All 39 GIMP Tools Explained

In this tutorial I’ll be giving you a rundown of all 39 tools found in GIMP, along with a brief explanation of what they do.


The tools and timestamps are as follows...

00:00 Intro
00:33 Move
00:51 Alignment
01:08 Rectangle Select
01:34 Ellipse Select
01:53 Free Select
02:19 Scissors Select
02:46 Foreground Select
03:20 Fuzzy Select
03:55 Select By Color
04:16 Cropping
04:41 Rotate
05:11 Scale
05:35 Shear
05:55 Flip
06:17 Perspective
06:43 Unified Transform
07:11 3D Transform
07:29 Handle Transform
08:03 Warp Transform
08:25 Cage Transform
08:42 Bucket Fill
09:03 Gradient
09:25 Paintbrush
09:47 Pencil
10:09 Airbrush
10:30 Ink Tool
10:52 MyPaint Brush
11:14 Eraser
11:48 Clone
12:08 Perspective Clone
12:30 Healing
12:53 Smudge
13:12 Blur & Sharpen
13:31 Dodge & Burn
13:56 Paths
14:20 Text
14:36 Color Picker
14:56 Measure
15:24 Zoom

Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

[richie]

Started with GIMP 2 months ago at age 70. Your approach to teaching is quite intuitive and I appreciate that you do not go off on tangents. Looking forward to enrolling in your training series. Thanks for offering all these and sharing your expertise.

[justtestingpleaseignore]

I've been using GIMP for YEARS and just learned a million new things! Thank you so much.

[tmfzqxs]

GIMP can do a lot of stuff. I bet there are many features to add in, but GIMP is now very capable now. You're contributing so much to GIMP with these tutorials and explanations. Keep it up and I hope the best comes your way.

[HamzaFaisalO_O]

Just wanna thankyou for existing man. I really appreciate everything you do for us ❤

[carlellis]

This is a terrific video. I started using Gimp in September 2023. Learning all the tools and features has been a struggle. But I feel like I've taken a leap since I watched this video. Now things in Gimp make a lot more sense and I see how can use these tools to help create better images. Thanks Nick for doing such a terrific job.

[embeddedbastler]

Gimp is extremely underrated in it's capabilities. Many people don't even know why they are paying for Photoshop. They are just using it because everyone does. (My past self included)

[pushpaverma]

Wow!! Excellant eye opener for me toward edting photos. No body, on one explained like you did. God Bless . Thank You.

[tysondouglasrand]

I've watched this three or more times now. I'm learning - slowly - but the hard part is now becoming how to know which tool to use and how to get the platform to release a tool when I'm done with it. GIMP is nearly too many options for me - but I WILL NOT Give up! Thanks.

[cindymudaly]

Thank you Nick for all GIMP n Inkscape videos tutorials. I have learned a lot in the last few weeks.

[richardslater]

That was truly useful in deciding that Gimp is not what I want. Gimp is described as an alternative to Lightroom by many sources and clearly it is not. Saved me a lot of time.

[ChanSiewWei]

I wish you have made this video years ago. Thanks a million.

[usemybox]

Very clearly explained. Thank you for this video 👍

[mr.matt.eastwood]

Your videos are pure gold. Thanks so much!! I've been using Gimp for many years but this video widened my horizons to what I can actually do with it.

[cristianfernandez]

Thanks man, you don't know how much your videos help

[enz]

Straight to the point, no blah blah. Thanks

[MervB]

Coming back to GIMP after a couple of years, great refresher video

[bulldogmicro]

Actually the best video I found so far!

[marlowegargaran]

I highly appreciate your videos Nick. I don't use gimp nor inkscape, but I watch your tutorials frequently as a means of freeing myself from thinking that my tools limit my creative process.

Cheers all the way from the Philippines!

[rosewurkz]

Thanks a lot, this is super useful ☺️

[wispsprojects]

I was always curious about Gimp but it was so owerhelming with all the tools and functions and the official guide didn't helped much, but with this video it seems much more digestable. Thank you!