Gimp Help

[cheezypoofz]

Hi! i heard about that program "gimp" and i downloaded it a while ago. im confused. how can you make cuts?

[GuitarMan]

Im as confused as you that's why i made a request when ever i atempt to cut the final product is allways crappy and i can't use it.

[Radioactive Bob]

What do you mean by "cuts"?

[ELCrazy]

What do you mean by "cuts"?

I think he means 'rendering' or cutting images.

[cheezypoofz]

I think he means 'rendering' or cutting images.

exactly. how do i "render" pictures?

[GuitarMan]

i know but the siscor tool sucks it distorts the cut out

[cheezypoofz]

im using that create path tool. is that the one im supposed to use?

[Radioactive Bob]

If you want to cut something out (or "render" it, they're pretty much the same things) the Create and Edit Paths button (it's the "B" key, on the keyboard) is the best tool to use. To use it, you simply need to click around the object you want to render, and then double-click on the tool button on the left tool bar, and then select "Create Path From Selection".

I hope that helps. :)

[cheezypoofz]

ok ive been doing that. what now?

[Radioactive Bob]

you then have to cut out whatever it is you want to render.
The best way to do this is to first get your selection down, then go to Select - Invert to reverse your selection, and then delete everything within that selection. (Ctrl+K on my computer)

[cheezypoofz]

its not cut out. whatam i supposed to do??????????

[cheezypoofz]

i mean its cut out, but theres still white around what im cutting. what do i do?

[Radioactive Bob]

i mean its cut out, but theres still white around what im cutting. what do i do?

you might just have to go back and do some clean-up on the render. Use the same technique with the little bits.
Also, it's best if you feather the selection at least a little bit.

[cheezypoofz]

ok this is what i mean i did what you told me to do

[Radioactive Bob]

ok this is what i mean i did what you told me to do

Oh, i see what happened.
Before you cut the picture, you need to have a transparent background behind it.
Just create a new layer, and make sure it's set as Transparent. Then go to Dialog - Layers and move it below the original picture.

Sometimes you can't move the new layer below the picture, so what you have to do is simply duplicate the layer you want to cut, and then either delete the first copy and move the transparent layer behind the second copy. Or you can just use the eraser tool to get rid of the picture, but keep the layer.

[cheezypoofz]

still nothing! tis is wayyyyyyy too coplicated!

[cheezypoofz]

im doing what your saying but the layer i put on was some checkerboard thing dude i cant do it!

[Star89er]

im doing what your saying but the layer i put on was some checkerboard thing dude i cant do it!

If it's a checkerboard then that means it's transparent.

[cheezypoofz]

awwwwwww ok i dont get it still. how do i make it transparent? its too complicated!

[cheezypoofz]

what format should i put the image in? gip? jig?

[cheezypoofz]

THIS ISNT WORKING EVEN IF THE CHECKERBOARD THING IS APEEARING PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO DO IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE please.

[cheezypoofz]

please someone help me. this is wayyy too complicated. ill do anything just please help me.

[Radioactive Bob]

save it as .png

[cheezypoofz]

aight. ill try that

[cheezypoofz]

hip, hip horay! it worked!