Master the Paths Tool in GIMP 2.10

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Master the Paths Tool in GIMP 2.10

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In this GIMP 2.10 tutorial, I show you how to master the popular and versatile Paths Tool (which is equivalent to the Pen Tool in Photoshop). From cutting out complex objects to creating curves and shapes, there are tons of cool features that come with this tool. You can create selections from paths, stroke a path, and fill a path, plus re-use paths and bring them into other compositions by copying or exporting them.
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@jcccheung 4 күн бұрын

Really comprehensive and thanks for showing those text designs at the end.

@lucius7872 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH for this tutorial. I've watched countless others and I've never understood how they were doing certain things (what keys they were pressing on their keyboard). Thanks for being so clear and concise.

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome - glad everything was clear and easy to follow. Thanks for checking it out!

@BeckyAnn6879 3 жыл бұрын

So much easier than the way I was doing it in PS years ago!! Thank you! Between your channel and Logos By Nick, I'm actually learning GIMP and Inkscape!!

@Kewlstickers 2 жыл бұрын

my support 👍

@raetheonmitchell8386 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I'm just starting with Gimp. THANK YOU for these videos.

@burlyskewtheater145 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Gimp keeps getting better and better. The more I learn it, the more I love it.

@Kewlstickers 2 жыл бұрын

my support 👍

@iamlinux 5 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was looking for ! Thanks, man you made my day !

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Always good to hear that - thanks for watching!

@mkenyahalisi6273 2 ай бұрын

This was eye opening. Thanks!

@aths_69 3 жыл бұрын

i Like the way that he teaches more than the topic now i have an idea to do my project

@ravenm1165 2 ай бұрын

so many cool tips, didn't even know you could export path to svg

@toddkepschull454 4 жыл бұрын

"Yet another [GREAT] tutorial…" Thank you!

@danielerinaldi3123 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael for this very, very useful tutorial. You convinced me. From now on, I will no longer use the Intelligent Scissors Select Tool, but only the fantastic Path Tool!

@ConsciousnessWatch Жыл бұрын

Impressive video! Thanks for all the specific detail.

@FredoCorleone 3 жыл бұрын

Super useful video! Thanks

@kbogiatzakis 3 жыл бұрын

dude, thank you! I wish I have seen this before and not learning the hard hard way! cheers for the text along path! Had no idea...

@MrCjrodriguez 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video! Excellent tutorial!!

@jbolted 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that excellent tutorial on paths in Gimp. You answered a ton of questions I had about using this very unique tool.

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome - glad I could help. Thanks for watching!

@jonasmous3595 2 жыл бұрын

I almost feel like I have to pay to get these good tutorials. Good thing youtube is free for the time being :D

@schechter01 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting these tuts up...I appreciate them & no doubt a great many others do also. Yes, I am a former Photoshop user...started messing with it back in the 90's, when you could buy the _program_ & it didn't cost an arm & a leg. I got to maybe journeyman capability...mid-level. I was beyond the basics but no guru (tended to have problems using masks, though). We all know what happened when Adobe got too big for its britches... Finally they switched to that obscene subscription model. Had been doing basic stuff with GIMP for almost a year since my last computer with a ghetto copy of Creative Suite died (yes, I admit it. Don't tell me everyone has shelled out thousand$ for programs with ridiculously bloated code). Once Adobe rolled out that subscription bullshit I said enough was enough. Got a new machine late last year & was happy to see how GIMP has evolved.

@hidden_occult_mysticism 2 жыл бұрын

Love your content

@rohanjose_486 4 жыл бұрын

I knew this option but I didnt know how to use it. But now I know . Thanks man

@DavidLeBlanc 5 жыл бұрын

Good overall tutorial. Going over it several times to get it all down. This tool can do a lot.

@MatheusOliveira-lv8kp 5 жыл бұрын

Keep up with good work, Michael!

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jeffk9908 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial. You do a great job.

@DaviesMediaDesign 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jeff!

@leeyahav4754 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man I really like your videos because the way you explain are really good . but I want to ask you if you can do also short videos for the tools in gimp like 5 minutes long videos so people who just want to learn how to use it can see it . thnx man

@rexharrison6827 3 жыл бұрын

My local library has Gimp. I tried it earlier this evening but got horribly confused (even though I used Photoshop for decades!), but this tutorial would have saved a lot of swearing! Thanks.

@thilinaalagiyawanna3680 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@claudionascimentodesouza3107 5 жыл бұрын

Great class! Thanks very much my GimpFriend!

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@ryan2345 Жыл бұрын

6:38 is where the work begins

@indahkhairunnisa9132 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This video helps me so much

@samuelgranados2941 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant tutorial! Thank you so much for your effort and great content. Extremely grateful!

