The GIMP Bible: Great for Beginners - 40+ Step-by-Step Tutorials

The GIMP Bible is the ultimate reference and guide to the free, recently updated, photo-editing software - GIMP. Due to its license-free application, this Adobe Photoshop-like image manipulation program is probably the most-used software in the world. If you're a beginner photographer or a professional, then this detailed how-to guide will quickly show you how to make the most out of all your great photographs.

Every tutorial has been created using high-quality images and easy-to-follow steps that you will appreciate as you navigate your way from lost beginner to experienced user. We purposefully limited our text to include only the information you need to perform each technique. We think this is the best way to teach something new like GIMP 2.10.

Here are the 40+ different skills and techniques you'll learn in our first version of The GIMP Bible. We are always working on more. Expect Part II by June 2019.

GIMP for New Users
1. Setting Up Gimp
2. How to Open Images
3. What are Layer Masks and How to Use Them
4. How to Crop an Image
5. How to restore Lost Tool Options and Lost Layers Panel
6. How to Use the Text Tool
7. How to Adjust Brightness & Contrast
8. How to Use the Sharpen Filter
9. Path Tools for Beginners – Part 1 of 3
10. Path Tools for Beginners - Part 2 of 3
11. Path Tools for Beginners - Part 3 of 3
12. How to Save and Export Images

Top 10 Artistic Techniques
1. How to Change a Color Photo into a Monochromatic Image
2. How to Create a Van Gogh Effect
3. How to Change Your Photo into a Soft Colored Pencil Drawing
4. How to Add a Comic Thought Bubble to a Photo
5. How to Change the Color Balance
6. How to Create a Dragan Effect
7. How to Make a White Vignette in the Shape of a Heart
8. How to Create an Ink Smudge Portrait
9. How to Create a Low Poly Portrait in Black and White
10. How to use the Unified Transform Tool

Top 10 Professional Techniques
1. How to Create a Motion Blur with Zoom Effect
2. How to Change a Color Photo Into a Beautiful Pencil Drawing
3. How to Make a Fantastical Bokeh Effect
4. How to Create a Pop-Out Effect
5. How to Create a Beautiful Bokeh Effect
6. How to Change Eye Colors Using the Path Tools
7. How to Select or Cut-Out Hair
8. How to Add a High Pass Sharpening
9. How to Make Backgrounds Black and White
10. How to Swap Faces

Top 10 New Techniques
1. How to Make a Photo Collage
2. How to Create a Text Portrait with Wordcloud
3. How to Change a Color Photo into a Powerful Black & White Image
with a Film Grain and a Vignette
4. How to Change a Color Photo into a Cartoon-Like Pencil Drawing
5. How to Convert a Photo into an Oil Painting
6. How to Change Your Color Image to Black and White: 8 Ways
7. How to Make a Shadow Off a Person or an Object
8. How to Make a Comic Book Dream Bubble
9. How to Make a Comic Book Shout Bubble
10. How to Create a Rectangle Speech Bubble

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