Gimp Tutorial: Recovering Lost Docks

[BrushCountryJamboree]

Hi i have a ?, is there a way to to lock gimp, when you open up the program that the 3 windows you see will be aligned and locked in place the next time you open up the program again.

Right now when i open up Gimp the tool bar and layers panel are partially off the screen, and i have to drag them back up from the bottom of the screen ans scale them to size.

Dave

[tosikuai]

how to uncover an image which was hiden by placing an object on top of it after taking it with the camera?

[SkaterWolf12]

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!

[littlebitmore2]

lol thanks so much for this. I was ready to uninstall and reinstall because I lost

my layers dock.

oh man, this saves me a lot of time not having to do this

[charlieoughton01]

help for mac

[Thetalltail88]

@Janik5445 oh my god THANK YOU.

[wattsranda]

Thank You So Much You Do so good on these video's. Keep up the good work:)

[sausuge2]

THANK YOU SO MUCH haha. I 'lost' my layers tab and didn't want to lose the layers i had on a current project by shutting Gimp down and reseting the properties, and you just saved me days of work. -_- thank you thank you thank you. awesome tutorial!

[Gsdliv]

plz help me when you select (EG) Brush to chose the size its gone and i have no idea how to get it back D: PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP!!!!!

[navajete91]

LOL! mine just randomly appeared!!! haha P:

[pokemonmaster199999]

THANKS LOVE YOU!!! AND SWEDISH redigera>inställningar>fönster­hantering>ta den längt där nere!!!!

[SaiM10000]

I LOST THE DIALOGE HELP ME

[malgalin]

@SaiM10000 ctrl+L

[SaiM10000]

I LOST THE DIALOGE

[solrac487]

Thank you, Thank you!

[AliceStoleWonderland]

In the new gimp , go to Windows>Recently Closed Docks>Layers , Channels, Paths , Undo.

[helloimcalledbob]

@AliceStoleWonderland CHEERS!!

[HTprods]

@AliceStoleWonderland What after that? When I press that, the thing opens up with the patterns and stuff but it doesn't give me anything back and ALL my toolbox things are gone. What should I do?

[Emiley88]

Do this to recover the dock......WINDOWS.....then RECENTLY CLOSED DOCKS. this is how the new version works.

[AyeRReFLeX]

u didnt help me ut u made me click the wrong thing and now my problem is fixed so i guess thanx!

[bev166]

YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN BETTER THEN THAT I HAVE NO FILE THING AT THE TOP

[malgalin]

@bev166 I don't have to do anything of the sort.

[Sharp0000009]

I LOST MY TOOLBAR! it says the docks are lost on it and i cant use the tools. >:(

[WhatsHoldingUsBack]

My tool options tab came off my toolbox tab! I can't get them to stick together again! MY FRIEND MESSED IT UP!

[xburritoxboy]

@Janik5445 Thanks dude your the best!

[xburritoxboy]

Which one is it to make the Text bigger or change the font I need that please reply!

[918gurlo]

@Janik5445

That Helped Alot!.. lol Thanks.. ^^

[gatitoroulette15]

I had all of this at the bottom of my toolbox is there anyway to get it back there? please...

[xburritoxboy]

HELP! Which dock is it where you make the font bigger?!?!!?

[minty409764]

OMG THANK YOU ;A; i wasent going to color anmore until i got that fixed <_< all my docks kinda left me XD

[chaseeames121]

mine doesnt have dialog or a file on the toolbar!!

[urnext2]

:43!!! whatever! I lost that too! I cant find it

[littlebits86]

I can't find Units when clicking on File

[PureZOOKS]

ok, here's one for ya,

I had an image with two layers on it, I saved the image. when my computer crashed I opened it up and only one of the layers is there, can i recover lost layers?

[WINXaIZaPIXIELOVER]

@tomfeltonissooohot

You can go to "Windows" at the top, then go to "Recnetly Closed Docks" and it click the one you need.

[magiciangob]

You really are saving me a ton of time poking around and trying to figure things out for myself. Thanks a lot!

[clcooper452]

I'm trying to be smart and read all of these and figure it out, but I'm toast.... Found the Dockable Dialogues, but do I now have to MAKE the box that has Layers, Channels, etc. etc. myself? And how do I save it to look like that everytime I open it? I tried last night and when I just opened it today, it seemed to revert back. And, my recently closed dialogues is empty. thanks.

[fleathedoosh]

The brush settings is gone on mine.. I can't change the size or opacity... D:

[2lorraine]

Thanks!!!:)

[TheFlatypus]

Thanks, I couldn't figure out how to put the tabs back where they were :D

[Whidouw]

my one doesn't say file :( I have 2.6

what should I do?

[nitrum3000]

Go to windows by filter on the top. Then click recentally closed dock.

[Garidoes1]

OMG thnx so much i haven't used this in a long time and then they updated it you know so i was like were did it go any ways thnx so much

[Secretscolour]

fnx soo much!!