@watcher4879 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial finally I have done photo manupilation I thought I can't do

@RickHenderson 5 жыл бұрын

This was great, thanks. I learned so much in this one tutorial. No wonder my paths kept "disappearing" when I tried text to path.

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out.

@syaifulbahri1525 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this tutorial. I learn much technic from this video.

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@DavidEsp1 Жыл бұрын

10:03 - Nice illustration of trade-off dilemma re how closely to mask strands, tufts, locks of hair - my (would-be perfectionist's) "nightmare" !

@snimayu_shlyapu 4 жыл бұрын

true Master!! Thank you! Now I've got a power! %)

@oikosu 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks.

@AlLiber931 5 жыл бұрын

Very useful video. Thank you

@geekbait7019 5 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video!

@DelElson 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this tutorial. This has solved a problem that I've been struggling with in map design for some time. I'll definitely check out the gimpschool stuff

@lordoftheflings 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid. 1000 Thanks!

@thelastofmarlynstrains 4 жыл бұрын

i can't close the path, I'm on a mac using the tab and when I press control and the first point it just shows tool options and stuff, what can I do?

@LockMonster 2 жыл бұрын

great help, I had to vary it slightly on GIMP 2.10.32 (revision 1) but got the gist

@VSimCardV Жыл бұрын

Hi Michael, do you know if there's a function in GIMP which is like the brush tool recording in Photoshop?

@0212fusion 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏🙏

@TrackpadTimmy 4 жыл бұрын

i've been using gimp for years and didnt know that the paths dialog box existed

@garygraham6020 11 ай бұрын

One question? Is there a feather feature in the path selection to avoid a hard edge when the object is pasted on a background image. Great tutorial!

@Ningnomaningnong 3 жыл бұрын

I went back to my sealed selection like you did at 13:23 and I wanted to then fill it but it wouldn't. Any idea why?

@princemj 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You Dude!!!, wil definitely change my gaming thumbnails :D

@70loNslo 5 жыл бұрын

Nice tutorial, much appreciate your help.

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mancheezethegreat8617 4 жыл бұрын

excellent tut

@upl1nk.v01d2 Жыл бұрын

when I'm starting new drawing with Paths tool I can connect 2 anchors when working with same drawing, but after restarting GIMP, opening saved drawing, selecting 2 anchors it won't let me connect two anchors to draw line no matter how I press hotkeys and etc. How to resolve this issue?

@thisisthelukas Жыл бұрын

I love GIMP, but the only thing I don't like is how you gotta relearn a bunch of stuff since it's not very standardized. It's been an adventure learning it though! Thank you.

@drutgat2 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Michael. Many thanks for this.

@DaviesMediaDesign 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for watching!

@Ratigan2 4 жыл бұрын

you sound like you're internally screaming but thank you so much for this ♥

@SimonMordue 2 жыл бұрын

I need some help. I just started using GIMP. I'm creating images for a pitch deck. I have about 11 layers going on, as I'm creating a mock film poster. I started to notice, yellow-ish lines, appearing in the project. They are clearly from where I have taken a photo, dropped it into Gimp (a layer) and created a path around an object (like an actress), shrunk them down to place them in the image to create the look I am after. It looks as though the initial outline (prior to shrinking the image) still remains, in faded form in the project. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? CAN ANYONE HELP ME FIGURE OUT HOW TO REMOVE THEM? As they are clearly ruining the overall image I am building. Thank you! Simon

@eugenechambers3403 5 жыл бұрын

I'm nailing the path tool into my head my favourite tools l use in gimp lasso tool, magic wand

@sigitpribadi1711 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, Davies I really love your GIMP tutorials, the one and only GIMP tutorial channel that I know that upload video regularly. Thank you for make this channel, this channel really helpful. I'm a beginner designer, when I try to make mockup as a my logo presentation I found so many mockup design with .psd format and I don't know how to edit this file on GIMP. Would you make tutorial video to edit .psd file mockup ion GIMP ? Thank you.

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Sigit - I'm glad you found our channel and are enjoying the tutorials! I look into this.

@ernesthader1109 4 жыл бұрын

You can open psd files on gimp but not all ps will transfer.

@A3rox 5 жыл бұрын

Very good tutorial, thanks a lot man!

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@marcossaraiva4245 5 жыл бұрын

Again a great tutorial!! Thx Davies

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@lemagreengreen 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know a way to flip a path (horizontally or vertically)? I keep needing this feature but I've never found how to do it or if it is possible.

