMP. Your video convinced me to learn GIMP and skip elements. It really doesn't seem all that different... other than the price. :)

Great video. I've used Gimp for a long time, and wouldn't use anything else. I subscribed, and wish you much success in your channel.

Thank you man, I'm gonna be making some spicy memes for the shitty groups I'm in

i just started using gimp and i don't know what i'm doing. This video helped me a lot!

Thank you for this. I've used Corel PhotoPaint for about 14 years, because my friend gave me a copy of it. Since I got my Windows 10 machine, I've been creating graphics on my old XP, then saving them to a flash drive so I could load them onto my new one, because I couldn't find a similar graphics program that I could run on it. When someone pointed out GIMP to me, I installed it, but was so confused by it I was about to give up trying. Your tutorial has taken away my apprehension. It'll be a while before I achieve that same level of comfort as with my old system, but this is now my new graphics program!

Thanks TG. This short video was very helpful for me as a beginner. Keep up the good work.

After switching from Windows to Ubuntu.. I'm very satisfied now with my new OS. Completely free

The explanation it´s so perfect, slow and clear.

Wow! I am impressed. I have been watching GIMP videos for the last few days and this is by far the best beginner video I could find. Clearly explained and ideal pace for a newbie. Looking forward to watching more. I don't know about others, but I have to make notes as well or I won't remember the steps. Would be great to find a tutorial that has video as well as written steps or perhaps I am asking for too much. Can anyone recommend a good book something like "GIMP for Dummies". ¡Gracias Amigos!

Thank you so very much. I will use this information to finally start working with Gimp

Thank you! I'm new to GIMP and I had to search it up how to use GIMP and I saw this video with lots of views, so I had to watch it! SUBSCRIBED!

This was a very clear understandable tutorial I have ever seen. thank you so much :)

As a former Photoshop user, I sometimes complain about GIMP because of some of the weird quirks about it. But, the truth is, I keep going back to it, because it's probably the next best thing to Photoshop, paid or otherwise. For that matter, it may be better than Photoshop by now for all I know, because I haven't used PS since CS3, and I have no idea how it's changed since then. And the amount of freedom that you have with GIMP compared to something like PS makes it a whole lot more convenient.

This is soo much help! In school we have to use Gimp to make a self portrait and not even the teacher knows anything about Gimp xp

A first rate introductory presentation for me. Thank you so much.

Lol I made a big mistake. I thought this was a tutorial for the plastic twine stuff I know to be called gimp that you can make keychains and bracelets with. I decided to stick around and learn about this GIMP too and make it the new thing I learn today (I am trying to learn something new everyday this year). I hope this isn't a program I have to pay for. I didn't hear you mention anything about cost but I am going to double-check on the site before I download it. I really do want to learn more about art programs and how to use them so maybe this will lead me to a new learning rabbit hole. I made a mistake choosing this video but it's looking like it will end up being a good mistake! Watching this video definitely has me wanting to play around with this program and you do a great job of explaining and instructing. Even though I don't do a lot of art this way, I am still surprised I have never heard of this problem. It seems like it would be pretty popular if more people knew it existed.

thanks for saving my life ive been so confused

Been using GIMP for years. Love it!

I have used both Photoshop and Adobe, this is a great program, but it does have its own learning curve. I still like photoshop better, perhaps because I have used it more, but, I hope to use this as I can't afford the cost of the other programs. Sigh. There are a good many things missing in this program, and a bit harder to navigate, but it does the trick for good printable images etc. Thanks for the tips on getting used to GIMP:) Cheers!

Finally something I can understand, Thank you!!. The other videos just talk fast and they say they are for beginners but they just go right into lingo I am not yet familiar with. I can't wait to move on. Are the videos for this in any kind of order?

I hope to love it soon. Right now it's driving me crazy.

You are simply awesome . i am new in Photoshop field and I trying to learn it . After watching your video , feeling confident . Thank you !!!!

Thank you for this tutorial. After watching it, I understand why reviews say it has a steep learning curve (things I would expect to "just happen" after I choose them need another step, for example), but the tutorial has given me a sense of the system. Now I'm going to try to replicate "Hello."

Thank you- very helpful and this is something new to me. i will practice more to explore what else it can do.

