DESIGN

GIMP doesn't have shape-drawing tools, but it does have shape selection tools.  So the trick is to make a circular or rectangle selection, then turn that into a line.

1) Choose Ellipse Select Tool (or Rectangle Select Tool)

Image

The GIMP, a free image processing editor published under GNU GPL licence, has many advanced features for creating and editing images in various formats.

Many people do not know that GIMP is capable to create animated GIF images without any additional plugin.

What is GIF image format

The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a bitmap image format introduced by CompuServe in 1987.

In one of our previous articles, we wrote how to create social media icon with GIMP image editor.

In this post, you'll learn how to create image reflection effect. For this tutorial, we're going to use logo of Femina Portal, very popular female Internet portal dedicated to our ladies.

1) Open or create the image you want to create reflection effect for.

Yes, we love GIMP! And we continue sharing small tips and tricks that could save a lot of time for everyday tasks.

Did you know that, among many useful features, GIMP can also take screenshots without any additional plugins?

How to take a screenshot with GIMP

1) Go to File > Create > Screenshot...

2) New window will appear

The GIMP is an image manipulation program suitable for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It is extremely useful and we use it on daily basis, especially for creating graphics for web pages. 

In this tutorial we'll show how to create a social media icon with GIMP image editor.

We're going to crate an social icon for Randez.com. Randez is a social network that we own and it's very popular in countries of former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia...)