[ToxicKing9421]

Gimp>windows>Dockable dialogs> and u can recover em D:

[kaylovescreamsodaa]

i only have the 2.6 one ://

and it doesnt say file. can someone

help me please ?! i just want to add

a texture :(

[NickelbackLuvr1]

Go to windows on top of the pic and choose recently lost docks and click the one that starts with layers.

[Barl15]

I am having the same problem, I see you posted this comment over 1 month ago so I am hoping you have found a solution by now. Can you help me? Or can anyone who has had the same problem help out please?

[MyzzCandii]

Go to the menu on top of your image

Click windows

Then click Dockable Dialogs

[wolflover549]

i have the newer one and I can't do this, can you pleade help me?

[sietsk]

windows > recently closed docks

[xxLilkruzzxx]

This Helped Me Recover The Lost Dock; Thanks

[malgalin]

The new version of GIMP has the menus on top of the Image windoe instead of the toolbox window.

[GeetarGuy101]

so what do we do then?

[wolflover549]

thats what i have and i need help, please!

[reiyi]

@malgalin Hi, I have gimp 2.6.7. I cannot find the preset docks in this version. Where it is? You can go to dialogue/dock menu under Window tab. But, there's no preset and no create new dock option. Luckily, I got back this dock from 'Recently Closed Dock', but, I don't know how lock this 'Recently Closed Dock' record will be there. I don't dare to close my Layers/Channels/Paths dock now.

[DarkEclipseStudios]

I have 2.6 and i lost the toolbar, the main thing that u were talking about. :( the image is still open, but it won't let me re-open the toolbar thing with all da brushes. :(

[BlueOwnzz]

what version of gimp is this?? GIMP 2.6 or GIMP 2.6.6 i dont rly know if theres a difference but mines different from yours. i have windows Vista home edition. Please help.

[DoodzRann]

This is GIMP 2.4 the micro number (third one) doesn't change anything.

[finkenmaster]

Oh my god....someone who actually made a video just for this. I love you.

[Happytont]

Thank you so much man!

[trenthansen69]

I don't have the file, Xtns, help. as options to click on at top of my toolbox window. does any no how i can recover my layers window thing. i have a mac 10.5, gimp 2.6

[crazyforstunts]

I dont have the file Xtns either this is not good and I have gimp 2.6 and it says tools on the top of mine not gimp it looks a little different and I accidently deleted the layers right after I just downloaded it what can I do?

[berrysugar352]

Hey you guys i had the same problem but dont worry all you have to do is right click your picture go to windows recently closed docks and select the one you closed

[ebllx]

thanks so much!!!

[alliecat322]

yay! thank you so much! i also lost my layers dialogue and i did not know how to get it back! thanks again!

[MysteryClown000]

comment to help ranking!

(and nice video)

[AnaBananaLove]

Thank you so much! I need this XD

[Pantera7248]

the menu at :38, the toolbar at the top is not there for my gimp program and i've reinstalled it several times. but there is a separate window that has some of the things that should be there and i have no idea where some of the things on the toolbar are

[IleanaANDcameron]

i think i have the same program you do,

all you do, is, in the box where there is nothing but file, edit, ect. go to windows>recently closed docks> and something like, "layers box" then you should get it back

[nintendods45]

I had to reply to you (lleanaANDcameron)...you really helped me a lot...thanks!

[IleanaANDcameron]

you're welcome!

[HottBaba]

thanks you helped me too

[khombolali]

YAY!! Thanks a gazillion!

[u3of52]

Thanks .. malgalin

This is one of the most important things for new uses / beginners. They should watch this video-tut a couple of times. I lost my docks when I first started. I almost gave up after it happened.

[calmart101]

Brillant!!!

[Aaronbond0]

THANKS!!!!!

[KeelyandAlyssa]

thanks dude.

[brandon99337]

Thanks so much, been looking for how to do this for a while :[

[xxobominatorxx]

Thanks

Subscribed

[Xm3buX]

Thank you very much, for some reason my GIMP didn't have this from the start, but this was very helpful. 5 stars.

[marcapesos]

Thanks. Subscribed.

[SquareWheelProd]

On "Main Gimp Dialoug" i lost my tool options and i dont know how to put them back. Can You Help Me?

[malgalin]

Easy - click the little triangle in a small box about half way down the main dialogue (it'll say 'configure this tab' when you hover over it)

Then select 'add tab' and then 'tool options'

[chucklesmcgee137]

thanks a ton man.

[NeoCatboy14]

Haha, too bad I hadn't thought to look on Youtube the other day when I accidentally closed mine. I figured it out myself though. There are some other dock customizing things he left out of the tutorial though, like adding multiple dialogs to a dock. What I have is a 2 dialog dock, with the layers and undo tabs on the top, and colors, brushes, gradients, text, whatever on the bottom. You can add another "level" by dragging a dialog to the bottom of the dock, and add more tabs the same way.

[egmfan2]

I say the same... video has nice quality

[KittenAvalanche]

Excellent video quality on this tutorial... Like crystal.

Say, I don't suppose that you know of a way to recover a project in GIMP that was lost when GIMP was accidentally closed-down or crashed... Do you?

[miro45]

thanks man

[MusikFreaks]

thanks