HOW TO USE GIMP - Complete Tutorial for Beginners 2020

Here's my all in one guide to getting started in creating and editing photos and images inside of GIMP 2.10.20 and beyond. This tutorial is meant especially for beginners getting started.

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Timestamps:
0:00 What to Expect
0:35 Change Theme
1:06 Basic Windows
3:59 Paintbrush vs Pencil
6:56 Bucket Fill & Gradient
8:30 Creating a Layer
9:32 Applying Fill & Gradients
9:48 Why Layers are Important
11:11 Gradient Demo
14:56 Useful Hotkeys
17:19 Make Layer Background Transparent
18:42 Layer Masks
21:27 Paths Tool
25:17 Path to Selection and Stroking Path
28:37 Scale Tool
31:38 Crop to Content (Document Resize)
32:33 Cleaning up Path Cutaway
35:55 Path Stroke
37:38 Color Tools
41:19 Vignette Filter
42:25 Making Text and Adding Drop Shadow
47:18 Waterpixels Filter
47:58 G'MIC Plugin

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= LEARN GIMP - TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS
Basic Tools - Drop Downs! Pencil vs Paintbrush, Bucket Fill vs Gradient, Scale, Rotate, Select
Hotkeys, x - color swap, ctrl+i invert, cut copy paste,
Layers - Seperating parts
Masks - What should be effected / shown
Color Tools - Desaturation, Hot to Cold, Auto Color Enhance
Text Tools
Paths - Connect a Path, Path to Selection, Text to Path, Cut Out from Image & Blur
Filters - Drop Shadow, Vignette, Waterpixels
G'MIC QT - Many extra effects

[RoyNBarlow]

This tutorial successfully taught me how to make memes without paying for proprietary software. Top notch, Chris. You deserve the most

[ErinPlaysSims]

Chris: "And if you don't already know how to do..."
Me: "Oh thank goodness!"

Thank you so much for the tutorial! Really well put together.

[SnehithPamarathi]

much needed. I just installed it a couple of hours ago and have no idea how to use it :D thanks man.

[craigbryant]

I was learning how to use GIMP about a year ago. So many weeks of my life. I'm now starting all over again after suffering some neurological damage. 5 minutes in and I've already picked up a couple of tricks that I don't think I ever knew.

[onehungrywolf]

This is an excellent beginner's tutorial! I opened gimp and followed along using a split screen. If any of you are having trouble seeing his mouse, remember that you can zoom in on your monitor. I'm on a laptop so I can pinch to zoom in and out on what he's doing. Thank you so much for putting your time and effort into showing us how to do some of these basic and very useful skills.

[weelindsit]

I downloaded Gimp last night with no idea how to get started. A few of the YouTube videos I found taught photo editing as if the viewer already had knowledge of where all the buttons are, what they do, etc. Your video is very much appreciated. Thank you!

[lrigdrenlrigdren]

Thank you! I'm a complete beginner in most techy things, but want to learn to use such tools for doing artwork. I've been asked to make illustrations for a friend's magazine article, a new experience for me, and was looking for something cheap / free, but more functional than Microsoft Paint! GIMP looks like the answer. Your clear and detailed demo and teaching, are just perfect for someone like me! I'm even listening without watching, and the way you say "over here on the left", and tell which mouse button to use - and I get it! So very clear! Fantastic teacher!

[jerrysstories]

Thank you for this tutorial. I've been using GIMP to create images for my story videos, but I just sort of learned what functions I needed and didn't do a proper tutorial. This was helpful to understand more of what's available. If you're interested in feedback to make these vids more helpful, I'd like to offer three pieces.

1) It's often hard to see what you're clicking on because the cursor is tiny and you move it so quickly. I don't know if there's anything you can do about that, but it should would help.
2) You talked about Alpha Channels without explaining.
3) Please stop jiggling the image around randomly like at 47:38. I know it's fun, but it's just confusing in a tutorial.

Thank you!

[SlickFiction]

Rather than being a long video littered with ads and plugging, we have a straightforward tutorial, timestamped and titled for our convenience.

We truly do not deserve this man.

[fatinhanisahyusri]

This is a lifesaver. I have to use this for my assignment and I have no idea how to use it. So, thank you thank you thank you

[kornisonkiseli]

This is my second tutorial from you and it's taught me so much. Can't wait to get through your entire GIMP playlist.

[zolalloyd]

Great tutorial, although obviously I'm going to have to rewatch several times to get my head around things. I know people say Gimp is far easier to use compared to say PS, but even so there's still a lot to learn even at the basic level. Thanks again

[catherinemobbs]

Fan freaking tastic! I've been watching a lot of tutorials lately and this by far is the best tutorial I've seen. Great job!!! I learned more in less than an about Gimp watching this than I did in an entire month of intro to graphic design trying to learn about Photoshop. ( Did that sentence makes sense? Lol) Anyway, thanks so much! Super grateful. I hope the YouTube algorithms repay your kindness with throwing this video all over the place for exposure!

[RavinderSingh-bruo]

Greatest tutorial. Just installed gimp and this video appears like my guardian angel.
TYSM Man.

[fxbfrtm]

Best tutorial I've seen and I just watched like 10 in a row trying to figure gimp out. THANK YOU!!!!

[jazzzame]

Thank you! This has been the most complete and helpful tutorial on GIMP I’ve watched, and I’ve watched quite a few! It may just be the basics but you touched on just about everything needed, and the video didn’t stretch out to several hours long! Thanks so much for creating this! Very helpful! 🙏😊

[EvanSTallas]

Great beginner tutorial. Perfect for those of us that understand it all, but need the lay of the land. Thanks!

[sparklyrose]

Thanks so much Chris. I had no idea how to start but now after watching your tutorial am good to go.

[suesanneufeld]

Thank goodness I found you tutorial. The one that was recommended didn't actually tell me what she was doing. Yours is MUCH better. I'll be back to watvpch it over and over

[roguestarr]

Ive seen other tutorials on YT and I like that youre through and straight to the point and you show clear examples on how to execute the features of the software. Thanks.