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Gimp Tutorial: Layers - The Basics

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I was asked to provide a basic explanation of Layers...I hope this helps.

Sorry about the lag between audio and video...slightly annoying, I know.

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  • I will never buy anything in any way even peripherally related to HGTV thanks to this horseshit spam.

  • @begrackled Not a fan of the ads at the beginning, I see?

  • Right, I've copied and pasted a lineart picture from MS Paint and copied it onto GIMP. I make a new layer as the background, and try to colour it without going over the lines. But everytime I draw something, it won't show up. Any tips?

  • @modernwarfare331 You need to make sure you are trying to colour in the right layer. Select the layer you want to work on in the layers dock.

    You can see my Pop Art tutorial (the one with the busker) for an extended explanation of colouring in.

  • The layer dialog menu vanished and I have no "file" option on the tool thingy, its not overly userfreindly maybe thats the reason Ubuntu gave up Gimp?

  • @finnbjerke ctrl+L will bring it back. The upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6 moved the options from the tool dialog to the top of the image window...I personally find that more intuitive.

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  • Great tutorial. Explains layers very well.

  • I have no layer box, and my file drop down does not have a Dialogue option. Hours and hours wasted trying to do the most basic of thing....

  • @malgalin Thank you so much! This has really helped a beginner like myself! You're very patient and thorough!

  • This might be a stupid question, but is Gimp the same as Photoscape?

  • I'd love to know how to use images in layers - specifically placing one one the other - like a cut-out of a person onto a background image. I have tried on and off for ages but get so frustrated I end up quitting for enough time to calm down.This was a good idea of layers in basic sense, but it didn't really show me the bit I needed.

  • This was a great tutorial you made it so clear to understand even for us beginners so thanks for that. Hope to see some more of your tutorials. Keep em comin Have agreat week

  • THANK U

  • how the FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK­KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK­KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK do you select layers? I almost cried 3 minutes ago because ive been trying to click on a fucking layer and erase the bottom portion of it for 1 hour and 30 minutes but ive failed over and over and over and over and over and over a fucking gain. HELLPPPPPP!?!?!?!?!

  • the gimp doesnt let me select other layers and i am getting so frustarated at this.

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