GIMP 2.6
by James Street
Start the free chapterThis VTC course provides an overview of the leading free and open-source image editing suite, GIMP. GIMP is a very powerful tool available across many major operating systems and sometimes included with the operating system itself. Learning to use this software can be intimidating, but with this video series, you will evolve from newbie to experienced user very quickly. James Street paves the way for you to learn all about: the GIMP Interface, Selections, Painting, Layers, Filters, and much more! To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.
Course content
Introduction2 lessons
About GIMP3 lessons
Setting Up GIMP3 lessons
Interface Overview9 lessons
- Overview5:501 credit or ad
- Main Window pt. 13:341 credit or ad
- Main Window pt. 24:331 credit or ad
- Toolbox & Tool Options7:221 credit or ad
- Layers/Channels pt. 15:041 credit or ad
- Layers/Channels pt. 24:121 credit or ad
- Preferences pt. 15:211 credit or ad
- Preferences pt. 25:121 credit or ad
- Preferences pt. 34:551 credit or ad
Working with Documents11 lessons
- Opening Existing Documents7:041 credit or ad
- Rasters & Vectors6:221 credit or ad
- Color Models7:111 credit or ad
- Color Modes6:051 credit or ad
- Navigation8:461 credit or ad
- Resize & Rotate4:021 credit or ad
- Cropping pt. 14:191 credit or ad
- Cropping pt. 24:391 credit or ad
- Saving & Closing5:491 credit or ad
- Creating New Documents6:411 credit or ad
- File Formats4:001 credit or ad
Selections & Layers17 lessons
- Basics of Selections pt. 14:361 credit or ad
- Basics of Selections pt. 24:551 credit or ad
- Basics of Selections pt. 34:311 credit or ad
- Basics of Selections pt. 43:411 credit or ad
- Rectangle Select Tool Options7:071 credit or ad
- Ellipse Select Tool5:421 credit or ad
- Free Select Tool4:081 credit or ad
- Fuzzy Select Tool3:341 credit or ad
- Path Tool for Selections6:131 credit or ad
- Select By Color Tool5:431 credit or ad
- Scissors Select Tool6:351 credit or ad
- Quick Mask5:271 credit or ad
- Foreground Select Tool6:221 credit or ad
- Layer Basics pt. 16:481 credit or ad
- Layer Basics pt. 22:011 credit or ad
- Simple Composites pt. 13:401 credit or ad
- Simple Composites pt. 25:311 credit or ad
Transformation Tools7 lessons
Painting & Drawing Tools27 lessons
- Shapes & Colors pt. 18:581 credit or ad
- Shapes & Colors pt. 24:221 credit or ad
- Shapes & Colors pt. 35:021 credit or ad
- Color Picker pt. 15:001 credit or ad
- Color Picker pt. 23:471 credit or ad
- Bucket Fill7:281 credit or ad
- Patterns7:461 credit or ad
- Blend Tool pt. 14:071 credit or ad
- Blend Tool pt. 26:521 credit or ad
- Creating Gradients pt. 14:241 credit or ad
- Creating Gradients pt. 26:021 credit or ad
- Paths pt. 14:421 credit or ad
- Paths pt. 26:381 credit or ad
- Creating a Color Palette6:011 credit or ad
- Pencil Basics5:241 credit or ad
- Pencil Illustration4:471 credit or ad
- Eraser3:331 credit or ad
- Ink8:591 credit or ad
- Coloring pt. 14:301 credit or ad
- Coloring pt. 23:591 credit or ad
- Parametric Brushes6:131 credit or ad
- Image Brushes6:401 credit or ad
- Animated Brushes6:171 credit or ad
- Paintbrush Tool pt. 14:111 credit or ad
- Paintbrush Tool pt. 24:351 credit or ad
- Airbrush/Smudge/Blur/Dodge pt. 15:391 credit or ad
- Airbrush/Smudge/Blur/Dodge pt. 24:451 credit or ad
Text5 lessons
Layer Masks & Blending Modes5 lessons
Touching Up Photographs11 lessons
- Introduction2:161 credit or ad
- Removing Unwanted Elements6:271 credit or ad
- Adjusting Contrast pt. 17:371 credit or ad
- Adjusting Contrast pt. 24:321 credit or ad
- Restoring a Photograph pt. 17:101 credit or ad
- Restoring a Photograph pt. 24:091 credit or ad
- Perspective Cloning6:361 credit or ad
- Adjusting Colors pt. 14:191 credit or ad
- Adjusting Colors pt. 25:351 credit or ad
- Red Eye Removal6:091 credit or ad
- Green Eye Removal8:101 credit or ad
Fun with Filters16 lessons
- Introduction5:121 credit or ad
- Pixelize & Gaussian Blur7:441 credit or ad
- Sharpen & Unsharp Mask5:481 credit or ad
- iWarp5:381 credit or ad
- Drop Shadow4:031 credit or ad
- Slur4:121 credit or ad
- Laplace2:571 credit or ad
- Erode3:131 credit or ad
- Filmstrip5:051 credit or ad
- GIMPressionist pt. 13:031 credit or ad
- GIMPressionist pt. 25:381 credit or ad
- Old Photo3:461 credit or ad
- Seamless Backgrounds5:381 credit or ad
- Jigsaw2:251 credit or ad
- Wave8:061 credit or ad
- Review3:331 credit or ad
Creating a Web Banner9 lessons
- Website Header Background4:581 credit or ad
- Web Stripes5:141 credit or ad
- Adding Text & Wilbur3:441 credit or ad
- Logo with Reflections6:441 credit or ad
- Image Map8:021 credit or ad
- Animation pt. 18:091 credit or ad
- Animation pt. 26:111 credit or ad
- Saving for Web pt. 15:061 credit or ad
- Saving for Web pt. 23:261 credit or ad