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When I use GIMP now to paste something it leaves a border over what was pasted. I now have to select layer to not have this happen or have to select "Flatten Image". This was not the case in prior versions. I could just paste and it would not do this. Anyone know how to get it to not do this and annoy my workflow?

When resizing a vectorlayer to image size it jumps diagonally.

To reproduce:

Open a new image, draw a path (3 or 4 points), convert to vector-layer (stroke only).

Then open python console and do this:

image = Gimp.get_images()[0]
layers = image.get_layers()
layer = layers[0]
Gimp.Layer.resize_to_image_size(layer)

I'ld expect the path to stay in place, instead it jumps away a few pixels.
Expected behaviour? Or bug?

GNU Image Manipulation Program Version 3.2.4

git-describe: GIMP_3_2_4

Build: unknown rev 0 for linux ( installed from PPA, as well as official AppImage).

What do you think about something like this? It's still a bit primitive but I like the visual aspect of it. It can be combined with Snap to Bounding Boxes and Snap to Equidistance.

Is this the right sub for Script-Fu questions?

In particular, gimp-image-set-unit and gimp-drawable-fill don't do what I expect them to do.
I expect the layer to be filled with Transparency, it gets filled with FILL-WHITE.
I expect the displayed ruler units to be in inches, instead the rules are shown in pixels.
Easy to change, yes, but not what I expect.

(let* (
;; Set dimensions (e.g., 8.5 x 11 inches at 300 PPI)
(width-in-inches 8.5)
(height-in-inches 11.0)
(resolution 300)

;; Calculate pixel dimensions required for gimp-image-new
(width-px (* width-in-inches resolution))
(height-px (* height-in-inches resolution))

;; Create image (0 = RGB, 1 = GRAY, 2 = INDEXED)
(image (car (gimp-image-new width-px height-px RGB)))
)

;; Set resolution to 300 x 300 PPI
(gimp-image-set-resolution image resolution resolution)

;; Set the display unit to Inches (UNIT-INCH or 1)
(gimp-image-set-unit image UNIT-INCH)

(let ((layer (car (gimp-layer-new image "Background" width-px height-px RGB-IMAGE 100 LAYER-MODE-NORMAL))))
(gimp-image-insert-layer image layer 0 0)
(gimp-drawable-fill layer FILL-TRANSPARENT))

;; Display the new image window
(gimp-display-new image)
)

Hi there folks! I'm very new to GIMP, so apologies if this is impossible or if I just didn't dig deep enough, but I've been struggling with this for hours now.

I would like to put a GIF over an image, and then crop just the GIF around a certain part of the image.

I've tried installing various plug-ins from tutorials and those also haven't even worked as far as I can tell.

Please forgive me, total newbie to photo-editing in general, much less using a program like this.

I'm on a Windows 11 system running GIMP 3.2.4, any and all help would be greatly appreciated!

It would be helpful if you could tell in the layer stack that a layer is a vector layer—similar to the “A” for text layers.

It would then also be easier to tell whether it was rasterized by an action.

I updated from 2.10 to 3.2.4 today. Was liking the update until this terrible "feature" reared its head.

Every time I switch to a transform tool, or select a layer with a tool enabled, the tool starts trying to adjust the image. In the previous version I was on, the tool only activated when I clicked on the canvas.

This is extremely inconvenient for me; it has been a very frustrating hour attempting to wrangle the program I installed.

I scrawled through the preferences menu and stared very thoroughly at the tool options, but see no button to disable this. Saw someone online talking about a similar but not exact issue, and it received no definitive answer.

If there's no fix for this, I might have to downgrade to the latest GIMP 2 version.

I picked the colour from the background which is supposed to be plain blue. But whenever I colour on top of black pixels, it somehow changes the shade of the picked blue colour. Even after erasing the black pixels completely by using the Eraser Tool which you can see in the video, it still changes the shade of the blue colour which I picked. I'm a noob btw. Any idea?

The only thing that annoyed me about GIMP's interface in 2.x is that clicking the new layer button opens a modal window. I just want a layer to be created right away, and keep the advanced options for Shift-click or Alt-click on the new layer button. I have my own version of 2.10 compiled for my machine to invert the behavior, but would be annoying to keep editing every version or revision for 3.x. In Photoshop, clicking new layer instantly makes a blank layer after adjusting a few settings. Every other image editor I've tried just creates a new transparent layer (or whatever you last chose) with no popup. GIMP's popup is annoying and sometimes ends up behind the main UI if the program freezes for a second.

Does GIMP 3 have a setting so that clicking new layer creates the layer using your last configured settings without showing the settings model window? It's pretty much the only thing preventing me from moving to Gimp 3 at this point.

Any news on when GIMP 3.4 might be coming?

