GIMP Grid Tutorial l How to add | render grid in Gimp

In this tutorial you will learn how to make or render a grid in GIMP. How to snap to a grid?
here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to add and render a grid in GIMP:

Open GIMP and create a new project or open an existing one.

Select the image layer that you want to add a grid to. If you don't have an image layer yet, you can create one by going to Layer - New Layer.

Go to View - Show Grid to turn on the grid display. By default, the grid is set to a 10-pixel spacing.

To customize the grid, go to Edit - Preferences - Image Windows - Grid. Here, you can adjust the grid spacing, color, and style.

If you want to align your image elements to the grid, go to View - Snap to Grid. This will make it easier to position your objects precisely.

To render the grid onto your image, go to Image - Configure Grid. Here, you can choose to have the grid displayed on your image only when you're in "edit mode," or you can have it rendered onto your final export.

To export your image with the grid, go to File - Export As. Choose your desired file format, and in the "Export Image" window, check the box next to "Enable Preview." This will allow you to see the grid on your image preview before you export it.

That's it! With these steps, you should now be able to add and render a grid in GIMP.

[Frexibo]

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you very much!

[MyLinuxToyBox]

I love this channel . Computer graphics and video effects are my passion.
I see you have videos on several different graphics programs. Fun stuff.

[FGRAPHICS]

thank you, but how do I create a layer with a grid with lines that are not passive; that is to say, I would like to fill squares in with colours individually but I have no idea how to do this... pls help

[charleslyell]

Hi, how to set a rectangular grid instead of a square and save it along with the picture? Thanks,

[naejimba]

Is there a way to get subdivisions like you can in photoshop? This really annoys me about GIMP that I cannot do this. Imagine, for example, you are creating a sprite sheet. You would like one larger grid with thicker lines to indicate the borders of each sprite, but you would also want to have a grid with thinner lines for each pixel. Now, I can technically set up guides for the former, but it is time consuming (you have to set up each one, every time you want to do this) and requires you to do math to figure out where they are placed (ex. each section is 32 pixels wide, so the first line will be placed at 32, the second at 64, the third at 96, and so on). There HAS to be a faster way to do this... making custom art is tedious and time consuming enough...

[wild.k]

It is really difficult to understand you.