Hscripts.comGIMP Tutorial Presented By ©Hscripts.com Hiox.com How to Create New Image File Topic How to create a new image file in GIMP? Explanation This is the initial step in GIMP which guides you to create a new image file with different height and width properties. Steps to Follow: - Start GIMP. - Click File -> New or else just press Ctrl+N. Hscripts.com - A box named Create a New Image gets displayed. - The box exhibits the default image size. Alter the size either manually or through the up and down arrows. - Set the type/nature of picture file size. Just click the pixels. A list drops down from where you can choose the category. - If you desire to have a pre defined picture file size, then click the Template. A list of items will be displayed in the list box. Choose one item from the list as per your need. - The Advanced Options list you additional features like "Resolution, Color space, Fill with and Comment". Apply these options if you need them. - Then set the features and finally click the Ok button in the create a new image box. - Now the new fileHscripts.com has been created. A sample new file created has been shown below. Hiox.com How to Create a New File from Clipboard Topic How to create a new image file from clipboard in GIMP? Explanation This method allows you to generate a file from various sources. Steps to Follow: - Launch GIMP. - Click File -> Create and the options get displayed. Hscripts.com - The options From Clipboard, Scanner or Camera, Screenshot permit you to create a file from these sources. - The Clipboard option lets you to paste the image content from the clipboard. Note that you can paste the content only if it is available in clipboard. - The Scanner/Camera option allows you to create file through a scanner or camera. This is a method of creating file from an outside source. Either the Scanner or Camera should be connected to your computer system to create the file. - A box named "Select Source" appears. Click the available items in it(items will be displayed only if a scanner/camera is connected to computer) and create a file. View the below image. - The Screen Shot is an option to create file by taking screenshots of the items seen in screen. Either single window or whole window can be taken as a screenshot. - Click File-> Create-> Screen Shot to take screenshot of the window. - A box named WinSnap displays. - Set the options in the box and click the button Grab to get the screen shot of the window. - The rest of the options like Buttons, Logos, Patterns, webpage Themes are used to obtain logos, patterns, preHscripts.com defined shapes and themes from webpages. - Simply set the features and click the "Ok" button to get the new file. Hiox.com How to Open a File Topic How to open a file in GIMP? Explanation This page explains you as to how to open a new file. There are four ways to open a file and this is the first method. The rest of the three methods are: 1] To open as layers -> Open As Layers 2] To open file from location -> Open File From Location 3] To open a recent file -> Open Recent Document Method 1: Follow below steps to launch a file: - Launch GIMP. - Click File -> OpenHscripts.com or else just press Ctrl+O to Open a file. - A box displays with name Open Image. - The folders are displayed at the left hand side of the box. Open it and select an image file to open. - When a file is selected,Hscripts.com user can view the Preview of the image file at the right hand side of the box. - To search a file manually, just click the Pencil icon in the "Open Image" box and type the location of a file in the "Location" column and then open the image file. - Finally, save the file through File -> Save and click the "Save" button. Hiox.com How to Open a File as Layers Topic How to open a file as layers in GIMP? Explanation This page will explain you how to open a file as layers using GIMP. Method 2: Steps to Follow: - Launch GIMP. - Click File -> Open as Layers or else just press Ctrl+Alt+O to open a file. - Then a box displaysHscripts.com with name Open Image. - Choose any image file and click the Open button in the "Open Image". - The image file will be opened with layers i.e. the layers will be added to currently opened image. (View the below image) - Apply changes in the file and then save the file through "File -> Save" and click "Save" button. Hscripts.com Hiox.com Open a file from a Location Topic How to open a file from a location in GIMP? Explanation This page explains you how to open a file from location. The Open Location option enables you to use images from Online. Note that you must have the Internet Connection to launch an image, in case you use this method. Method 3: Steps to Follow: - Open GIMP. - To launch a new image file, click File -> Open Location or else open GIMP and then press Alt+F and L button. Hscripts.com - A box displays with name "Open Location". - Now enter the URL address of the image in the "Enter Location" column. - Then click Open button. - Just wait until the image gets downloaded. (View the marked portion in the below image) - The image will be displayed on the screen. - Complete your work and finally save the file by clicking "File -> Save" and again clicking the "Save" button. Hscripts.com Hiox.com How to Open a Recent Document from History Topic How to open a recent document from history in GIMP? Explanation This page explains you how to open a recently opened document from history. It enables the user to open an image which was closed recently. Method 4: Steps to Follow: - Open GIMP. - To launch a new image file, click File -> Open Recent or else press "Alt+F" and "R". Hscripts.com - The "open recent" menu displays the list of image files which were opened and closed recently. - Select the image file, which you like to open now. - The user can also clear the Document History if he/she wishes to. - Click File -> Open Recent -> Document History to open the document history box. - Simply click the "brush" icon in the box to clear all the images. (View the lower portion of the above image file) - Then a box appears with the name Clear Document History. - Click the Clear button in the box. Hscripts.com - Now the entire images will be cleared. (View the below image) - User can also delete the images one by one in the document history box. - Just click the "-" symbol in the document history box and delete the files one by one. - Finally save the file by just clicking "File -> Save". A box opens up. Click the "Save" button. Hiox.com How to Cut and Paste Pictures / Image Topic How to cut and paste pictures / images into layers in GIMP? Explanation This page explains you how to cut and paste an image or pictures into multiple layers in GIMP. Steps to Follow: - Open GIMP. - Click File -> Open or else just press Ctrl+O, then choose a file and now click Ok button. - Click Select->All or else press Ctrl+A which selects the whole image. - If you want a part of the image to be selected, choose "Rectangle Select Tool or Ellipse Select Tool or Free Select Tool" from the toolbox. Then select the portion which you want to cut or copy. (View the below Hscripts.comimage) - Click Edit->Cut or press "Ctrl+x" to cut the selected portion of the image. - The selected portion in the image gets sliced. You may may use the sliced part to paste in a new file or even in a new layer. The below portion provides you the information regarding the paste methods in GIMP. - Open GIMP and launch a new image file. - Now select a portion in the image. - Then choose either "Cut or Copy" option, to cut or copy the image. - Click Edit -> Paste. - Then the image gets pasted. - The Paste Into option pastes the image over the existing image. The pasted image can be moved. - The difference between the "Paste & Paste Into" option is that the paste option simply pastes the image and it cannot be moved. But the "paste into" option allows the user to move the pasted portion. Hscripts.com - Then click Edit -> Paste as. The Paste as option provides four more options, which allows the user to paste the image in various styles. The options are "New Image, New Layer, New Brush, New Pattern". - Select any one of the options. For e.g. New Image from "Paste as". This will automatically paste the image in a new window. - The New Image & New Layer option do not require any additional process. Just click it and the image gets pasted. - Finally click "File -> Save" to save the file. Hscripts.com Hiox.com How to Copy and Paste Pictures / Image Topic How to copy and paste pictures / images into layers in GIMP? Explanation This page explains you how to copy and paste an image or pictures into multiple layers in GIMP. Steps to Follow: - Launch GIMP. - Click File -> Open or else press Ctrl+O to open a file, then choose a file and now click Ok button. - In case you want the entire image to get copied, click Select->All or else simply press Ctrl+A.