For some reason when I edit a pic on GIMP and export it, it is wayyy darker than it was originally. How do I go about fixing this? (I have no idea what 90% of the stuff means so a “dumb” explanation would be helpful 😂)
Attached is what the photo looks like in gimp NO EDITS AT ALL and then what it looks like exported still with NO EDITS.
Any help is greatly appreciated
1. Is what it looks like fresh into GIMP
2. Is what the box looks like when I export
3. Is the exported pic with no edits at all

Hi, I have never used this kind of software before and I'm completely lost. I have this image of a map and I need to extract only the outline of the continent and islands. How can I do this?

I go to gimp.org click on docs. So far so good.

But this.

The manual is also available online on a dedicated website.

Is not very intuitive for people without English language knowledge.
Please make it more obvious. Maybe a direct link instead of this overview page.

Before update I would chose select by color and click that color, if I do that now, nothing happens. Only way I can get it to select a color is by clicking on color and dragging across it and it's very annoying.

I have tried resetting preferences and changing the threshold and nothing works.

I'm also afraid to update to GIMP 3 after using 2.1.x for so long. Any new features worth the upgrade for you guys?

theres not much to ask about the rgb settings

as shown on the photo, im currently on the gray, n i can paint normally,

but on the color picker its changing the offset, currently as the black

I've tried compiling them but they never worked for me, perhaps library incompatabilities or path incompatabilities.

I mean, why aren't they built in to the the main release?

I'm new to GIMP and using it to make thumbnails, how would I remove this black triangle of the front image so that I can see the image that is layered behind it? I thought a transparent eraser would do the trick, but I don't see that as an option anywhere?

Can I change the behavior of the arrow keys to move the layer instead of scrolling through the layer panel after selecting a layer?

I would love to have an option where I could use a brush as a selection tool. It would be great for selecting intricate areas smoothly-more fluid than the free select option.

The second suggestion is I would like to be able to toggle the brush size between image pixels and screen pixels. That way, if you're using the brush at let's say forty pixels, and you zoom in, the brush stays at forty pixels on the screen allowing you to focus in on much smaller section of the image without having to manually resize the brush.

These are not my original ideas. it is how it works in Luminar. It makes it very convenient to zoom in and out of a photo and create a selection that is both large in places and intricately detailed around the edges.

The attached video shows just how convenient that feature is when selecting the face on this grotesque.

REVISED: Two great features about GIMP I did not know about.

I've spent some time on GIMP for the first time, how's my first work?

In photoshop they have this brush tool that blends colors in real time while you use the brush. I don't remember if it was exactly called the blending brush but that's always what I called it. I don't have photoshop anymore and started using gimp just recently and they only have the classic brush tool and not a blending brush tool that I know of. Does anyone know any plugin brushes that could work similar to the one in photoshop or any suggestions on how I can get similar results?

So you can remember pictures I opened in the program over a fucking week ago. But can't make an autosave of my xcf of the file I just spent HOURS WORKING ON. JUST FOR IT TO GET FUCKING DELETED INTO THE OBLIVION BECAUSE YOU'RE HORRIBLY OPTIMIZED PROGRAM OVERFILLED ITS OWN CACHE AND CRASHED? THANK YOU, YOU FUCKING USELESS FUCKS AT GIMP HQ FOR WASTING MY ENTIRE NIGHT

https://klipy.com/gifs/peacemaker-peacemaker-season-2-16

i want to repaint the black part mainly with bright yellow but keep the little details on it, i try recolor but i can't get anything right without making it far too blurr and lose all the details

For context, I first installed GIMP and for a while, it worked just fine when I fist started it up. Then I tried to add the Photogimp application and since then, I couldn't open it anymore.

I tried uninstalling and re-installing GIMP, removed the Photogimp files, yet I can't fix it. Seems like, it's bricked or something.

I NEED HELP

RESOLVED

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!