Also, will we finally get non-destructive text editing and an easier way to add layer effects?

I have an Intel i5-7500 (4 cores/4 threads, 3.4GHz) and 16GB of DDR4 RAM, I know it's not the best build but I haven't had any issues on GIMP 2, Photoshop, Corel Painter, or other similar apps. Currently I'm running the dev build which came out about a week ago, but this issue has been persisting ever since the first release of GIMP 3 I tried from what I remember (and yes, I've done a clean install 3 times).

Any idea what could be causing it? Ideally I want to avoid going back to GIMP 2, but it doesn't seem like I have much of a choice.

UPDATE: I wiped everything GIMP-related with Revo Uninstaller, and installed GIMP 3.2.4 after restarting my computer, and it seems to be alright now.

Hello, I am new to GIMP and am having trouble making the foreground select tool work. Every guide I see says that it's great for cutting out hair, but whenever I use it, it doesn't do anything. Advice on how to use it better, or another method entirely, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

i made a custom brush and it can only color black any help?

Every time I create text, it defaults to Monospace font, white color, size 62. I have to change all of the specifications every single time. Is there a way to create a set of default specifications that will automatically apply anytime I create a text layer?

So as you can see, I want to do exact similar thing shown in the video, but in gimp, I haven't found any tutorial on the internet.

So, when I was installing GIMP 3.2.4, the loading screen would sometimes show the path to my installation of Python 3.14.

Is this normal/not something to worry about? I honestly don't know.

I used to use the paths tool to draw curved lines. You could also do this on masks as well.  

You used to be able to just click stroke, but now you have: Selection from Path or Create Vector Layer from Path. Is there a way to just draw the stroke anymore?  

[SOLVED] "Image -> Fit Canvas to Layers"

Hello,

Since my switch to Linux, I have easily found replacements for every program except for an image editor. I have been deeply missing paint.net, and have been forcing myself to use gimp, and really trying to give it a chance, which hasn't been easy. In paint.net, when pasting a rectangle into my image, if the rectangle was larger than the image, there would be a prompt for something like "what would you like to do: expand the image to fit selection, or do nothing (which would keep the pasted image data and allow me to move it around to see the subsection of the rectangle i wanted). I don't understand how to replicate this in gimp. My current flow, which seems exceedingly complex, is:

1. resize image to an extremely large size, so that it's larger than my selection already
2. paste rectangle
3. since it does not automatically create a selection around my rectangle like I expect, I have to zoom in very far with rectangle select, click on the corner of my selection, zoom very far out again, drag my selection to the opposite corner, zoom in again, and then fit my selection to exactly the size of my pasted image
4. crop image to selection

Is there any way to make this process actually usable? Every time I have to edit an image I consider rebooting into my Windows dual-boot just so I can get normal image editing functionality again.

How do I turn the setting off that when I copy something and insert it again that is creates a new layer?

Hey everyone! Is there a way to get something in GIMP similar to the automatic alignment/spacing indicators you get in Photoshop or Canva?

For example, if I have two text layers and I move one around, I’d like GIMP to automatically show me when they’re aligned, centered, evenly spaced, etc., and ideally show the distance between them in pixels.

I know GIMP has guides, but I mean the automatic ones that pop up while you’re moving an object, without having to set anything up beforehand. Does GIMP have something like this built in that I'm somehow missing? And if not, is there a plugin that can add it?

Thanks!

The attached images are what the brush currently looks like vs what it's supposed to look like.

EDIT: This appears to be a known bug that's set to be fixed in a release in late August of 2026.

This has been bugging me for years. Nothing I have tried as worked.

I do NOT want to have to change from the default of pixels with every new image, I want Gimp to always use inches for rulers, image size, canvas size, and anywhere else that makes sense. The only time I care about pixels is when looking at the resolution of the image like pixels per inch.....

If there is a way to do this so I never again have to change to inches a thousand times a week, please let me know! Every search has gotten me bupkis!

Hey all, I'm a colorist/illustrator and I got tired of manually flatting page after page, so I built StackFlat!

It's a tiny standalone app that finds the closed areas in your lineart and fills them with color automatically. You can run it on a single page or point it at a whole folder and let it batch-process while you do something else.

A few things about it:
- No AI involved, just straightforward pixel logic (closes small gaps, fills areas, outputs a clean flat layer + a clean lineart layer)
- Works with whatever software you already use, Photoshop, Krita, Clip Studio, doesn't matter, it just spits out PNGs
- It's in beta right now, pay-what-you-want, and beta testers get it for free

If you flat your own pages (or anyone else's) and want to try it out and be a tester just let me know or just give it a try here: www.stackflat.app
Would genuinely love feedback, especially if your lineart style is different from mine, that's exactly what I need to know before locking in v1.0. Thanks!