@richardbinney909 4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't find my question on google so thought I'd ask on this video that has been helpful to me. For some reason when I paste my path on an image, it doesn't show the path outline at all. The path appears in the path dialog box but as a blank white box. When I paste this path onto other images I don't have this problem. Does anyone know what might be the issue here?

@kiwiscribe 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid - you missed how to delete a node but I looked it up - shift and ctrl together and click on the node to delete.

@aarushikesarwani3949 Жыл бұрын

hey davies, i need your help. whenever I try to select the path the error says "it does nothing to click here, please try clicking on the path element" I am not getting this. Please resolve this issue.

@swancreekproductions7101 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite way yo outline a subject with paths is to free select the object and turn it into a path. Another easy way imo is to make a layer mask and paint out everything outside of the object, then color select the full opacity part of the mask and turn that selection into a path.

@creatinganewlife1296 3 жыл бұрын

i am using 2.10 gimp i am trying to use path tools but its not selection.please what i need to do. thank you

@rtwg605 3 жыл бұрын

Irony ... I'm getting ads for Photoshop as I watch! LOL. But serious question ... are you using a mouse as you draw the bezier curves or a tablet/pen like a Wacom?

@lulatesa 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial . I'm looking to make an old-style map in gimp. I am looking to create a map with edges with the effect of concentric coastlines to give a depth contour effect and I read that this tool is used. Is it possible that in the future you can do a tutorial about creating old style maps? I'm a geography teacher and I want to recreate a map of my country Panama about the incursion of the real pirates of the Caribbean and I want to do it in the old style. I want to make the coasts with old style, depth contour or, simple lines or ripples lines

@LockMonster 2 жыл бұрын

I have to now do interlacing for my website pictures, can you do it on gimp??

@LHA100 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for very helpful tutorial. How can we make a vector pattern to sell on Shutter-stock?

@planetachevere 3 жыл бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't' this be done more easily with the scissors select tool, since it has the "intelligent edge-fitting" feature?

@Bendigo1 3 жыл бұрын

You are correct , but the tutorial is for the paths tool. Using the paths tool allows more options than the scissors tool, knoing how to use it can be useful.

@ixiahj 5 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to save the last tool I used to stroke a path? It always seems to default on paintbrush when I always use ink.

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Good question! Not to my knowledge, but if I find out something different I'll let you know.

@vshazam 4 жыл бұрын

I know this is way old by now, but in case anyone is wondering in the future - yes, there is. I'm not sure where it is in any drop down menus, but I have a custom shortcut set for it. In the Configure Keyboard Shortcuts it's named vector-stroke-last-value. Ihave mine set for Ctrl+Alt+R, so if I stroke a path with the ink tool, it'll do the same every time I hit Ctrl+Alt+R. It'll repeat whichever Tool you last used. Ink, Pencil, Paintbrush, Eraser, Air Brush, etc or just the Stroke Line option in Stroke Path. It doesn't necessarily repeat the same brush settings under Tool Options (like opacity, size, angle, etc) but as long as you don't change them they'll stay the same. Which I personally prefer, it's handy for quickly honing in on the perfect Tool Option settings for the project I'm working on. I just use Ctrl-Alt-R and Ctrl+Z and adjust the settings in between.

@KogleyBroDude 3 жыл бұрын

You got one for making the interface like yours? I cant see what everything is.

@DavidEsp1 Жыл бұрын

02:30 Restaurant Au Clair de la Lune, Montmatre, Paris

@lemur7546 5 жыл бұрын

You're awesome! Thanks for you videos! :)

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@johnskelton3633 4 жыл бұрын

My understanding of paths is that they create vector data. If this is true then why do my stroked paths pixelate when I zoom in on them? Shouldn't they be just as smooth?

@kensleylewis 4 жыл бұрын

I now see the light!

@charimuvilla8693 4 жыл бұрын

Instead of messing with curves I like to zoom in and add many points as I go. Do you think this is slower/worse?

@DaviesMediaDesign 4 жыл бұрын

This sounds like it would be much more tedious, but that's my opinion.

@Finau 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a way I could save the photo in a PNG form?

@tuelienloanle3516 5 жыл бұрын

Can I copy the path in different program such as Auto CAD?

@knowledgeispower6653 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@johnsknows3135 4 жыл бұрын

thank you sir

@eabaw4wrw3rqf72 4 жыл бұрын

so apparently ive been using paths in gimp for 2 years now and never knew how to save it. Thanks now i know

@RahulKUMAR-op4wg Жыл бұрын

Start from 06:00

@giovannifollone1768 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man, one question, if i have to make a path of a really complex thing, like hair, how should i do? Anyway you’re the best

@daulatraopatil8486 4 жыл бұрын

Can U make a tutorial on how to make vector Esports logo using GIMP ? This one was really helpful ...

