In the Layers pane we need to right-click on the layer we have coloured blue and select ‘Add Layer Mask’, stick with the default settings and choose a small, soft-edged Paintbrush.

Jack Wallen/ZDNET 2. Layer masks Layer masks are as essential as layers in GIMP. With layer masks, you can selectively modify the opacity/transparency of a layer.

The technique makes use of layers and layer masks in The GIMP, so it is important to have a basic understanding of what these are beforehand. The next section introduces these concepts and provides a ...

GIMP’s “Cut and Float” option is almost the same thing, with the keyboard Control-Shift-L. This command results with the selection duplicated onto a “floating”, i.e. temporary, layer.

GIMP is a free, feature-packed image editor with Photoshop-style functionality such as layers, filters, and masking, but it requires patience to master. GNU Image ...

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), like so many other open source programs, started out as a student project at the University of California, Berkeley. It was developed by Spencer Kimball and ...

Retouching, editing, adding effects—some image editing programs can easily rival Photoshop. Best of all, they’re completely ...

How to Crop & Combine Parts of an Image in GIMP. High-quality digital image editing can be an important part of your personal, creative or professional approach to photography.