Nice basic video. I am learning GIMP for my Facebook group and it is so powerful, but a little complicated. I will definitely be watching more How-To's on Gimp!

I have been using Corel Draw Paint, Photo Shop and and Pain Shop Pro since the the beginning of photo editing on computers and I must say GIMP is the right name for that program as it is indeed the cripple of photo editing... Horribly user unfriendly (why do everything so differently from other photo editing programs?) and it can not handle RAW pictures from neither my old Fuji or Nikon 3D professional DSLR camera without distorting the colors and contrast ratio.

Super helpful tutorial loving this software more and more that I mess around with it.

Thanks so much! This was one of the best tutorials I have ever seen on KZfaq. Your presentation was easy to understand and presented logically. I have subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to learning more about Gimp.

I'm using gimp as a free awesome alternative to Photoshop so I can make my own resource pack so thank you so much tech gumbo it's currently installing the software as I type

Thanks. GIMP is a perfect alternative to that "other" program. I find, for what I do it works great. The biggest thing I don't like about it is the interface. Having all those windows all over the screen can get downright aggravating at times.

nice slow teaching that's what I like thanks

great way to start my journey with gimp , thank you

Thank you, just downloaded gimp today and started my first tut with you.

You did a great job in this video. I hope you create more videos on GIMP. I had apparently turned some things off in the software and then was floundering. You covered just what I needed to get started.

I'd love more tutorials on GIMP showing the various features and also how to re-format or save an existing file/logo into different file formats (from TIFF to AI or EPS)

Thanks so much for this tutorial. I have been fumbling around for a long time with Gimp until I found this video. I just subbed to your channel. Please do more tutorials.

I recently tried to round corners of an image. Ever since I did this now when I use the grow selection tool it rounds all my corners on the grown area. I went into the rounded corners settings and set to zero and this minimized the rounded corners some but they are still rounded when I use the grow selection tool? Does anyone know how to fix this????

Thank you it worked fine for my 2.10 version

nice tutorial video for Gimp ,thank you TechGumbo!

I think your video is very simple to follow if all goes as planned, however there are things that seemed to arise as I was following along that frustrated the hell out of me. For instance, when I added a text then wanted to move it, I clicked in the white area of the texted layer to identify which layer I wanted to move but when I went to the area to move it, once I clicked inside the dotted area, it would change to the background layer.

Thank u so much. I didn't know how to make the dotted lines go away and now that you've taught me how, I look forward to learning gimp in detail. I normally use photoshop but I really do feel this program might be better (I just need to learn this one as I have photoshop).

Best tutorial ive seen so far. Cant help but think im being taught GIMP by Sheldon Cooper.

Finally found one that's helpful thank you so much!

i love gimp and how easy it is to use once when you understand it

oh goody!! i just installed this program and so need to learn how to use this for my online biz ;) ty for uploading this subbed ya!!

grate crate more gimp tutorials thank you.

Hi Loved your demo, but I wasn't sure how to import a photo or line art for manipulating. You showed how to use the text tool for creating a text image, but I need ot know how to work with photos. I tried the click, drag and drop and that seemed to work, but not sure if that's the right way to do it. Thnk you!

I also would love if you could show how to insert two images into one and how to resize your images also would be great just subscribed thanks

Great tutorial. Love the relaxed rhythm. Even for me who has used GIMP a good deal I liked watching the basic breakdown of the interface.

Sir thank you from my heart. You spoke slow and explained everything clearly. Is there any way to make a donation? Robert from Canada!

THANK YOU!!! Huge to a beginer like me!

please create more video. your first helped me a lot

Good job, you're a great teacher! You explain everything so well.

You Sir, you're the best. Best Gimp tutorial ever.

Thank you for the very helpful and informative tutorial!!!! Wonderful. We wrote a children’s book and hired an illustrator for the pictures in the book. We want 100% ownership on all copyrights involved in our future books so we want to create all of our images. We are not artist but we do take beautiful pictures. We know that we have a lot to learn since we don’t have any artistic or graphic design background. We were thinking about converting our photographs into illustrations/cartoons and then adding layers/images/backgrounds to create a whole picture that coordinates with the literature/text in our books. We prefer the hide and seek type children books. There are a lot of images on these pages that one or two photos can’t illustrate. We have to add a lot of images/layers etc. We have to stay within the trim sizes of our books which is 7”x10” or 8”x10”. All images have to be in at least 300 Dpi, PDF’s have to be optimized, JPEG’s, transparent objects and layers have to be flattened in native file before publishing, if the book uses bleed then images or elements that bleed to the edges of the pages of our manuscript has to be uploaded as a PDF, PDF’s must be optimized, plus all the other fancy elements are involved. I am not sure if it’s even possible for us to convert photos into illustrations for children books using Software like GIMP or others and staying within the required Trim sizes among other requirements. Any recommendations or places that you can guide me to for help? Thank you in advance!