@geoglobalsolutions 5 жыл бұрын

Davies great video and excellent tutorial, quick question, after creating the path can it be sliced half way through the line? for example, if I draw one straight line with a node on each end, can i click on the middle of the path and cut it in half? or for example can I delete a line between two nodes? thanks in advance

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Any time you delete a node in GIMP, it will simply connect the remaining nodes together with a new line segment. It will not cut the node in half. However, when drawing nodes, you can hold the shift key and click to create a break in the path between the last node you drew and a new node. But you cannot do this after you have already drawn the path. You could always create a selection from your path, and draw a new selection (using something like the Free Select Tool) in "subtract from current selection" mode, then create a new path from that selection. The path would then be sliced wherever you subtracted the selection. I hope that makes sense.

@RiddleSolver359 5 жыл бұрын

thanks sir for giving tutorial

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

@hebaadel6924 4 жыл бұрын

thanks man thank you but help me with the stroke

@jamescaler8534 3 жыл бұрын

Cannot move the selection...the dissolve copy that is...the action of moving the blue to the left...It simply does not let me move it at all

@jamescaler8534 3 жыл бұрын

finally let me move it but I had to hide everything else and grab the center....btw holding control did not keep it in a straight line.

@cryswerton-silva Жыл бұрын

Niceeee!

@creatinganewlife1296 3 жыл бұрын

If here anyone who is using gimp on mac? I have to one question on my mac the selection tool from path and selection tool its not work.Please give me suggestion how to solve it problem

@DaviesMediaDesign 3 жыл бұрын

GIMP for MAC has had all sorts of problems since the Big Sur OS update.

@diegocuneo9100 4 жыл бұрын

Two Questions; how you put this litlle images in above the main image, and how its possible that the paths of my image dissapear?

@chrisa7583 4 жыл бұрын

When you create a new photo, (file>create new) you get the small photos above, and they act like tabs

@MrGaffeltand 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I learned a lot. By the way, what do you think about Gimp Gap for Gimp 2.10.8?

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

I am not sure what you are referring to - the only GIMP GAP I am aware of hasn't been updated in quite some time (unless it did recently and snuck under my radar).

@MrGaffeltand 5 жыл бұрын

@@DaviesMediaDesign That's the point because I was curious if Gimp Gap was updated recently. I didn't use it for a long time. In the meantime I have learned that for instance VLC media player and other programs does tricks very easy where I used Gap for. So problem solved and thank you very much for your reply.

@stereo123 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't there a way to control if the nodes are symmetrical or not as i go? I love working with the pen in inkscape, but the one in gimp is still infuriating...

@DaviesMediaDesign 3 жыл бұрын

Yes- I go over it in this tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lbGKfJiimdObZWQ.html

@stereo123 3 жыл бұрын

@@DaviesMediaDesign I will check it out, thank you!

@sam.mankar 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, Davies, Do you have a tutorial on "Selection of Hairs Precisely"?

@22av24 4 жыл бұрын

Watch the foreground tutorial....

@vijayalakshmitummapudi7825 5 жыл бұрын

suppose I made a wrong path and realised it long after and now I want to join an anchor point to some other anchor point and remove the old connecting anchor points, how can I do that?

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Go to the Paths dialogue, unhide the path you drew that you are trying to change, and click on the nodes/anchor points you want to delete. Hit the backspace key to delete.

@ernesthader1109 4 жыл бұрын

Before you do all that, make sure to click the edit in the tool option.

@godfreynurse1441 Күн бұрын

Holly sh...I just wanted to use the path tool....great in depth information on how to use paths but cannot spend 47 minutes to work out how to do something that should be simple.

@DaviesMediaDesign Күн бұрын

Grab the Paths tool from the tool box, then click and drag your mouse to draw curves. If you need more info, watch the 37* minute in-depth video where I cover absolutely everything you need to know.

@1ofthedudeswatching57 3 жыл бұрын

Would have been better to watch this tutorial before I spent years using Gimp .One thing I found though to avoid S curves you can move the handle of the anchor you just created to the direction of the next anchor .

@Enrique-the-photographer 5 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel (and subscribed LOL). Can you please tell me if it’s possible to blend (combine) three bracketed photos that were underexposed, overexposed and one “normal” in gimp? Thank you.

@DaviesMediaDesign 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Yes - just open each image as a layer (File>Open as Layers) then change the blend mode of each layer you would like to blend (the Blend mode drop down is in the layers panel at the very top). I hope that helps!

@Enrique-the-photographer 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the prompt reply, is there a video on this channel that would show me how to? Thank you.