My best friend, that's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

Too many great vids... I'm subscribed! 😊

Thanks bro was very helpful 🙏

Great tutorial, quick and straight to the point

I want to use it right now for changing photos to look like they were drawn with colored pencil or painted.

Good tutorial, well presented and with clear and precise explanations, thanks, I have been trying to understand how to use Gimp, thanks to this I am on my way to using it with more confidence.

more gimp tutorials please!!!!

Well explained. Thanks.

Very good video teaches everything a beginner needs to know

thankyou for the tutorial it helped alot much better then paint

Thank you Gimp looks so complicated

Thank you very much We appreciate your time and your great efforts Good Luck

more detailed projects will be nice..i enjoyed thanks🙃

Thanks for the great beginner's tutorial!!

Can you please do a video on how to use gimp to make book covers for ebooks and paperbacks?

Ok not sure I'll say this right hope you get it and can help, LOL I was playing with my gimp and somehow kicked the bottom off my tool box, for things like opaque or sizing the brush strokes, and I cant for the life of me get it back, hope this makes sense and thanks, good video I did learn something from it :)

ayy no need to buy photoshop yay

I am downloading gimp to help setup my architectural portfolio. Was this the right move???

Very informative, detailed and good tutorial.

Personally I think that GIMP will be perfect for making Custom thumbnails for my videos

thank you very much！it is easy to understand and follow!

@TechGumbo This is very excellent! Thank you so much for your help and quality!

omg tysm

Thank you, TechGumbo -- a very clear introduction to a great program. Good luck with your channel and bring us lots more!

i wish your voice was one of my Google Voice Assistant voices... you are an awesoME tutor! thank you ~dor

Hello, this was a gret starter! Thank you for doing this. I need to know how to remove background from an image, OR change color of background. Also, I'd like to know how to manipulate 2 images into 1 imagie if possible. I look forward to more tutorials!

Idk, seem lots more work to do simple editing and creating fotos than picmonkey which is (for the moment) very simple to use. However, picmonkey is changing their whole design and made it more complicated to use, much like how Google Plus ruined youtube. Picmonkey should have left their old design alone and just added whatever new tools they wanted to add to that design. Nothing complicated about that IMO. Once the option to "switch to old version of picmonkey" is gone, I'm done with them. I may start using GIMP and that's why I'm here. I do not mind paying a photo editing website because I want to be left alone to do my work WITHOUT ANNOYING ADS interfering. Picmonkey "was" once the best and far easier to use than GIMP and was worth every penny of $7.99 a month (or $40 per year). I'm going to miss the fun I had there.

Nice easy delivery style, slow-ish, clear and easy to understand. Great job! Would of liked to learn how to import images from the web, not from a camera, or any other way. Very frustrating trying to guess! Thank you. Anne x

I like using this on my phone I get to pick whatever I want if I want to normal or not

Excellent presentation, and very helpful.

Love this program! Great for learning about graphics!

nice its actually working, im suprised

I was watching this andf hoping once I saw an image, that after you scaled it, you were going to add it as a layer to the main image. How do you do that? If I open an image as a layer I cannot drag it around the background even if it is selected in layers menu.

Where do you open that extra "Tool Options" window in the bottom left below the tools??? Just trying to figure out how to justify the text different directions so I can center it. I'm using GIMP on a MacBook, but I'd imagine it'd be fairly similar. This was helpful. Thanks!!!

Thank u for this guide with this I was able to do my holiday homework nicely

clear voice good speed, really appreciate your time spent on it ..ty

video is wonderful if you want to learn how to enhance the word HELLO but what about photo editing?

thank you very much for sharing this helpful video

Please make more tutorials, I am interested too !